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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lesson 1: Can Music Have A Specific Purpose?

1. Can Music Have A Specific Purpose?

Lesson 2: The Performer's Role

1. The Performer’s Role

2. Discussion Question 1: The Performer’s Role

Lesson 3: Types of Listeners

1. Casual Listeners

2. Referential Listeners

3. Critical and Perceptive Listeners

Lesson 4: Structure of Music

1. Structure of Music

2. Basic Musical Concepts Quiz

Lesson 5: Duration, Pitch, and Volume

1. Duration, Pitch, and Volume 1

2. Duration, Pitch, and Volume 2

3. Duration, Pitch, and Volume 3

4. Duration, Pitch, and Volume 4

Lesson 6: Instrumental and Vocal Timbre

1. Instrumental Timbre

2. Vocal Timbre 1

3. Vocal Timbre 2

Lesson 7: Orchestral Timbre

1. Orchestral Timbre 1: The Symphony Orchestra

2. Orchestral Timbre 2: The Orchestral Conductor

3. Building Blocks of Sound Quiz

Lesson 8: Rhythm, Tempo, and Meter

1. Rhythm 1

2. Rhythm 1

3. Tempo 1

4. Tempo 2

5. Meter 1

6. Meter 2

7. Rhythm, Tempo, and Meter Quiz

Lesson 9: Melody

1. Melody 1

2. Melody 2

3. Melody 3

4. Melody 4

5. Melody 5

6. Melody 6

Lesson 10: Harmony

1. Harmony 1

2. Harmony 2

Lesson 11: Form

1. Form 1

2. Form 2

3. Form 3

Discussion Question: Form Forum

Melody, Harmony, and Form Quiz

Lesson 12: What Is Jazz?

