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** [http://www.culturalequity.org/ The Association for Cultural Equity] | ** [http://www.culturalequity.org/ The Association for Cultural Equity] | ||
** [http://www.theglobaljukebox.org/ The Global Jukebox] | ** [http://www.theglobaljukebox.org/ The Global Jukebox] | ||
* Write: What do you think of Cantometrics? What works? What doesn't? Write 2-5 sentences (maximum!) and submit via [http://bit.ly/iwm17ec eClass] for September 13. | * Write (2-5 sentences): What do you think of Cantometrics? What works? What doesn't? Write 2-5 sentences (maximum!) and submit via [http://bit.ly/iwm17ec eClass] for September 13. | ||
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*** Odd numbered: critique Cantometrics, and come up with a better way of doing the same thing; display via Google Drive in a few slides | |||
*** Even numbered: defend Cantometrics, and introduce refinements to make it even better; display via Google Drive in a few slides | |||
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Lecture notes: Introduction to World Music (Fall 2017)
Sep 6: Hearing music of the world: World Folksong, Alan Lomax, and Cantometrics
In class:
- Introduction: "Music", "World Music"
- Some musical warmups
- Documentary: Lomax the Songhunter
- Syllabus and course mechanics
For the coming week (due Sep 13):
- Read 15 pages:
- Saga of a Folksong Hunter, Hi Fi Stereo Review, May 1960, pp. 38-46 [about 6 pages not counting the many photos!] (& optionally browse the entire issue and savor this long-gone era of musical listening!)
- Cultural Equity: On the Documentary Lomax the Songhunter, by Tom Sutpen, November 1, 2006 [webpage, approximately 5 pages]
- Cantometrics, by Jeff Todd Titon, The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 95, No. 377 (Jul. - Sep., 1982), pp. 370-374 [4 pages]
- Browse
- Write (2-5 sentences): What do you think of Cantometrics? What works? What doesn't? Write 2-5 sentences (maximum!) and submit via eClass for September 13.
- Groups:
- Odd numbered: critique Cantometrics, and come up with a better way of doing the same thing; display via Google Drive in a few slides
- Even numbered: defend Cantometrics, and introduce refinements to make it even better; display via Google Drive in a few slides
Sep 13
Sep 20
Sep 27: Special guest, George Chungo Otiende
Oct 4
Oct 11
Oct 18: Midterm quiz
Oct 25
Nov 1
Nov 8
Nov 15: No class
Nov 22
Nov 29
Dec 6: Final quiz
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Topics
Circumpolar music: throat singing of the Inuit and Ainu
Reading assignment for next week: http://www.traditional-knowledge.ca/english/default.php
Thought question: