High School Music All Sections Assignments

Rap went through its biggest and most drastic change during the 1990's.  The invention of a piece of software called Pro Tools made it possible to record, write and sample music into a computer.  Like everything else in the world, the computer made this process much easier, faster and more accurate.  However, the art of spinning records became less and less a part of the hip hop sound as digital recording took over.


Pick your favorite artist from 90's hip hop / rap / R&B.



Using google, write a short bio of your artist (IN YOUR OWN WORD).

Who is the performing artist you picked?

Why did you pick this artists?

What song?

Analysis on the song:

When it was recorded?

What instruments are being used?

Who was the producer?

Where was it recorded?

What are the lyrics about (be specific)?

What is the mood of the song?

Does the mood of the song match the texts (words)?

Why did you choose this song/artists?

What style of music is the song?

Was this song a big hit on the radio? if when? how high on the top 100 was it?

Provide the url to the song.

Each student will pick an artist/band and a song from the 1960's Soul sound to do an analysis on the group/performer and one song by them for a minor grade.

Using google, write a short bio of your artist (IN YOUR OWN WORD).

Possible artists: Almost any act from Motown Records from the 1960's and early 1970's.

Who is the performing artist you picked?

Why did you pick this artists?

What song?

Analysis on the song:

When it was recorded?
What instruments are being used
Who was the producer
Where was it recorded
What are the lyrics about (be specific)
What is the mood of the song?
Does the mood of the song match the texts (words)
Why did you choose this song/artists?
What style of music is the song?
Was this song a big hit on the radio? if when? how high on the top 100 was it?
Provide the url to the song.

Each student will pick an artist/band and a song from the 1970's funk sound to do an analysis on the group/performer and one song by them for a minor grade.

Using google, write a short bio of your artist (IN YOUR OWN WORD).

Possible artists: James Brown, Wild Cherry, Kool and the Gang, Parliament,

Who is the performing artist you picked from the 1970's?

Why did you pick this artists?

What song?

Analysis on the song:

When it was recorded?
What instruments are being used
Who was the producer
Where was it recorded
What are the lyrics about (be specific)
What is the mood of the song?
Does the mood of the song match the texts (words)
Why did you choose this song/artists?
What style of music is the song?
Was this song a big hit on the radio? if when? how high on the top 100 was it?
Provide the url to the song.

Each student will pick an artist/band and a song from the 1980's to do an analysis on the group/performer and one song by them for a minor grade.

Using google, write a short bio of your artist (IN YOUR OWN WORD).

Possible artists: Fat Boys, Run DMC, N.W.A., Luke Skywalker and the 2 Live Crew, Beastie Boys, Salt and Pepper, Tupac, Kid&Play, just to name a few.

Who is the performing artist you picked from the 1980's?

Why did you pick this artists?

What song?

Analysis on the song:

When it was recorded?
What instruments are being used
Who was the producer
Where was it recorded
What are the lyrics about (be specific)
What is the mood of the song?
Does the mood of the song match the texts (words)
Why did you choose this song/artists?
What style of music is the song?
Was this song a big hit on the radio? if when? how high on the top 100 was it?
Provide the url to the song.

Each student will pick an artist/band and a song from that artist to do an analysis on for attendance and a minor grade during testing while I am out.

Using google and write a short bio of your artist (IN YOUR OWN WORD).
What song?

Analysis on the song:

When it was recorded
What instruments are being used
Who was the producer
Where was it recorded
What are the lyrics about (be specific)
What is the mood of the song?
Does the mood of the song match the texts (words)
Why did you choose this song/artists?
What style of music is the song?
Was this song a big hit on the radio? if when? how high on the top 100 was it?
Provide the url to the song.

This is a redo.

Start at 8:35

1-7. In this section we are going to explore why Minstrel Shows became so popular.

Despite its overt _____________________, the minstrel show was a blend of ______________________

music, knock-a-bout ___________________________ and sophisticated elegance. A bizarre and

complicated ____________________ where ___________________ and _______________________

alike would intemperate and mis_________________________ each other for decades.


Directions for 9-11
The next part features Wynton Marcellas’s opinion of why minstrel shows became so popular. It’s going to break his quote up into smaller chunks to be learned. You may need to listen to it a few times to get an understanding of what he is saying. For reference, here is his quote. (9:51)

9. I believe there was something so resilient in the black people and everyone in America could recognize that resilience. And even though it was masquerading as farce, comedy and dance within a form of music, and it seemed as if the two were uncomplimentary; actually, it was something essentially American about it……..

