Music+of+Another+Culture

Across the course of this term you are individually going to research the characteristics of the music from another culture. Your research will include some historical components which may have some impact on the music, but as always, the focus of the research will be on the characteristics of the music. Each of you is to choose one of the cultures listed below and will be responsible for building the wiki to teach us all about the music of that culture. And speaking of teaching, each of you is going to choose an aspect of the music of your chosen culture and prepare a 15-30 minute activity for us all to do in class to teach us something about that culture...and by teach I don't mean stand up in front and speak, you're going to prepare a little activity for us all to do in class.

I want you to EXPLORE your culture. Listen to the music. Look at the art. Look at the instruments. Look at the tonalities that are used. What makes music from your culture so identifiable. Don't be afraid to explore further and go deeper. I want you to discover and go "wow I didn't know that...i want to know more!"...believe me, that can happen! In your findings I want you to use as much musical terminology as you encounter and include definitions of your terms in your findings.

So lets go!

Japan Bryce India Therushi Spain Torreon The Caribbean Emily L China Robert Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders Liv P Scotland Brendan Brazil Chelsea Greece Egypt Em C NZ Maori Shell-sea

Timeline You need to have the following things completed by the following dates

Musical instruments typical to the culture Examples (Video where possible) and definitely pictures Music and how it is used within the culture
 * End of Week 4**

General Characteristics of the Music broken into concept areas
 * End of Week 5**

Concept based analysis of 2 Songs from your chosen Culture
 * End of Week 6**

Short Composition that reflects the music of your culture. Must be submitted as a recording either through Sibelius or one that you've recorded yourself. Does not need to be fully notated. You must include on your composition page the characteristics of your culture that you chose to include in your composition
 * End of Week 8**

Presentation to the class of one aspect of your culture that you want to teach us
 * Week 9**