Music 220
First Class Period Outline
- Introduction, syllabus, grading policy
- Course goals
- develop skills to study music literature
- learn about ways that people use music in various cultures
- improve listening skills
- Discussion: how do people use music?
- Categories of Listening
- Passive listening: background/mood
- Emotional or sensuous listening: sounds to please the senses
- Perceptive listening: analytical; requires effort
- Example: Wangga Song
- instruments
- vocal characteristics
- purpose
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