MUH 2019 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Folk Music, Akonting, Ostinato
6 Oct 2016
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If text doesn"t have access card, look up songs rather than buying code (spotify, google rhapsody, etc) American refers to the u. s. only for this class. Popular means for the common people or ordinary people. Mass produced and mass disseminated (requires some sort of technology) Listened to (used and consumed) by large numbers of people (in the us) (now or in the past) 3. generally based on a variety of (preexisting) musical traditions st. Think critically about music: a duck hears people listen . Learn the history and the context of this music. Listening critically: music and identity, music and technology, music is a business, music has centers and peripheries (places) What music do you listen to? ( and why those sounds?) Music is a learned behavior (and differs by communities) ( my songs vs your songs ) Music identifies (among many others): ethnicity, race, gender, age, and community. Sells for specific occasions or as a belonging in a community.