What is he saying in this passage?


10…….And that was the beginning of a long relationship between blacks and whites, black entertainment and white appropriation of it, and this strange dance we’ve been doing with each other since the beginning of our relationship in America………..

What is he saying in this passage?


11……It’s too close, it’s too deep a story. So you have to degrade the relationship; you have to do degrading things so that you can live with the terrible affront to humanity that slavery was.


What is he saying in this passage?





Stop at 10:46

Start at 5:36

1. Around 6 minutes into the movie, we learn that minstrel shows was the first time black culture was “the essence of American Pop Culture.” Afterwards, I present a series of items showing examples of this. List the three items I provide as examples.

2. Higher Level Thinking Question: Today, historians credit Minstrel Shows as the “first conduit for integration of black culture into American life.” What does this mean? You may need to look up the definition of words like: conduit and integration to truly understand what is being asked. Hint: question number 1 has the answer hidden inside of it.

3. True / False The songs, jokes and scripts were mostly the same for all minstrel shows.

4. True / False There are still songs and jokes from minstrel shows that are part of our society’s common knowledge

Stop at 8:45

take notes, same as always

Minstrel Shows pt 1

Start at the beginning of the video and stop at 5:36

1. Minstrel Shows began popping up in the 18___________’s

2. They were America’s ____________. ________________________________. __________________

3. Who was Daddy Rice? ________________________________________________________________

4. Who was Jim Crow? _________________________________________________________________

5. Blackface is the most well known aspect of Minstrel Shows. Briefly describe what “blackface” is.

6. True /. False Minstrel Shows were a part of vaudeville

7. The minstrel show lasted for well over ____________________________ years.

8. Who were Zip Coon and Sambo? Pick one and describe hm.

9. True /. False “Coon” songs were songs that often made black culture look bad by using negative racial stereotypes

Stop at 5:36

TSW compose an essay IN YOUR OWN WORDS on Vaudeville. You may use any sources you like, but it must be in your own words. I suggest you start with the class notes you have from my keynote, but change it to be in your own words. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE MY WORDS IN YOUR ESSAY.

Please include the following information.
When it began
Where it began
How it began
Who invented it
How it evolved

Important concept 1: (my video will be a great source for this)
I want to know you understand is the differences between being a white performer and a black performer on Vaudeville.
How was the management of white vaudeville different from the management of black vaudeville.

Important concept 2:
Discuss how Vaudeville helped jazz develop. Provide no less than 3 ways.

You must use full and complete sentences that contain a capital letter and a period. No fragments or run ons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNEIUlruTrU&t=486s

Each student will pick an artist/band and a song from that artist to do an analysis on for attendance and a minor grade during testing while I am out.

Using google and write a short bio of your artist (IN YOUR OWN WORD).
What song?

Analysis on the song:

When it was recorded
What instruments are being used
Who was the producer
Where was it recorded
What are the lyrics about (be specific)
What is the mood of the song?
Does the mood of the song match the texts (words)
Why did you choose this song/artists?
What style of music is the song?
Was this song a big hit on the radio? if when? how high on the top 100 was it?
Provide the url to the song.

Pick any song by Blind Willie Mctell and listen to it then answer the questions. This will count as your class grade and for attendance on 2/3/2020 while I'm out testing middle school ACCESS tests.


Where is Blind Willie McTell from?


What style of music does Blind Willie McTell play?


What song did you pick?


When was this song recorded?


Where was this song recorded?


All blues songs tell a story. What are the texts (the stroy) about?


What instruments are being used?


What is your opinion of the song?
What did you like? Be specific.
What did you not like? Be specific.

Pick any song by Blind Willie Mctell and listen to it then answer the questions.


Where is Blind Willie McTell from?


What style of music does Blind Willie McTell play?


What song did you pick?


When was this song recorded?


Where was this song recorded?


All blues songs tell a story. What are the texts (the stroy) about?


What instruments are being used?


What is your opinion of the song?
What did you like? Be specific.
What did you not like? Be specific.

True / False The blues is hard to play

True / False There is a myth that if you want to play the blues well, you may sell your soul

True / False Robert Johnson wrote a song about this called Crossroads

True / False The blues does not use call and response

True / False Ragtime music and the Blues are the same thing.

