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MUSIC 270
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MUSIC AND SOCIETY
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TU-TH 4:00-5:15
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Ives 119
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| OFFICE HOURS: , Tu 2:15-3:00; Thurs 11:00-12:00 or by appointment |
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If you are having difficulty with the material, or with any aspect
of the class, or just want to speak with me for any reason, please
come in and discuss the situation. I also urge you to connect with
me via e-mail; I check the above address daily and respond immediately.
If you must see me in person and cannot come at one of the assigned
times, see me before class, call me or send an e-mail to arrange
another time.
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| COURSE INFORMATION |
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Music 270 satisfies 3 units of lower division General Education
in category C4 (Comparative Perspecitves); it can also be a lower
division elective for Music Majors. Music majors wishing to count
the course as a lower division elective in the major must take the
course for a grade; non-majors may take the course CR/NC.
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COURSE MATERIALS
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Allaudin Mathieu: The Listening Book
Christoph Cox and Daniel Warner (editors): Audio Culture
Both texts are available in the campus bookstore.
Other readings, listening and video required are on the web. Supplemenatary
class listening and video resources are housed in the Multi-Media
section of the Tech Center.
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CLASS GOALS
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to use music making as a tool for
learning
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to examine underlying relationships
between the organization of, practice of
and value given to music in a culture and
that culture's social organization and
values
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to explore a number of approaches to
musical making, drawn from Western and
non-Western cultures past and present
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to study ways in which music is used,
and has been used, as both a means of
preserving and a means of challenging
various aspects of social organization
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to explore the significance of the radical changes in musical
style, in the uses of music in society and in the dissemination
of music that have taken place in the last 100 years
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Attendance
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This class does not exist in a textbook! Participation in class
music making activities and in-class listening and discussions provide
an essential part of your learning. For that reason, I take attendance
every day with a sign-in sheet. See Attendance
Policy below.
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Individual Musicking
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At the beginning of the semester, the Doodling Piano Piece Response
Paper (2 % of your class grade) sets the stage for much varied
individual musicking.
The Listening Book includes a number of
activities--some simple, some more complex, but
none demanding any prior music background--designed
to seduce you into individual musicking . These
activities also provide a point of departure for
small group or class music making activities..
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Small Group Musicking
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At the beginning of class, you will be assigned to a small group
of 5 students to to work together making music throughout the semestec.
Each group will present your music twice during the semester to
the class. See Small Group
Musicking for more information.
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Class Musicking
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Frequently throughout the semester, we will use class time to make
music together; this is our opportunity to explore how a large group
of people making music acts as a society in miniature.
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Event Attendance
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You must attend ten events involving music during the semester
and write a response to each. See Event
Responses for guidelines and format for responses.
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Outside Listening
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You are expected to do 2 hours per week of listening to music appropriate
to our work that week (except for weeks devoted to Small Group Presentations).
You submit 10 Listening Responses during the semester to your outside
listening; . See Schedule for due
dates for Listening Responses. See Listening
Responses for details and format for the responses.
I encourage you to use online resources for your listening. I have
also provided material in the library on reserve for each week.
To receive credit for Listening Responses, your weekly listening
must be to material related to our week's activities. Check the
Multimedia Resources
for list of recordings and videos appropriate for each week. If
you do your listening online, make sure you choose similar materials
online.
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Reading
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The Listening Book is is the basis for weekly responses.
Doing the actitivies in the book and writing responses to both the
text and the individual activities is a part of the Journal.
Essays in Audio Culture are assigned throughout the semester
to complement--or often to confound--class activities.
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Journal
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An on-going response to readings, individual
musicking and special listening activities, and the
place you keep all other work for the class. The
Journal is submitted twice during the semester. See
Journal for
details.
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Personal Essays
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Explorations of how you use music. See My
Most Memorable Musical Experiene,
and My Most Common Musical Ritual
on the Journal. page for specific
requirements. Personal Essays are submitted as a part of the Journal.
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Musicking--making our own music music, individually and in groups,
by listening and by joining in, as a model for living as an individual
and in society--is the work of this class. There are no exams or
term papers. Assignments are process oriented rather than product
oriented. What you submit in written form, or what you do in a class
performance, will be viewed as a record of, or presentation of,
a learning through personal experience, rather than a demonstration
of acquired knowledge or skill. Thorough and thoughtful completion
of assignments on time and as described will earn you the points
for that assignment assigned above.
