Formal Outline
I. Introduction
a. Hook or capturing idea
b. State the thesis
i. Music students in America should be taught with a combination of oral and notated methods because it will give them a wider knowledge of music and allow them to play in a greater variety of ensembles.
II. Explanation of oral and notated methods of teaching
a. Oral tradition and method
i. Cultures and example ensembles associated
ii. Techniques and uses
b. Notated tradition and method
i. Origin and example ensembles associated
ii. Techniques and uses
c. Brief comparison of the two
III. Benefits of being taught with a combination of the two methods
a. Adaptation to new ensembles and situations
b. Ability to work with musicians and groups more effectively
c. Working for a greater variety of groups and ensembles there for increasing the chance for more income
d. Building better connections with the music world
i. More knowledge and variety of music will expose the musician to more people, increasing the chances of career building
IV. Why not focus on one method more?
a. Learning both methods can be more time consuming
i. Refute
b. More detailed study on a method would allow for more detailed learning
i. Refute
c. Specialization over variety and flexibility
i. Refute
d. The balance of the methods
i. The amount of instruction the student gets from one method to the other will not be even but more based on what their desires are
V. Conclusion
a. Transition thought
b. Re-statement of thesis
c. Concluding thought
Monday, March 29, 2010
RJA#9b: Argument
Research Question:
Should music students in America be taught with a combination of oral and notated methods?
Thesis/claim:
Music students in America should be taught with a combination of oral and notated methods because it will give them a wider knowledge of music and allow them to play in a greater variety of ensembles.
Reasons:
- Having a wider knowledge of music will allow students to adapt quicker to new situations. Knowing two distinctly different methods that music is played will allow a musicain to join a group, even when they have not been in a group like it, and qickly learn their methods because they have already been taught two very different a widely used methods
- Having a wider knowledge in music increases the ability of a musician to work with other musicians. The more ways that they can describe what they want and or how to play somthing, the easier it will be to make, join and collaborate with musical ensembles.
- Being able to play for a greater variety of ensembles will yeld more income. The more gigs and positions a musician can gain, the better chance they will have for making a greater income. Having the ability to play in a variety of methods will open more doors for those positions and gigs.
- Playing with a variety of ensembels builds better connections in the music world. The more people you can play with and perform for, the more people are going to notice you and want you to play. Getting more opportunity to 'show your stuff' will progress your career further.
Objections/counterarguments:
- Learning music through both methods can take more time than just learning one and will hold a student back.
Refute~ Although the oral and notated methods are different in many ways, they are similar in just about the same. Both methods expand on one another and actually help to justify one another.
- The students wont be able to go into as much detail with one method if they are learning both at the same time.
Refute~ The combined method will still cover way past just the basics in both methods. The minute deatils are not as important as the basics because minute details are mostly learned from playing in specific situations and ensembles.
- Having more detailed knowledge of a specific type of music is better for musicians because then they can specialize and be the best at that particular style.
Refute~ Music changes rapidly and if that style of music is not longer in demand then what will that musician do. There is a greater need for diversity than specialization.
Should music students in America be taught with a combination of oral and notated methods?
Thesis/claim:
Music students in America should be taught with a combination of oral and notated methods because it will give them a wider knowledge of music and allow them to play in a greater variety of ensembles.
Reasons:
- Having a wider knowledge of music will allow students to adapt quicker to new situations. Knowing two distinctly different methods that music is played will allow a musicain to join a group, even when they have not been in a group like it, and qickly learn their methods because they have already been taught two very different a widely used methods
- Having a wider knowledge in music increases the ability of a musician to work with other musicians. The more ways that they can describe what they want and or how to play somthing, the easier it will be to make, join and collaborate with musical ensembles.
- Being able to play for a greater variety of ensembles will yeld more income. The more gigs and positions a musician can gain, the better chance they will have for making a greater income. Having the ability to play in a variety of methods will open more doors for those positions and gigs.
- Playing with a variety of ensembels builds better connections in the music world. The more people you can play with and perform for, the more people are going to notice you and want you to play. Getting more opportunity to 'show your stuff' will progress your career further.
Objections/counterarguments:
- Learning music through both methods can take more time than just learning one and will hold a student back.
Refute~ Although the oral and notated methods are different in many ways, they are similar in just about the same. Both methods expand on one another and actually help to justify one another.
- The students wont be able to go into as much detail with one method if they are learning both at the same time.
Refute~ The combined method will still cover way past just the basics in both methods. The minute deatils are not as important as the basics because minute details are mostly learned from playing in specific situations and ensembles.
- Having more detailed knowledge of a specific type of music is better for musicians because then they can specialize and be the best at that particular style.