1. Essential Features

2. Improvisation

3. Swing Feeling

4. Bluesy Flavor

Lesson 13: The Blues

1. The Blues

2. Essential Features: Pitch Bending and Harmony

3. Chords

4. Blues Chord Progressions

5. 12-Bar Form and Tonality

6. Listening Skills

7. Summary

8. Discussion Question: Improvisation

9. Blues and Jazz Quiz

Lesson 14: Pivotal Figures Before Modern Jazz

1. Jelly Roll Morton

2. Louis Armstrong

3. Benny Goodman

4. Art Tatum

5. Duke Ellington

6. Mary Lou Williams

7. Billie Holiday

8. Ella Fitzgerald

Lesson 15: Bebop and the Advent of Modern Jazz

1. Modern Jazz

2. Introduction

3. Bebop

4. Charlie Parker

5. Parker’s Style

6. Bebop, Ballads, and Blues

7. Dizzy Gillespie

8. Afro-Cuban Jazz

9. Jazz Performance Report Assignment

10. Before and After Modern Jazz

Lesson 16: Early Exponents of Cool Jazz

1. Cool Jazz

2. Miles Davis and The Birth of Cool

3. Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker

4. Lennie Tristano & Lee Konitz

5. 1950 Metronome Magazine “All-Stars” Bands

Lesson 17: Miles Davis, Modal Jazz, and Bill Evans

1. Miles Davis

2. Miles Davis Sextet, 1959

3. Modal Jazz

4. Davis’ “So What”

5. Davis’ “Flamenco Sketches”

6. Bill Evans

7. Bill Evans Trio

Lesson 18: Western Music

1. Introduction

2. The 19th Century Crucible

3. The Great Divide

Lesson 19: Rural Blues and Urban Blues

1. Introduction

2. Musical and Poetic Form of the 12-Bar Blues

3. Rural Blues

4. Urban Blues

5. Boogie Woogie

6. Commercial or Arranged Blues

7. Conclusion

8. Lesson Assessment

Lesson 20: Other African American Roots of Rock

1. Spirituals

2. Gospel Music

3. Vocal Harmony Groups

4. Early Rhythm and Blues

5. The Audience for Rhythm and Blues

6. Conclusion

7. Rural Blues, Urban Blues, and Other African American Roots Quiz

Lesson 21: Swing and Big Bands

1. Introduction

2. Music Consumption in the Swing Era

3. Society Syncopators

4. Big Bands

5. White Swing Bandleaders

6. Kansas City Swing

7. Conclusions

8. Swing and Big Bands Quiz

Lesson 22: Midterm

Midtern Exam

Lesson 23: Rhythm and Blues Becomes Rock and Roll

1. Introduction

2. New Technologies and Means of Consumption

3. Alan Freed

4. Ray Charles and the Gospel Side of Rock and Roll

5. Rhythm and Blues Crosses Over

6. Cover Versions

7. Conclusion

8. Rhythm and Blues Quiz

Lesson 24: Elvis Presley

1. Introduction

2. Sam Phillips and Sun Records

3. The Hillbilly Cat

4. Colonel Tom Parker and Presley at RCA-Victor

5. Presley’s Cover Versions

6. Presley After the 1950s

7. Conclusion

8. Elvis Presley Quiz

Lesson 25: Rockabilly

1. Introduction

2. Rockabilly

3. Jerry Lee Lewis

4. Johnny Cash

5. Other Rockabilly Stars

6. Presley After the 1950s

7. Buddy Holly and the Crickets

8. The Day the Music Died

9. Conclusion

10. Rockabilly Quiz

Lesson 26: Bluegrass

1. Introduction

2. The Roots of Bluegrass

3. Bill Monroe and the Birth of Bluegrass

4. Bill Monroe and the Birth of Bluegrass (cont.)

5. Bluegrass Takes Off

6. Bluegrass and the Folk Music Revival

7. Conclusion

8. Bluegrass Quiz

Lesson 27: Soul

1. Introduction

2. The African American Presence in Pop

3. Motown 1

4. Motown 2

5. Motown 3

6. Atlantic and Stax

7. Conclusion

8. Soul Quiz

Lesson 28: The British Invasion: The Beatles

1. Introduction

2. Rock and Roll in the United Kingdom

3. Becoming the Beatles

4. Becoming the Beatles (cont.)

5. Beatlemania

6. The Music of the Beatles

7. From Songs to Recordings

8. Conclusion

Lesson 29: The British Invasion: The Rolling Stones

1. Introduction

2. The British Blues Revival

3. Making the Rolling Stones

4. Jagger and Richards as Songwriters

5. Breaking into the United States

6. The Music of the Rolling Stones

7. Conclusion

8. The British Invasion Quiz

Lesson 30: Folk and Folk Rock

1. Introduction

2. Folk Music Before the 1960s

3. Authentic vs. Commercial

4. Bob Dylan

5. Bob Dylan (Continued)

6. The Rise of Folk Rock

7. Dylan’s Influence During the 1960s

8. Conclusion

9. Folk and Folk Rock Quiz

Lesson 31: Country Rock and Southern Rock

1. Introduction

2. Country Rock

3. Country Rock (Continued)

4. Southern Rock 1

5. Southern Rock 2

6. Southern Rock 3

7. Conclusion

8. Country Rock and Southern Rock Quiz

Lesson 32: Hard Rock

1. Introduction

2. Hard Rock: Predecessors

3. Hard Rock: Early Examples

4. SLed Zeppelin 1

5. Led Zeppelin 2

6. Led Zeppelin 3

7. Led Zeppelin’s Influence

8. Conclusion

8. Hard Rock Quiz

Lesson 33: Hip-Hop

1. Introduction

2. The Roots of Hip-Hop

3. Early Commercial Hip-Hop

4. Hip-Hop Goes Mainstream

5. Hip-Hop Goes Mainstream (Continued)

6. Hip-Hop Takes Over

7. Conclusion

8. Hip-Hop Quiz

Lesson 34: Exploring the Landscape of African Music

1. Introduction

2. Colonial Africa

3. Music in Community Life I: Music in the Sande Initiat

4. Music in Community Life II: Music and Dance

Lesson 35: African Instruments, Drum Language, and Popular Music

1. African Instruments I: Regional Differences P

2. African Instruments II: Musical Instruments as Symbols

3. Vocal Music I

4. Vocal Music II

3. Vocal Music III

4. Music of Africa Quiz

Lesson 36: Music of Japan

1. Introduction and History

2. Aesthetics

3. Westernization, Religion, and Shõmyõ

4. Musical Elements

Lesson 37: Instruments & Japanese Folk and Pop Music

1. Instruments: Koto and Shamisen

2. Instruments: Shakuhachi and Taiko

3. Japanese Folk & Pop Music

4. Instruments: Shakuhachi and Taiko

5. Japanese Music Written Assignment

6. Music of Japan Quiz

Lesson 38: The Many Voices of Latin American Concert Music

1. Introduction

2. History and Culture of Indigenous Peruvian Music

3. Music in Pre-Columbian Peru

4. Indigenous Music of Latin America: Peru (Continued)

5. Sounds of Africa: African Slaves in Brazil

6. Europeans and Africans in Latin America

Lesson 39: Music of Colombia

1. Colombian Music: Introduction

2. Colombian Music (Continued)

3. An In-Depth Look into the Vocal Music from the Colombian Pacific

4. Folk Chant: Alabaos

5. Gualies

6. The Voice of the People I

7. The Voice of the People II

8. Elements from African and European Music

Lesson 40: In the Concert Hall

1. Indigenous, African, and Vernacular Traditions

2. Indigenous, African, and Vernacular Traditions (Continued)

3. Latin American Composers on the World Stage

4. Latin American Composers on the World Stage (Continued); Conclusion

5. Latin Music Written Assignment

6. Music of Latin America Quiz

Lesson 41: Final

1. Final Exam

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OnMusic Explorations is the first step in your students’ journey to explore and hopefully start to untangle the mysterious power that music has on billions of people world-wide every day.

Beginning with a broad introduction to basic music concepts and organizing elements, OnMusic Explorations helps your students dig deeper into the musical components so they can become more perceptive listeners. With this foundation in place, the text shifts focus onto exploring the panorama of music genres from America, Europe, Africa, Japan, and Latin America.

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