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aug 26 | Week 1
Welcome to MUS 107, Music in World Cultures, taught from the cyber campus of balmy Leeward Community College.
Get Verified Now!
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Tests and Quizzes on the Laulima toolbar and confirm your presence with the Participation Verification Quiz. You'll earn 10 points of extra credit and avoid disenrollment by UH.
Participation Verification Quiz: 8/26 to 9/03
Before starting your first assignments, take a few minutes for a tour of course organization:
Syllabus
Click the binocular icon on the Laulima toolbar to access the syllabus for course specifications, policies and requirements.
Weekly Lessons
MUS 107 is based on a 7-day assignment schedule and organized into 16 Weekly Lessons. Weekly Lessons—containing links to reading, due dates and instructions—are on the Laulima toolbar:
Study Routine
Read the new Weekly Lesson on Mondays and spread assignments across the entire week. Don't try to cram all the assigned reading and listening into a couple days or you'll be overwhelmed.
Now dive into the weekly lesson and begin learning about music!
Start Here!
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
Realizing these objectives will involve studying five chapters of the textbook (see below).
Why are we here?
Learn what this course is about and why we study music. Click the links below to get started:
Music Listening
Learn to listen to music with purpose and discernment:
Elements
Musical Elements are the components of music: sound properties, melody, rhythm, harmony, texture, instruments, voices, and notation.
Instruments and Voice
The next three chapters explore characteristics of sound, the human voice, instrument families and musical techniques.
Coda
Your first forum and quiz are scheduled next week.
Peter Kun Frary
Professor of Music, Leeward CC
El Maestro
Office, FA-115
(808) 455-0353
frary@hawaii.edu
