2. Assignment
#2
Chapters
3
&
4
READ Chapters 3 & 4 Give thorough answers with complete
sentences to essay questions
and vocabulary. Put the proper question numbers with each of
their corresponding answers.
Keep them within the chapters designated below. In ONE
EMAIL through the assignment
submission page submit Assignment 2 (Chapters 3 and 4) on the
given due date by attaching
your document (in docx format). Save a word document of your
assignment answers to your
computer files. Note: Music Tracks are provided on the home
page of this assignment.
(Where the assignment link is located)
Discussion
questions
for
Chapter
3
Music
and
the
Environment
3. 1. How is music “auditory aspirin” in our society?
2. What is the purpose of Muzak?
3. Why has the sound of musical instruments changed in these
modern times? Cultural Knowledge
4. On You Tube (or another sharing website) find “Pomp and
Circumstance” by Elgar. Listen and provide link
in your answer. . (note: the “familiar” part of the melody
doesn’t happen until 1:30 into the song so listen to all
of it).
• Is this song familiar to you?
• What ceremony is this song associated with in American
culture?
5. On You Tube (or another sharing website) find and view
Whitney Houston’s “Star Spangled Banner”.
Provide link in your answer.
• What event is this song usually associated with in America?
6. In your opinion would someone that is not brought up in our
culture realize the significance and feel the same
way as Americans do about the song linked to question #5?
7. Define ethnocentrism:
8. Define emic:
9. Define etic:
4. Value
Systems
and
Hierarchies
10. On You Tube (or another sharing website) find and view (
or listen) to:
1. Ave Maria sung by Pavarotti
2. I Can’t Get No Satisfaction, by the Rolling Stones
3. Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley
• Which song do you relate to most? Explain your answer.
Cultural biases are unavoidable. Acknowledging them is
important to avoiding placing unfair
judgments on the value of a certain music or stigmatizing it in
relation to other music.
11.Based on the songs in question #10 how can we avoid
ethnocentric behavior as we are listening to unfamiliar
music of other cultures?
Music
and
Ritual
5. 12.What is the purpose of music ritual in world cultures?
Music
and
Spirituality
13. _______________ _____________ music is believed to have
healing powers.
14. _______________ _______________ means the increase in
intelligence among infants who are exposed to
the music of Mozart.
Read Istanbul, Turkey: A lesson in geography, History,
Religions, and Musical Exchange in
Chapter 3 and answer this final question for Chapter 3.
15. Discuss how fusion influenced the instruments of Greece
and Turkey using a specific instrument talked
about in the text.
Read Chapter 4: Oceania: Voices of Land and Sea Answer and
submit discussion questions
along with Chapter 3 questions to complete Assignment #2
Refer to the Oceana map in your
text Discussion Questions for Chapter 4
1. What does the area known as Oceana include?
2. On You Tube find a video of the didgeridoo being played.
6. What country included in Oceana is the
didgeridoo from?
Australia
3. What is Animism?
4. What is Dreamtime in the Aboriginal culture?
5. Listen to CD1 Track 1 “Bushfire”(Aboriginal song) (link on
Assignment #2 homepage)
Why is Circular breathing important when playing certain
musical instruments (such as the didgeridoo)?
6. What does the sound of the didgeridoo mean in the
aboriginal culture? PAPUA NEW GUINEA
7. Define Melanesia:
8. Listen to CD 1 Track 2 (Susap: Mouth harp) Read about the
Susap (First impressions and Aural analysis) in
your text. On You Tube (or another sharing website) look up the
Susap and view the video. Write about what
you hear and see.
9. The mouth harp acts as a __________________ surrogate.
What is the role of the mouth harp in traditional
courting rituals? Explain how it is used.
Hawaii
7. 10.Listen to CD 1 Track 3 (Hawaiian Drum-Dance Chant).
Describe the vocals and the tone of the voice?
Define:
11.Portamento
12.Pahu
13.Kilu
14.Hula Pahu (On You Tube search “Hula Pahu” view video to
give proper definition)
KIRIBATI
15.Define Micronesia.
16.Name some ways in which Christian missionaries have
influenced traditional music in Oceania.
17.Listen to CD1 Track 4 (Kiribati Group Song) Explain how
your text describes how a song like this would
empower those going into battle. (be specific)
PLEASE SUMBIT ASSIGNMENT #2: CHAPTERS 3 & 4 via
the “Assignments” link in Canvas. I highly
recommend that you save a word document of your assignment
8. answers to your computer files in case I ask for
a re-submission.