Refute~ Music changes rapidly and if that style of music is not longer in demand then what will that musician do. There is a greater need for diversity than specialization.
RJA#9a: Thesis Statement
Research Question:
Should music students in America be taught with a combination of oral and notated methods?
Precise claim:
Music students in America should be taught with a combination of oral and notated methods.
Reasons/blueprint:
-Learning music through both methods allows for more opportunity to play in a greater range of ensembles
-Gives the student a wider knowledge of music which allows for greater and quicker progression
Complete thesis statement:
Music students in America should be taught with a combination of oral and notated methods because it will give them a wider knowledge of music and allow them to play in a greater variety of ensembles.
Should music students in America be taught with a combination of oral and notated methods?
Precise claim:
Music students in America should be taught with a combination of oral and notated methods.
Reasons/blueprint:
-Learning music through both methods allows for more opportunity to play in a greater range of ensembles
-Gives the student a wider knowledge of music which allows for greater and quicker progression
Complete thesis statement:
Music students in America should be taught with a combination of oral and notated methods because it will give them a wider knowledge of music and allow them to play in a greater variety of ensembles.
Monday, March 15, 2010
RJA#8b: Evaluation Check
http://astults.blogspot.com/2010/03/rja-7a-evaluation-of-sources.html#comment-form
http://kwill12.blogspot.com/2010/03/rja-7a-evaluation-of-sources.html#comment-form
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RJA#8a: Quotation, Paraphrase, and Summary
Passage:
In the fragmented societies of today, there is no single reference. Cultures, subcultures and individuals build up their own musical identities and aesthetics. Sometimes reference to (or even deep understanding of) a previous context is useful or even essential, sometimes it is irrelevant. Music moves in place and time, is recontextualised, and takes on new significance.
World Music Centre
Quotation:
Music is a very diverse and comlicated happening that ties heavily into the culture of all peoples around the world. Music is also fluid and transends cultures, bonding the peoples of those cultures closer together. As the World Muisc Cetre online states, "Cultures, subcultures and individules build up their own musical identities and aesthetics... Music moves in place and time, is recintextualised, and takes on new signigicance."
Paraphrase:
No singular culture can be used to demonstrate this due to the variety of differences they have. Each society from the individual the whole creates their own musical existance. Understanding the changes a culture's music goes through can be useful or can be unnecessary. Music is not static and can be used for different reasons throughout time.
Summary:
With the broken cultures of today's societies, music is not a clear cut definition. Music not only created within the organized group of people, but also spreads and is altered for a different use. Knowing what music was used for can be helpful in some cases but in others it is not needed.
In the fragmented societies of today, there is no single reference. Cultures, subcultures and individuals build up their own musical identities and aesthetics. Sometimes reference to (or even deep understanding of) a previous context is useful or even essential, sometimes it is irrelevant. Music moves in place and time, is recontextualised, and takes on new significance.
World Music Centre
Quotation:
Music is a very diverse and comlicated happening that ties heavily into the culture of all peoples around the world. Music is also fluid and transends cultures, bonding the peoples of those cultures closer together. As the World Muisc Cetre online states, "Cultures, subcultures and individules build up their own musical identities and aesthetics... Music moves in place and time, is recintextualised, and takes on new signigicance."
Paraphrase:
No singular culture can be used to demonstrate this due to the variety of differences they have. Each society from the individual the whole creates their own musical existance. Understanding the changes a culture's music goes through can be useful or can be unnecessary. Music is not static and can be used for different reasons throughout time.
Summary:
With the broken cultures of today's societies, music is not a clear cut definition. Music not only created within the organized group of people, but also spreads and is altered for a different use. Knowing what music was used for can be helpful in some cases but in others it is not needed.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
RJA#7b: Feild Research Suggestions
http://jeffauger.blogspot.com/2010/02/rja-6c-field-research-options.html
http://tempestmitchell.blogspot.com/2010/02/rja-6c-field-research-options.html#comment-form
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RJA#7a: Evaluation of Sources
REFERENCE ARTICLE
Name(s) of author(s) of the article: Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
Title of the article: Musical Notation
Title of reference work: infoplease
Name of publisher: Columbia University Press
Date of publication: 2007
Resource searched: infoplease encyclopedia
The reference shows at the bottom the sources it used to compile the information which shows that it can be resonably trusted, not just someone writting what they think they know. It is a encyclopedia entry that mostly contains the history with some detailed description of how musical notation came about. Within the information there are links to certain words but non of which would really help me with my research. I would probably use this information to lead into or even enforce the description of notated music and why it is or is not helpful in teaching musical instruments.
