MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Academic Dishonesty, Miss A, The Sugarhill Gang
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Office hours: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, monday and wednesday, tsh 434. Music 2ii3 is an introduction to western popular music. The course will briefly introduce the main precursors to this music before looking in depth at the important figures and styles from. Various genres will be covered in an effort to show how trends in popular music change, and are in turn changed by, the historical movements of technology, economics, and demographics. What"s that sound: an introduction to rock and its history. The tests will be in multiple-choice format with questions focusing on both lecture and reading material. In addition, the tests will also include several listening examples taken from the listening list, posted on the course"s avenue to learn site. Students will be played short audio excerpts and asked to identify several of the following: artist, title, date, style, important characteristics, historical significance, etc . Test 1 (25%): wednesday july 5th at 6:00 pm.
