1st Block 3rd Nine Weeks Assignments

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1. True False Vaudeville is named after a place is Texas where it started


2. True False Every town with a venue large enough could have its own Vaudeville.


3. True False Vaudeville is a style of performing.


4. Around what year did Vaudeville begin? ___________________________________


5. True False All Vaudeville acts were the same.


6. From what language did the word Vaudeville come from? _________________________


7. According to Mr C, how did Vaudeville evolve? Provide 3-5 sentences explaining this in your own words.




8. True False Vaudeville helped jazz evolve by providing a stage to perform on along with some steady pay or the performers

9. True False Since there was some steady pay on Vaudeville stages, performers had NO reason to practice due to the fact they were getting paid.

10. True False Vaudeville helped to make performers famous by spreading their music across the country

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1. True False Vaudeville is a place on a map. Its located outside of Las Vegas.

2. In 1-2 sentences, describe what Vaudeville is.

3. True False Vaudeville style performances are a lot like talent shows

4. True False Vaudeville always had the same act. It NEVER changed.

5. True False In early Vaudeville, black performers were common, just not paid well

6. In early Vaudeville, how often did a white audience see any performer from a minority race?

7. How long did it remain this way? Well over _______________ years or almost a _______________. The video has 2 answers for this question.

8. In the video, we learn about 2 different stereotyped characters named Sambo and Zip Coon. Using Google, pick one of these characters and provide a brief description. 1-2 sentences. Warning, it gets really racist here.

9. The narrator in the PBS video gives us a rhetorical question that is worth thinking about. He asks, “Why does Eunice Wilson have to sing in front of a large watermelon when her song has nothing to do with fruit and vegetables?” Do you believe this was done due to her race?

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Grading: Major Grade

Part 1: bio 50%
Part 2: Song Analysis 50%



Part 2: Big Yellow Taxi Analysis
Song Analysis

We are going to learn about the life and music of 1960's-1970's-1980's performing and song writing legend, Joni Mitchell and her most well known song, Big Yellow Taxi.

I have included 2 versions of this song.
(1) youtube version of Joni singing. This is the original studio recording released in 1969, and
(2) a version produced by one of my 16 year old private, music, composition students and me over Christmas Break. She is singing all 6 vocal lines some of which are not in Joni's version and I am playing all the instruments along with automating the final mix.

Also included are the words for you to read when necessary and a blank document for you to do today's assignment.

For this assignment, you will google Joni Mitchell and write a short biography of her life. The biography must be IN YOUR OWN WORDS. If you copy and paste any part of what you turn in, I will not accept any of it. PLUS YOU WILL NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO REDO IT.

DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!!!!
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!!!!
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!!!!
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!!!!
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!!!!

Requirements for Part 2:

Read the lyrics to the song.

Write 5-10 sentences answering the following questions.

What is Joni talking about?
What social change is she trying to make?
What is she saying about the planet?
What is the meaning of the taxi and where do you thin the taxi takes him?
What is your opinion of the song?

Grading: Major Grade

Part 1: bio 50%
Part 2: Song Analysis 50%



Part 1: Who is Joni?
Song Analysis

We are going to learn about the life and music of 1960's-1970's-1980's performing and song writing legend, Joni Mitchell and her most well known song, Big Yellow Taxi.

I have included 2 versions of this song.
(1) youtube version of Joni singing. This is the original studio recording released in 1969, and
(2) a version produced by one of my 16 year old private, music, composition students and me over Christmas Break. She is singing all 6 vocal lines some of which are not in Joni's version and I am playing all the instruments along with automating the final mix.

Also included are the words for you to read when necessary and a blank document for you to do today's assignemnt.

For this assignment, you will google Joni Mitchell and write a short biography of her life. The biography must be IN YOUR OWN WORDS. If you copy and paste any part of what you turn in, I will not accept any of it. PLUS YOU WILL NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO REDO IT.

DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!!!!
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!!!!
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!!!!
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!!!!
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE!!!!

Requirements:

No less than 13 full and complete sentences. No fragments or run-ons, capital letters and periods are required.
No more than 20.
Make sure you cover these topics: birthday, death-day (if any), birthplace, close family members including any and all husbands/kids.
How did she learn to play music/write songs?
Why did she leave her home?
What were her big musical accomplishments?
What is her impact on music today, especially for solo, female artists in the 1980's and 1990's.

Harmonic Resonance is the force of sound. It's the reason you can feel bass.

After I explain the concepts of today's lesson, you will describe in writing what you saw, hear and understand. Discuss how sound made objects move and how the same sound always get the same movement.

Day 1:
Write the definition of "harmonic resonance" in your own words.
List 3 examples of harmonic resonance.

Day 2:
Expand on your examples. Follow this formula: state your example (yesterday's assignment); then explain what your example is and/or how it works. It should be no less than 3 sentences per example.

example:
In the video, sound was moving sand laying on a metal plate. The metal plate is attached to a speaker. When the speaker vibrates from the sound it is making, the sand moves to become different shapes and patterns.

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.


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.