POPULAR MUSIC IN AMERICA POPULAR MUSIC IN AMERICA  MUSIC 3243
Instructor: Vicky Boucher Office hours posted on my door (Room 122) E-mail: boucher@tarleton.edu Phone: ext.#9238 |
COURSE OUTLINE |
Week 1 (Jan. 8-12) Required Listening Some selections that you will hear in class will be on your unit exams. Bring a blank CD for excerpts of these listening selections. The GA in the computer lab can make you a copy. She is there every day between 10am and 2pm. To find the computer lab, turn left at the glassed-in office and it is the first door to your left. Also, below is a link to the titles and artists since the CD will just read Track 1, etc.
Listening List Chapter 1: Tin Pan Alley and American Popular Song Chapter 1 Study Guide (Remember to complete the Study Guide and print 2 copies - one to turn in at the beginning of class and one to use during class)
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| | Due Wednesday, Jan. 10 Chapter 1 Study Guide completed - bring 2 copies to class Note: This will be the same procedure for each chapter. This will be the only time a specific due date will be mentioned. |
Early recording devices Edison phonograph Vaudeville |
Week 2 (Jan. 15-19) I Walk the Line Chapter 2: American Musical Theater Chapter 2 Study Guide Chapter 3: African Origins and Acculturation in the New World Chapter 3 Study Guide Multilinear rhythms Black key improvisations
| | Check dates for required concert (See Concert Dates button above) |
Showboat Music Man West Side Story 47:40 Black Minstrelsy 1830-1852 |
Week 3 (Jan. 22-26) Chapter 4: Early Commercialization of African-American Music Chapter 4 Study Guide Chapter 5: American Blues Traditions Chapter 5 Study Guide Chapter 6: Jazz in New Orleans and Chicago Chapter 6 Study Guide
| 12-bar Blues Form Columbine Beginning of Jazz Bessie Smith St. Louis Blues Tommy Johnson in Oh Brother, Where Art Thou New Orleans Jazz Additional assignment: Write words for a blues song in 12-bar form |
Week 4 (Jan. 29-Feb. 2) Chapter 7: Jazz Pioneers in Chicago Chapter 7 Study Guide Chapter 8: Big Bands and the Swing Years Chapter 8 Study Guide
| The Formation of Jazz Chicago Blues Louis Armstrong Swing Kids Unit 1 Exam Review Sheet Unit 1 Practice Test |
Week 5 (Feb. 5-9) Chapter 9: Popular Styles in Jazz Since the Swing Era Chapter 9 Study Guide Unit 1 Test Review Unit 1 Test over Chapters 1-9 Chapter 10: The Folk Origins of Country Music Chapter 10 Study Guide
| Times Ain't What They Used to Be #4 |
Week 6 (Feb. 12-16) Chapter 11: Early Commercialization of Country Music Chapter 11 Study Guide Chapter 12: Country Meets Western Chapter 12 Study Guide No class on Friday, February 16
| HeeHaw video clip - The Cornfield Essay Guidelines and Grading Criteria Sample Concert Review Essay What Did They Say? |
Week 7 (Feb. 19-23) Chapter 13: Nashville Becomes Music City, U.S.A. Chapter 13 Study Guide Have you heard about the new Atkins diet? The CHET Atkins diet-- you just pick at your food. |
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Chapter 14: From Bluegrass to Young Country Chapter 14 Study Guide Unit 2 Test Review
| Do-It-Yourself Country Music Songkit Unit 2 Exam Review Sheet Unit 2 Practice Test |
Week 8 (Feb. 26-Mar 2) Unit 2 Test over Chapters 10-14 Chapter 15: The Origins and Development of Early Rock Chapter 15 Study Guide
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Week 9 (Mar. 5-9) Chapter 16: Fifties Pop and Folk Rock Chapter 16 Study Guide Chapter 17: The British Invasion Chapter 17 Study Guide
| The Beatles (Fun with the Fab 4, 1st chapter) British Invasion (Ed Sullivan #9, vol.2, 1 & 2) The Animals (H) | TBA | TSU Jazz Festival Concert |
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 SPRING BREAK
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Week 10 (Mar. 19-23) Chapter 18: Psychedelic Rock and Roots Revivalists Chapter 18 Study Guide Chapter 19: Gospel, Soul, and Motown Chapter 19 Study Guide
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Woodstock A & B Janis Joplin Jimi Hendrix Joan Baez The Who Thomas A. Dorsey Jackson 5 Supremes |
Week 11 (Mar. 26-30) Chapter 20: From Progressive Rock to Reggae in the 70's Chapter 20 Study Guide Chapter 21: Hard and Soft Rock in the 70's Chapter 21 Study Guide
| The Carpenters (ES) BJ Thomas (ES) Young Frankenstein |
Week 12 (Apr. 2-6) Chapter 22: New Heights and High Tech in the 80's Chapter 22 Study Guide Chapter 23: Many Sounds from Many Places in the 90's Chapter 23 Study Guide
| Unit 3 Exam Review Sheet Unit 3 Practice Test |
Week 13 (Apr. 9-13) Unit 3 Test over Chapters 15-23 Oral Reports (Click here for assignment guidelines and grading rubric) 100 Greatest Rock Songs (VH1) 100 Greatest Pop Songs Top 10 Best Selling Singles
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Week 14 (Apr. 16-20) Oral Reports
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Week 15 (Apr. 23-25) Oral Reports
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