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==Resources==
==Resources==
==== Reading ====
* Johnson, “#genre."
** [https://tom-johnson.net/2017/08/04/genre-part-i/ Part 1]
** [https://tom-johnson.net/2017/10/09/genre-part-2-genre-tags/ Part 2]


====Tools====
====Tools====

Revision as of 19:00, 20 July 2020

This lesson is part of the Style & Compositional Techniques category.

Objectives

  • Students will be familiar with the concept of genre from academic and marketing perspectives.
  • Students will explore the definitions and membership of different genres.

Resources

Reading

Tools

Class Activities

  • Discussion of the concept of genre from the point of view of record industry, recording artist, and listener
  • Analysis of a one or more specific genres, including genre definitions and inter-genre variety

Assignments

  • Report or questionnaire on a selected genre
  • Comparison between selected genres (this article has some good possibilities)
  • Explorations of some of the links at the bottom of everynoise.com: compare & explain geographic trends, etc.

Notes