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


*[http://everynoise.com/ everynoise.com]
*[http://everynoise.com/ McDonald, "Every Noise At Once"]


==Class Activities==
==Class Activities==

Revision as of 20:26, 29 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.

Files

Notes