Lafayette College

World Music Traditions --Assignments
Music 103
Dr. J. Larry Stockton
stocktoj@lafayette.edu

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ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                      NOTES

LISTENING

Updated: 2/2/2012

Drumming Continues on Tuesday/Thursday--- practice!

For Tuesday, 2/7

-Discussion of previously assigned Internet articles (African music) and review of basic musical concepts

http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/community.htm

Listening:  TIME-LINE PATTERNS (pagesA27-28): Practice and listen CD-1, Tracks 13-24


For Thursday, 2/9

Read: http://www.alokli.com/site/articles/ch3_dancedrumming.pdf

          Varieties of African Music 

Listening:  CD-1:  Tracks 5-12 (refer to Listening Guides)    

TIME-LINE PATTERNS---Be ready to perform in class

For Tuesday, 1/31

READ:  Text-----Pages A1- A17

Read and be ready to discuss:  Christopher Small:  Musicking

LISTENING:  CD1-- Tracks 1-4 (refer to listening guides pp A19-22)  


Listening:   CD 1-track 1:  Tu Tu Gbovi

Listen to the selection as many times as needed.  Do a general analysis, indicating as many basic
sound observations as you can (melody, rhythm, timbre [identify instruments and vocal timbres], and form).
This should be a page or so in length (to be handed in).  The organization is free.... show me how much
musical information you can glean from the example. ---ONE PAGE TO BE HANDED IN.

For Thursday, 2/2

Web: http://home.comcast.net/~dzinyaladzekpo/Intro.html

           http://home.comcast.net/~dzinyaladzekpo/Drums.html
           

LISTENING:  CD1-- Tracks 5-8 (refer to listening guides pp A19-22)


For Thursday, 1/26

BRING YOUR TEXT TO CLASS

Read: TEXT:  Beginning through page 13

READ:  Introductory "Ethnomusicology" article






email:  stocktoj@lafayette.edu