BOOK
Author: Mixon, Kevin
Title: Reaching and Teaching All Instrumental Music Students
Edition number or information: Illustrated
Name of publisher: Lanham, Md./Rowman & Littlefield Education
Date of publication: c2007
Resource searched: Auraria Library/Google Books
The book seems to be of a very credible source for it contains information gatherd from many different sources and seems well organized and researched. This book can be of many uses to my reasearch. It is mostly a book for teachers about the different aspects of teaching and how to be most successful, in mixons researched opinion, in teaching music students. It has a section on teaching for diverse learning styles which would be excelent to use for the oral side of my research. The book also has a section on introducing notation which would be great for research on the notated side. It also has many different elements that come to play on teaching music which will broaden my music teaching knowledge and allow me to bring a better understanding of how to teach music in gerneral.
PERIODICAL ARTICLE
Name(s) of author(s): Music Educators National Conference
(U.S.)Title of article: Neglected Skills: Aural Perception and Music Reading
Volume and issue number: 57, no. 2
Date: 2007
Pages on which article appears: 35
Resource searched: Auraria Library
This article comes straight from the Music Educators National Conference so I know it is credited right off the bat. It has great information on ways to facilitate learning in an aural and a notated manner but it is also a very western baised article. It is giving me the idea to condense my topic to western music because I am realizing that trying to duscuss other musics would make my topic too large for this class assignment. It gives great information on the trainings that music student can go through and how they can best benefit from them (wether it be aural or notated). Discussing non-western musics in my research briefly is still needed and this article would not be very useful in that area.
WEBSITE
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8646472/Music-Factsheet-No-1-Three-Ways-to-learn-music
Title: Music Musings No. 1: What is Music?
Author: Suzannah Doyle
Copright: 2004 Suzannah Doyle Music
The site is actually a site that links the users to documents. The document I am linked to comes from Suzannah Doyle's personal site. I went to her site and discoverd that she has a very extensive backround in music and is very actively involved in many different aspects of music and is well accredited. The document that I am useing is a very simpile explanation of three basic ways to to learn music (Written, Oral, and Chord Theory). The Document is mainly baised on western music and how to learn it so in applying it to learning by oral tradition, this site would not be useful but it is useful for a very brief description of those methods. I could use it for leading into more detailed information when talking about specific methods of teaching music.
Name(s) of author(s) of the article: Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
Title of the article: Musical Notation
Title of reference work: infoplease
Name of publisher: Columbia University Press
Date of publication: 2007
Resource searched: infoplease encyclopedia
The reference shows at the bottom the sources it used to compile the information which shows that it can be resonably trusted, not just someone writting what they think they know. It is a encyclopedia entry that mostly contains the history with some detailed description of how musical notation came about. Within the information there are links to certain words but non of which would really help me with my research. I would probably use this information to lead into or even enforce the description of notated music and why it is or is not helpful in teaching musical instruments.
BOOK
Author: Mixon, Kevin
Title: Reaching and Teaching All Instrumental Music Students
Edition number or information: Illustrated
Name of publisher: Lanham, Md./Rowman & Littlefield Education
Date of publication: c2007
Resource searched: Auraria Library/Google Books
The book seems to be of a very credible source for it contains information gatherd from many different sources and seems well organized and researched. This book can be of many uses to my reasearch. It is mostly a book for teachers about the different aspects of teaching and how to be most successful, in mixons researched opinion, in teaching music students. It has a section on teaching for diverse learning styles which would be excelent to use for the oral side of my research. The book also has a section on introducing notation which would be great for research on the notated side. It also has many different elements that come to play on teaching music which will broaden my music teaching knowledge and allow me to bring a better understanding of how to teach music in gerneral.
PERIODICAL ARTICLE
Name(s) of author(s): Music Educators National Conference
(U.S.)Title of article: Neglected Skills: Aural Perception and Music Reading
Volume and issue number: 57, no. 2
Date: 2007
Pages on which article appears: 35
Resource searched: Auraria Library
This article comes straight from the Music Educators National Conference so I know it is credited right off the bat. It has great information on ways to facilitate learning in an aural and a notated manner but it is also a very western baised article. It is giving me the idea to condense my topic to western music because I am realizing that trying to duscuss other musics would make my topic too large for this class assignment. It gives great information on the trainings that music student can go through and how they can best benefit from them (wether it be aural or notated). Discussing non-western musics in my research briefly is still needed and this article would not be very useful in that area.
WEBSITE
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8646472/Music-Factsheet-No-1-Three-Ways-to-learn-music
Title: Music Musings No. 1: What is Music?
