Discussion Board

For our final Discussion Board, I would like you each to discuss which musical culture you found most interesting during this course.  Which instruments did you find most interesting and why?  Were there any particular activities you found intriguing?  Do you feel like you now know more about our diverse planet, and about how musical activities reflect the cultures that create them?

Your discussion post should be around 150 words

Caribbean Listening Journal

Choose an AUDIO example (not video clip) from Unit 8: Caribbean and write a 150 word journal about it. Please utilize the listening guides in your textbook for this assignment.  Include information about the audio example including the genre or style, instruments and form.  What culture creates this music?  What behaviors or activities are associated with this music?  Also include your personal thoughts or feelings about your chosen audio example.  Do you like it/dislike it?  Why did you choose this particular example?

Your Journal should be around 150 words

Caribbean Video Clips

The following Video Clips are associated with, and embedded into, the Lecture Presentation of the Caribbean Module, as well as “Chapter 10: Caribbean” in your textbook.  Video Clips are NOT part of the Caribbean Quiz.

Haitian Vodoun Ritual

https://youtu.be/kpeLdXeIbwA?list=PL86F5E10E00874369 (Links to an external site.)

Bahamas: Rake n Scrape

https://youtu.be/1EvYKYqCoH4?list=PL86F5E10E00874369 (Links to an external site.)

Trinidad: Kalinda Stick Fighting

https://youtu.be/uiYoBGgTRxo (Links to an external site.)

Trinidad: Tamboo Bamboo

https://youtu.be/_QVEX_Fiinw (Links to an external site.)

Trinidad: Calypso

https://youtu.be/9L9angh4KdQ (Links to an external site.)

Trinidad: Steel Bands

https://youtu.be/ReNbZFKKX7c (Links to an external site.)

Cuba: Afro-Cuban Rumba

https://youtu.be/07mS0mSTDjY?list=PL86F5E10E00874369 (Links to an external site.)

Garifuna Punta

https://youtu.be/BwXay3cII9c?list=PL86F5E10E00874369 (Links to an external site.)

Garifuna Punta Rock

https://youtu.be/z_42qfBcMZ8?list=PL86F5E10E00874369 (Links to an external site.)

Trinidad: Chuntey-Soca

https://youtu.be/zJoMNsCSWl0?list=PL86F5E10E00874369 (Links to an external site.)

Dominican Republic: Merengue

https://youtu.be/kCah16gwQ_g?list=PL86F5E10E00874369 (Links to an external site.)

The first student post:I think I liked the Middle East culture the best out of all that we studied. What I found interesting from the Middle East is that music is more looked down upon rather than praised when it is in certain settings. I feel that in most cultures, music is something that is really looked up to, but this is not really the case in the Middle East. It is looked at as “illegitimate” and should only be used for family celebrations or for religious purposes. A musical activity that I found really intriguing was the musical rituals or drum circles that some cultures would practice. This can be seen in the African culture with the drum circles and in Indonesia with the trance rituals and even in Japan when they would perform with costumes. I really liked the use of the drums in all of the different cultures and most, if not all, cultures used a lot of drums in their practices. I feel that I know so much more about how music is viewed in each part of the world and I feel that I learned so much from the course as well.

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The second student post:

I thought the Middle East was the most interesting out of them all, in my opinion. The two main types of music are Halal music or Haram music. I had never known a type of music that involves separation due to the legitness between one another until then. Like for example, halal is considered believed to have only vocal music allowed while haram music doesn’t allow instruments in it. I thought the instruments from Latin America and the Caribbeans were interesting how much has changed with the influences from different countries into making their own such as the saw, goatskin drums, accordion, etc. The activities of plays of the biblical from the Latin Americas shows given to the audience was a unique and traditional play for all to see. I hope it’s an excellent experince for everyone into seeing these cultures and what much good comes out of them. I had have learned so much from this class and the subject! It has been a great experience and I hope to see more out of it in the future.