1. The Pleasure of Music
Chapter 1

2. Power to... Entertain Guests at a party, yourself in the car Inspire
New ideas and inventions
Provoke
Deep thought
Enrage
Cause a riot….which has happened
Enhance
Celebrations such as marriages, graduations, funerals

3. Unique to Humanity and You
The fact that we are able to create music is what makes us unique.
Voice
Wind Instruments
String Instruments
Percussion
Drumset (used for jazz or rock)
African Drumming
Maracas
Reflects the pure essence of human creativity.

4. Time Capsule
“A container storing a selection of objects chosen as being typical of the present time”
A pair of gold-coated copper phonograph records.
Voyager I and II - Launched in 1977
Mission to fly by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and beam back data
It contained greetings in 51 languages from Earth to whomever or whatever might intercept them
Digitized photos, sounds, and pictorial account of humanity’s most notable achievements

5. Voyager and Its Music Carl Sagan 27 Musical Selections
Late astronomer who spearheaded the movement to add music to the phonograph records
“There is much more to human beings than perceiving and thinking. We are feeling creatures”
27 Musical Selections
Navajo Indians
China
Senegal (Western Africa)
New Guinea (Island in Pacific; second largest)

6. Selections continued….
Classical - Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky
Jazz - Louis Armstrong
Tsuru No Sugomori (“Cranes in Their Nest”) - Japanese Flute Piece
Wedding Song - Peru
Percussion from Senegal

7. What Music Would You Include in a Time Capsule?
Choose 3-5 songs that you would include in a time capsule.
Write about why you chose those songs.
If someone from the future were to open it…
How would they initially react?
What would they think about you as a person?
Angry?
Relaxed?
Upbeat?
Share with someone else in the class.

8. Kye Kye Kule Traditional African Game Song learned by children
Form – Structure and design of a composition. Typically incorporates repetition, contrast, unity, and variety.
Structurally, the song has a question-and-answer pattern. This is formally known as call and response.

10. Families and Musical Identities
Music plays a larger role in some families; it’s the center of what they do.
Recreational Reasons
Professional Reasons
Johann Sebastian Bach – Family of Classical Musicians
Marsalis – Marsalis Family: A Jazz Collection
Malcolm and Angus Young – AC/DC
Jackson 5

11. Rhythmic Patterns Clave – Rhythmic pattern that provides foundation
Heard in multiple genres. Typically heard in Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban, Rhythm and Blues
Played over a steady recurring pulse, or a beat.

12. Organizing Pitch
Pitch – is the highness or lowness of sound determined by its frequency A = 440Hz
Melody – intentionally organized succession of musical tones
Canon – Musical form where parts enter at different times, but have the same melody

13. Review Form, Call and Response, Canon, Clave, Melody, Pitch, Beat
Voyager I and II i. Purpose ii. What did they carry?
Who is responsible for music being added to the phonograph records? What was his reasoning?