Note, though, that excessive absence from class, work not completed,
late work or work poorly presented (not proofread, not following
directions, without prior preparation) will, of course, lose credit.
See Attendance and Grading Guidelines below
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Doodling Piano Piece Response Paper |
02 points |
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LISTENING ACTIVITIES
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--event responses (10 @ 1 point each)
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10 points
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--listening reports (10 @ 1 point each)
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10 points
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JOURNAL SUBMISSIONS
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--Listening Book Responses (2 @ 8 points each)
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16points
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--Symphony of Place (2 @1 point each)
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02 points
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--Intensive Listening (2 @ 3 points each)
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06 points
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--personal essays (2 @ 5 points each)
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10 points
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--music and education questionss (second submission only)
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04 points
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--group musicking reports (10 @ 1 point each)
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10 points
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GROUP PERFORMANCES (2 @10 points )
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20 points
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ATTENDANCE
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10 points
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ATTENDANCE
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Making music together, in-class listening to and discussion of
heard music, and in-class exploration of ideas about the diverse
and changing relationships between music and society are a crucial
part of this class. If you are not in class, you neither contribute
to that part of our work together nor derive the benefit from it.
I take roll each day by having you sign in, using your student
ID
If you must be absent, send me an e-mail
before the class. If you let me know by e-mail before the
next class meeting,, you will be excused from the class. Of course,
like work, you are expected to be in class. If you miss more than
three classes, I will be contacting you to find out what is happening.
NOTE: If I do not hear from you by the next class meeting, your
absence is unexcused. Each unexcused absence subtracts two points
from your final grade..
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE YOUR ATTENDANCE RECORD
IS ACCURATE.
The attendance roster is kept online; you are identified by your
student ID number. You should check it periodically to make certain
it is accurate. If there are discrepancies, let me know by e-mail.
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WRITTEN WORK
All written work for Music 270 is to be submitted online to
mus270s07@aol.com.
Send your work to me as an e-mail (NOT as an attachment). This
eliminates all problems with different word processors or operating
systems.
It is your responsibility to make sure I receive the work you
send to me. I cannot give you credit for work I do not receive.
Make sure you keep TWO copies of the work you do for this class.
One should be on your hard drive; the other on a CD or other external
storage device. This insures that if you have a computer failure,
you have a backup of your work.
The grade roster is kept online; you are listed by your student
ID number. I will try to send a confirming e-mail as i read your
work; but I will often be overwhelmed by the volume of work coming
in. If you have submitted work but do not hear back from me within
a week of submission, check the grade roster. If the work is not
recorded, send me an e-mail inquiry about it. I will always answer
these e-mails as soon as I see them.
Though you are submitting your work for this class in e-mails,
the style of writing should be the same as for written work submitted
in hard copy.
In particular, e-mail-speak is NOT appropriate for work you submit.
The tone of your writing need not be formal, especially for book
responses, Symphonies of Place and Intensive Listening; but all
written work should be carefully proofread and should conform to
standard rules of grammar, punctuation and syntax.
Please be sure to include your name in any e-mail you send to me.
Your e-mail address may or may not include that information--it
saves considerable time if I do not have to look up your name on
the e-mail list. Thanks in advance for your help.
GRADING GUIDELINES
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Written work should be submitted by class time on the date it is
due. I accept all work, no matter how late; but work submitted after
the due date is subject to loss of credit.
Written work which does not follow guidelines for presentation--format,
what is to be included--will lose credit. Make sure, before you
complete any assignment, that you have read and understand the instructions
for completing that assignment.
Poorly written or poorly proofread written work will lose credit.
In-class small group presentations cannot be
made up; in case of illness, they may be
excused.
There is no student-initiated extra credit available in this class.
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STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
If you have a disabling condition that may substantially limit
your ability to participate in this class, please contact the Disabled
Student Services office in Salazar 1049, phone at 664-2677, for
confidential assistance and accomodation authorization.
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| A FINAL NOTE |
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If you have never made music before, do not be alarmed. You will
discover in this class that you are a musicker-- a music maker--even
if you don't know it! There truly are NO prerequisites for the class.
You do not need to have ever played any instrument; you do not need
to be able to read music, or sing, or keep a steady beat; nor will
your grade depend in any way on your level of musical skills acquired
during the semester. Our approach to music making will focus on
processes for making music--musicking--rather than on finished products.
My goal is that every student leaves this class knowing, throught
their own experience, that musicking--active music making--is a
life-sustaining activity open to everyone, and that each of you
decides to make musicking an important part of the rest of your
life.
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