jan 19 | Week 2

Before starting this lesson, take the Participation Verification quiz if you haven't done so yet.

Participation Verification closes 1/20

Overview

Our goal is to be conversant with the sounds and techniques of keyboard, electronic, wind, and percussion instruments. Your first forum and quiz open this week.

Mo' Elements

Our survey of musical instruments continues:

4. Keyboards & Electronic

5. Winds from Prehistory to Modern

6. Ancient and Modern Percussion

Duration

The components of duration are beat, tempo, meter and rhythm.

7. Beat, Meter and Rhythm

Ancient Music

Sample music of the ancient world through notation systems predating Western staff notation by thousands of years:

8. Ancient and Non-Western Notation

Forum 1

This assignment is a student-led discussion of music topics. Read the page linked below for topic choices and instructions:

Forum Instructions and Topics

Forum 1: 1/19 to 1/26

SLO Accomplishment

By participating in this forum, you are fulfilling a student learning outcome (SLO) of this course: analyze musical styles and their roles within the context of history and society.

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Quiz, Elements

This quiz includes 10 questions from the Musical Elements Unit, up to and including Ancient & Non-Western Music Notation.

Laulima Toolbar

Open the Quizzes tool link on the Lamakū toolbar, locate Quiz, Elements, click “Start Quiz!”, and begin.

Quiz, Elements: 1/22 to 1/24

Timing is Everything

Tests, quizzes and forums open at 12:00 AM and close at 11:59 PM on designated days. Test and quiz sessions are untimed but must be submitted by the due date.

A Second Chance

If you miss questions, study the textbook and retake the quiz or test to improve your grade. The retake must be completed by the due date. The highest earned grade is retained.

Answer Choice Shuffle

To enhance security, answer choices are shuffled. If you retake a quiz, answer choices are the same, but presented in a different order.

No Quiz Makeups

Late quizzes are not accepted. These quizzes evolved from pop quizzes in my face-to-face courses and are designed to evaluate course participation and attentiveness. If you miss a quiz, it is lost forever. Don’t ask for an exception; I won’t respond. If you’re forgetful, enter the quiz and test dates in your computer or phone calendar and enable notifications.