True / False The first line of a blues song is typically sung twice

True / False BB King had a guitar he named Lucille

True / False The lyrics to a blues song are always happy

True / False The Entertainer by Scott Joplin is an example of a blues song

True / False The blues is the “grandfather” of all modern music in America

True / False The music for early blues was also the same music from church

True / False To many, the blues is “sacred”

True / False It takes years of careful study in music to play the blues well

True / False The blues can NOT be played on electric instruments

True / False BB King is considered one of the most important blues artists ever

This is an assessment that is NOT required. If you feel you need a way to raise your grade, you may take this test for a grade. If you choose to not do this assessment, it will NOT count against you.

copy and past all the questions for lesson 11 on our shared document. Please make sure lesson 11 comes after lessons 9 and 10. This is due by tomorrow night.

Lesson 11: Video 4—assignment 1—The Genesis of Jazz pt 2

Watch the video:

https://youtu.be/qFV-03fuYko

Section 1: Provide the correct answers to the following questions.

a. What is “New Orleans Polyphony”? __________________________________________

b. List the elements I review around minute 2 in the video.
1.
2.
3
4.

Section 2: Answers the following questions about New Orleans.

c. The United States acquired New Orleans from the French in a deal known as: ___________ _______________________ __________________________

d. Where did slaves from New Orleans go on Sundays, and what were they allowed to do?

e. Where and when did I go when I “traveled back in time”?


Sections 3. Answers the following questions about the music of slaves.

f, Google the term: music historian. What exactly does a “music historian” do? (You may use any website you want as long as the data is mostly correct)

g. What was the name of the music historian who traveled from up north to the deep south right after the Civil War? (3:31)

h. This northern, well-educated, music historian published a book titled:

i. What was this book about?

j. List all the problems that had to be overcome before this book could be published.
1.
2.
— Provide the definitions for the following words.
3. polyrhythms = please provide the definition
4. Extreme Dialect = please provide the definition

k. In the book, why were so many words misspelled? What was the book’s author trying to do?

l. He wanted the _______________________ along with the music.
j. Define the word ”diction”

Now that you have completed lessons 1-10, here is aa copy of the master study guide for you to compare to your study guide for corrections, filling in missing work and studying / referencing.

Video 3: Blues

Start video at (13:43)

a. Is the Blues simple or hard to play? ________________________________ (getting this correct is important for 2 questions towards the bottom to be correct)

b. Which country created the Blues, Africa, Mexico or America?

c. Finish this quote: To play it (the blues) you have to ____________ ______. (14:20)

d. What does Brandford Marsalis mean when he says the blues are about “Freedom”? How does he find freedom in the blues. USE HIS WORDS!! (15:15)

e. How did musicians find a way to “deepen the message in the blues”? (16:40)

f. The video says these instruments were “left over”. From where were they left over?

g. Fill in the missing words from this quote: “Now you have the people getting that spiritual sound from the ___________________ and they are also

getting that _________________________ sound from the blues.

h. When a musician is able to “represent that angel and that devil”, according to the video, those are _________________________________ (17:55)

i. According to the video: how does the Blues relate to “most all music today”? _________________________________

This is a MAJOR GRADE and is the first major grade of the unit--Please Try!!!

This is a higher level thinking assignment.

You are responsible for proving you understand a short quote by Gerald Early.

Watch the whole 2 minute 45 second clip before attempting step 1.

PLEASE take this 1 step at a time.

You won't be able to fake your way through this, unless you remember us doing this quote in middle school. Then, cool, you're awesome!



Higher-level Thinking Section: (12:23 - 13:10)

Follow ALL the steps 1-3 to answer this question.

Quote by Gerald Early: Listen carefully to his quote. It will appear in written word on the screen as he speaks.

It starts off……. Gerald Early stated,“Black people since the end of the civil war……..”

Step 1: Define these words:
a. esthetic: _____________________________________________________
b. minstrelsy: ___________________________________________________
c. degradation: _________________________________________________
d. emerges: ____________________________________________________

Step 2: Copy the entire quote, but replace the above words with either their definition or another word that means the same thing.

Example: I will replace the word “searching” with a different way to describe the word “searching.”

Black people since the end of the civil war were (looking for) an esthetic.

However, YOU will replace the word “esthetic” with either its definition or another word that means the same thing.


Step 3: Now, what does all that mean? Please write no less than 5 sentences proving to me you understand this quote.

