UNIT 4 SEMINAR MUSIC HU 300: Art and Humanities in the 20 th Century and Beyond with Laurie Smart-Pottle, M.Ed

Any questions before we get started? Looking ahead…

Unit 4 To-Do Checklist Reading  Read chapter 5 in our text: “Music” (or PDF in Doc Sharing). Supplemental Resources  Two short clips on the impact music has on Parkinson’s patients and infants (My Web Resources).  Review Key Terms using the Flashcards in My Humanities Kit. Discussion 50 pts.  Participate in discussion (link under Unit 4 tab). One question this week—two responses. Seminar  You are here! Project #2 120 pts.  Due by 11:59! Check out the instructions/rubric, example paper, and APA template in Doc Sharing. (I also sent them to you via last Friday.)  Use the example paper as a template…

Project #2: “Your Soundtrack”  What songs/genre are important and why?  Explain the role of music in your life (not limited to)  Childhood  Adolescence  Comfort  Happiness Step out of the box!!

Grading Criteria A: points Shoot for this!  Essay reflects careful consideration of the role of music throughout one’s life  Project demonstrates the concepts strongly using concrete examples of music in childhood, adolescence, and as a form of rebellion  Project uses vocabulary terms from the unit  Project is clearly written—minimal grammatical, mechanical, and formatting errors  Project meets posted length requirements—and follows directions

Musical Terms Atonality Avant-garde Baroque Chamber music Chromatic scale Counterpoint Diatonic scale Dissonance Fugue Half-tone Harmony Hip-hop Improvisation key Melody Minimalism Pentatonic scale Ragtime Rap Rhythm Rock Rock ’n’ roll Scale Symphony Syncopation Toccata tone

What do you think? Might music pre-exist language? Love for and appreciation of music is a universal feature of human culture (Vaidya, 2004).

Music is Universal  How?  Why?  Examples? (Fotosearch, 2011)

Kinds of Music  Name a concert/ show you have been to.  What period of music was it from or what style of music was it?  Symphony  Hip-hop  Ragtime  Rock  Jazz  Folk  Spiritual  Pop

Why? If only one genre of music was available for mankind to listen to what would it be? (Fotosearch, 2011)

Music and Emotion  Several characteristics have been suggested that might influence the emotion of music:  Major keys and rapid tempos cause happiness  Slow tempos cause sadness  Rapid tempos together with dissonance cause fear  Can you think of movies, soap operas, TV shows that remind you of this?

Background Music  Is it intended to encourage close attention?  Become a “foreground” listener. Where would you expect to hear background music?

Gender Specific Music  Are female performers having trouble competing in what is still a male-dominated scene?  Do you prefer male to female performers, or vice versa? (Starplus, 2011)

Ever Heard of…?

References Fotosearch. (2011). Oneperson, person, people, onepersononly [Royalty Free Photograph]. Retrieved from Gabber, D. (2010). Lady Gaga: 2010 MTV video music awards - press room. Starplus.com. Retrieved from Vaidya, G. (2004). Music, emotion, and the brain. Serendip. Retrieved from

Questions?  Contact Laurie:   AIM: lsmartpottle