jan 27 | Week 3

Overview

This week we complete the Musical Elements unit. By Thursday or Friday you'll know the basics of music notation, melody, harmony and musical form. Afterwards, celebrate your knowledge with Test 1!

Forum 1 closes 1/27

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Notation and Theory

Dedicate extra time this week to the last four Elements chapters: they're more technical than prior chapters.

9. Western Music Notation

10. Melody

11. Harmony

12. Texture and Form

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Test 1

Congratulations, you finished music boot camp! Next, take Test 1. It encompasses topics in the Preface and Musical Elements units.

Test 1: 1/31 to 2/04

Questions

There are 40 questions, a mixture of multiple choice (some with multiple answers), true and false, and listening identification. Click "Submit Quiz" (blue button) after completing all the questions.

Timing is Everything

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

Out the Gate

To begin, click the Quizzes tool link on the Lamakū toolbar. Click "Start Quiz!" and dive in.

A Second Chance

If you miss questions, study the textbook, and retake the test to improve your grade (highest grade is retained). Any quiz or test may be retaken if within the due date window.

Answer Choice Shuffle

To enhance security, the Quizzes tool is configured to shuffle answer choices. If you retake a quiz or test, answer choices will be the same, but presented in a different order.

Audio Players

Most listening questions on tests and quizzes have two embedded audio players, each linked to a different server:

audio player

Both play the same audio track, but the second audio player is a backup if the first player fails to load. You may have to check "always trust this URL" and click "allow" if the second player is needed.

Grades

Tests are worth a potential 100 points. Your grade will be posted in the Lamakū Grades tool upon submission. To see your grade, click on the Grades link on the Lamakū toolbar.

Counterpoint | Pigeons pretending to be notes on a staff.

How to Study

The best study method is to learn the materials prior to the test. The technique of studying for this course is straightforward:

Do assigned reading and listening according to the schedule.
Take detailed notes on your reading and listening.

Why take notes? The act of writing down significant points reinforces that information. Writing also causes you to ponder what you studied and remember details better than a simple read through.

Study Questions

To help prepare for a test, study questions provide a review of course topics. If you don't know the answer to a question, look it up in the textbook. To prepare for listening examples, study the embedded music videos in the textbook and practice identifying them: style characteristics, era, composers, etc. To access the study questions, go to the Study Questions page in the textbook.

Avoid Peak Hours

Due to high user volume on Laulima and Google, test audio may not load during peak weekday use times of early mornings and evenings. From 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM are congested. Midday, late at night during weekdays and all weekend have little traffic. Avoid peak hours and nix needless frustration.

Use a high speed internet connection for test taking. If your home connection fails, go to Leeward CC or any UH System campus and use their Wi-Fi or a computer lab for the test.