On video 3, start at 9:00 minutes and end on 12:22

Use the google doc you created and shared with me at [email protected] to log the questions and answers. You need to copy and paste the questions to your google doc.

a. What is the first from of music discussed?

b. If I have a sad story to tell, what would be a great way to tell the world my story?

c. The Blues is called “the profane twin of the sacred (religious) music of the Southern Baptist Church.” What does that mean?

d. When you listen to the blues, you are supposed to feel __________________. (10:45)

e. When performing the blues, each performer is supposed to _______ ____ ________

f. The lady says, "To me, the Blues are sacred." What does the words "sacred" mean?

e. In question "c" from above, it states the Blues is called the "profane twin" of church music. That means the Blues is the opposite of church music.
- How can one person say that the Blues are "sacred" and another say the Blues are opposite of sacred?
- Can both be true?
- Provide no less than 3 sentences discussing this problem.

We are about to move into the music styles around during the late 19th century and early 20th that helped create the environment where jazz could be invented. For today's assignment, in addition to the Call and Response of the Southern Churches, what were the other two styles of music discussed? You may need to watch some of video 3. Also, if you have a question, post it.

https://youtu.be/4AbWZ4Z3-60

In video 3, start at 5:39 watch the next 4 minutes. Stop at 9 minutes. Answer the following questions.

List the facts in reference to music of the late 19th century.

a. What 3 types of music do we discuss?

b. What 3 types of music did the slaves from the American south bring with them? (7:30)

c. Describe “call and response” as it is described in this video. (7:45)

d. What type of music is “Let Your Hammer Ring”?

f. Who is singing the song “Let Your Hammer Ring?

Watch the first 5 minutes and 39 seconds of this video and provide the answers to the following questions on the google document you were supposed to have already shared with me.

https://youtu.be/4AbWZ4Z3-60


1. List the facts I state about the history of New Orleans, LA

a. year it became a state: _______________________

b. from whom did President Jefferson buy Louisiana? ________________


2. List the facts about Congo Square:

a. Where was Congo Square?

b. Jazz is about __________________ it is about a certain type of liberation.

c. Beginning in 1817, what were slaves allowed to do in Congo Square?

d. Where the slaves in Congo Square from Africa?

e. According to Mr Cameron, why is Congo Square important to the creation of jazz?

f. What is Congo Square called today?

Instructions: In the first video of this unit, you watched a keynote presentations with a voice over reading the slides discussing various aspects of this unit. For you to do well in this unit, you must understand all the topics discussed. For today’s assignment you will create a study guide by answering the following questions as you rewatch the same keynote video presentation. As you watch, provide the information. The questions are in the same order as the video.

The study guide is attached to this post.

Link to video 1 Keynote Video Presentation
https://youtu.be/HRRYVunsReE

1. Watch the following video. In it, I review the 4 elements we learned in 6th grade music that give jazz its unique sound. During the video, I discuss different things I want you you to hear. If you need to, please watch and listen to these parts more than once or twice. Understanding these concepts will help you hear some of the differences between Chicago and New Orleans style jazz.

2. Post which element I did not discuss in the stream and why I did not discuss it for a grade.

3. Then, LIST and DESCRIBE the other 3 elements (in your own words).

https://youtu.be/ODMC5-FDXbw

Use the following checklist to make sure you have covered all the topics. I am looking for all these topics to be in your paper.

America's first form of artistic music
The music is color blind (what does this mean?)
Invented by slaves in the southern USA
Offers musical freedom (why is this powerful and ironic?)
All are welcomed to join
It is the opposite of classical music from Europe (how)
The music is democratic--all musical voices are equally important

Essay Rubric:

TSW write no less than 20 sentences

The sentences must be full, complete and correct. (no fragments or run-on)

Sentences must have a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end.

Proper nouns must have a capitol letter

Subjects and verbs must agree (singular/plural)

No more than 5 comma errors

Don’t use a semicolon unless you know how to do it correctly.

TSW have all the topics from the keynote: first artistic music, color blind, invented by slaves, musical freedom, all are welcome to join in, opposite of European classical music (Mozart, Beethoven, Opera)

TSW expand on every topic using their own words

TSW use the word “democratic” correctly to describe the music because “all voices are equal”

-5 points for every fragment or run on
-5 points for per sentence not there
-5 per capitol / period error
-5 per subject/verb disagreement
-5 per proper noun error
-5 per topic not mentioned
-5 per each comma error over 5
-10 for every topic not expanded on
-20 for not using the word democratic correctly with “all voices are equal”

Watch the following video and write an essay in standard MLA format stating your opinions on --kidding!!!! Don't write anything (unless you want to tell me how impressed you are with how awesome the video's main character is).

https://youtu.be/fxAjTfqTJx4