RJA#10a: Annotated Bibliography, Part 1

Doyle, Suzannah. "Music Musings No. 1: What is Music?" SuzDoyle.com. 2004. Web. 4 Apr. 2010. http://www.scribd.com/doc/8646472/Music-Factsheet-No-1-Three-Ways-to-learn-music.

This article gives a basic explanation of the notated tradition (or as it calls it the written tradition), the oral tradition (or as it calls it ‘by ear’) and the chord progression method of learning music. The chord progression method is not exactly relevant due to many styles of music not having chords but I could still use this to show how western music is traditional taught. The article is a bit elementary so when going into greater detail, a better source would be needed. The information is good for someone whom has little musical experience and needs the styles broken down a bit more.

"Theme 3: Methods of Teaching." World Music Centre: Worlds of Music. Web. 4 Apr. 2010. http://www.cdime-network.com/wom/0212031452477748#top.

This source talks about how to teach music to an intercultural environment of people. It goes through and describes how the world is changing and how the ways music is taught needs to be re-examined for the sake of teaching to a wider range of cultures. The article helps me with discussing why we should be taught in more ways and how teachers should be able to be flexible for their students, shifting to more oral or more notated styles but still having both. The source gives a lot of ideas a room for discussion.

"Musical Notation." The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. N.p.: Columbia University Press, 2006. N. pag. Web. 4 Apr. 2010.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0834560.html.

The article is a lot of history of musical notation starting back in 500 A.D. I do not necessarily need much information on the history so much as I will use this information to describe what notated music was originally used for in order to prove that notated music is needed but does have some holes in its style that the musician today needs to fill. It will also aid in the description of the notated music tradition. The descriptions in the article can help solidify what notated music is classified as.