Weekly Lessons icon aug 25 | Week 1

Welcome to MUS 107, Music in World Cultures, cyber cast from balmy Leeward Community College. If you missed my introduction to Lamakū tools and resources for music classes, watch it here:

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Open Quizzes on the Lamakū toolbar and confirm your presence with the Participation Verification Quiz. You'll earn 25 points of extra credit and avoid disenrollment by UH.

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Tests & Quizzes icon Participation Verification Quiz: 8/25 to 9/02

study icon Do this every Monday

Read the new Weekly Lesson on Mondays and complete the assignments inside. Dive into your first weekly lesson:

start here icon Start Here!

overview icon2 Overview

Your objectives in this Weekly Lesson are to:

  • Understand why we study music
  • Listen better
  • Know the attributes of sounds
  • Understand vocal ranges
  • Identify string instruments and their techniques

Achieving these objectives will involve studying five chapters of the textbook (see below).

information icon Why are we here?

Learn what this course is about and why we study music. Click the links below to get started:

click icon2. Preface

listening icon Music Listening

Learn to listen to music with purpose and discernment:

click icon3. Listening Skills

elements icon Elements

Musical Elements are the components of music: sound properties, melody, rhythm, harmony, texture, instruments, voices, and notation.

guitar icon Instruments and Voice

The next three chapters explore characteristics of sound, the human voice, instrument families, and musical techniques.

click icon1. Musical Sounds

click icon2. Voice

click icon3. String Instruments

coda iconCoda

Your first forum and quiz are scheduled next week.

Peter Kun Frary

Professor of Music, Leeward CC

Louis Armstrong | Eureka, California | Peter Kun Frary

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