HUM 223: Ethnic Music
Springfield College in Illinois
Fall Semester 2009
http://www.sci.edu/classes/ellertsen/humanities/hum223syllabus.html
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. -- Charlie ‘Yardbird’ Parker
In-class Journal
Filling out this questionnaire will help you focus your thoughts on a text, no matter whether it’s a written document, a video, a song, a musical technique or even a dance step, and respond to it analytically. To print it out, I would copy this text into a blank Microsoft Word document and adjust the leading (vertical space) so it fits on one page. The questions are adapted from a tip sheet on literary reading journals by the Writing Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., at http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/handouts/puller.html.
What about this video and its music stands out in my mind? The George Mason writing center advises: “Write first. Write what you see in the text [in this case, the video].” Freewrite, in other words. It’ll get you thinking about what you saw and heard.
What in my cultural background, values, taste and interests makes me react to it that way? More advice from George Mason: “Next, write what you feel about what you see.” Freewriting about your feelings is an especially good way to respond to a text, an artifact or a piece of music that’s not from your own culture.
What, specifically, in the text [in this case the video] makes me feel that way? Does it speak to me across cultural boundaries? Says the GMU tip sheet: “This step helps you develop perceptions.” In other words, you elaborate on your thoughts and feelings and thus gain more insight into the work.
Name: __________________________
Springfield College in Illinois
Fall Semester 2009
http://www.sci.edu/classes/ellertsen/humanities/hum223syllabus.html
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. -- Charlie ‘Yardbird’ Parker
In-class Journal
Filling out this questionnaire will help you focus your thoughts on a text, no matter whether it’s a written document, a video, a song, a musical technique or even a dance step, and respond to it analytically. To print it out, I would copy this text into a blank Microsoft Word document and adjust the leading (vertical space) so it fits on one page. The questions are adapted from a tip sheet on literary reading journals by the Writing Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., at http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/handouts/puller.html.
What about this video and its music stands out in my mind? The George Mason writing center advises: “Write first. Write what you see in the text [in this case, the video].” Freewrite, in other words. It’ll get you thinking about what you saw and heard.
What in my cultural background, values, taste and interests makes me react to it that way? More advice from George Mason: “Next, write what you feel about what you see.” Freewriting about your feelings is an especially good way to respond to a text, an artifact or a piece of music that’s not from your own culture.
What, specifically, in the text [in this case the video] makes me feel that way? Does it speak to me across cultural boundaries? Says the GMU tip sheet: “This step helps you develop perceptions.” In other words, you elaborate on your thoughts and feelings and thus gain more insight into the work.
Name: __________________________
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