Author: Suzannah Doyle
Copright: 2004 Suzannah Doyle Music
The site is actually a site that links the users to documents. The document I am linked to comes from Suzannah Doyle's personal site. I went to her site and discoverd that she has a very extensive backround in music and is very actively involved in many different aspects of music and is well accredited. The document that I am useing is a very simpile explanation of three basic ways to to learn music (Written, Oral, and Chord Theory). The Document is mainly baised on western music and how to learn it so in applying it to learning by oral tradition, this site would not be useful but it is useful for a very brief description of those methods. I could use it for leading into more detailed information when talking about specific methods of teaching music.
RJA#6b: Social Media and Multimedia
Resource searched or tool used: Addict-o-matic
Keywords used: Learning, Notated, Music
Search strategies used: Social Media, Keywords
Date of search: 3/7/10
Number of hits: Searches multipule sites so unknown
Relevance of hits: 2 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Globe of Blogs
Keywords used: Methods, Teaching, African, Drum
Search strategies used: Social Media, Keywords
Date of search: 3/7/10
Number of hits: 100+
Relevance of hits: 2 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Fizy
Keywords used: African, Drum, Music
Search strategies used: Multimedia, Keywords
Date of search: 3/7/10
Number of hits: 9
Relevance of hits: 2 of 5
Keywords used: Learning, Notated, Music
Search strategies used: Social Media, Keywords
Date of search: 3/7/10
Number of hits: Searches multipule sites so unknown
Relevance of hits: 2 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Globe of Blogs
Keywords used: Methods, Teaching, African, Drum
Search strategies used: Social Media, Keywords
Date of search: 3/7/10
Number of hits: 100+
Relevance of hits: 2 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Fizy
Keywords used: African, Drum, Music
Search strategies used: Multimedia, Keywords
Date of search: 3/7/10
Number of hits: 9
Relevance of hits: 2 of 5
Friday, March 5, 2010
RJA#6a: Websites
Resource searched or tool used: Cuil.com
Keywords used: Teaching, Aural, Music
Search strategies used: Search engine, Keywords
Date of search: 3/5/10
Number of hits: 81,482
Relevance of hits: 1 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Search.com
Keywords used: Ways, Learn, Music
Search strategies used: Meta Search, Keywords
Date of search: 3/5/10
Number of hits: 34,300,300
Relevance of hits: 3 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Intute
Keywords used: Teaching, Music
Search strategies used: Directories, Keywords
Date of search: 3/5/10
Number of hits: 169
Relevance of hits: 2 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Deep Dyve
Keywords used: Teaching, Notated, Music
Search strategies used: Invisible web search tools, Keywords
Date of search: 3/5/10
Number of hits: 1,109,137
Relevance of hits: 3 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Yahoo! Groups
Keywords used: World, Music, Instruments
Search strategies used: Group Directories
Date of search: 3/5/10
Number of hits: 115,000,000
Relevance of hits: 2 of 5
Keywords used: Teaching, Aural, Music
Search strategies used: Search engine, Keywords
Date of search: 3/5/10
Number of hits: 81,482
Relevance of hits: 1 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Search.com
Keywords used: Ways, Learn, Music
Search strategies used: Meta Search, Keywords
Date of search: 3/5/10
Number of hits: 34,300,300
Relevance of hits: 3 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Intute
Keywords used: Teaching, Music
Search strategies used: Directories, Keywords
Date of search: 3/5/10
Number of hits: 169
Relevance of hits: 2 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Deep Dyve
Keywords used: Teaching, Notated, Music
Search strategies used: Invisible web search tools, Keywords
Date of search: 3/5/10
Number of hits: 1,109,137
Relevance of hits: 3 of 5
Resource searched or tool used: Yahoo! Groups
Keywords used: World, Music, Instruments
Search strategies used: Group Directories
Date of search: 3/5/10
Number of hits: 115,000,000
Relevance of hits: 2 of 5
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
RJA#6c: Field Research Options
I have a few ideas for my field research:
-Interview (via e-mail) my world music professor because he has been trained in many different musical styles and cultures ,including the traditional western method, so I can ask him about both being taught in a more notated baised method opposed to a more aural method (or in most cases a fully aural method)
-Interview my percussion instructor about being taught in a strictly notated or western enviornment
-Interview the teacher for the Metro State African Drum Ensamble about being taught in a strictly aural enviornment.
-Interview (via e-mail) my world music professor because he has been trained in many different musical styles and cultures ,including the traditional western method, so I can ask him about both being taught in a more notated baised method opposed to a more aural method (or in most cases a fully aural method)
-Interview my percussion instructor about being taught in a strictly notated or western enviornment
-Interview the teacher for the Metro State African Drum Ensamble about being taught in a strictly aural enviornment.
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