Transcript Musical Links Investigation 2016x

Investigating musical links
 Students are encouraged to explore, analyze and examine
the musical connections existing between two (or more!)
pieces of music from two distinct musical cultures
 Through this investigation, students learn to demonstrate
significant musical links (similarities and differences!)
When investigating musical links…
• Students need to develop depth of argument in demonstrating the
links that exist
• The links must be based on musical elements (melodic, harmonic,
structural, rhythmic, etc.)
• Students MUST USE PRIMARY SOURCES, and are encouraged to
support their work by also using secondary sources
PRIMARY SOURCES
Primary sources are original materials on which other research is based. They are usually the first formal
appearance of results in physical, print or electronic format. They present original thinking, report a discovery,
or share new information.
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Artifacts (e.g. coins, plant specimens, fossils, furniture, tools, clothing, all from the time under study);
Audio recordings (e.g. radio programs)
Diaries;
Internet communications on email, listservs;
Interviews (e.g., oral histories, telephone, e-mail);
Journal articles published in peer-reviewed publications;
Letters;
Newspaper articles written at the time;
Original Documents (i.e. birth certificate, will, marriage license, trial transcript);
Patents;
Photographs
Proceedings of Meetings, conferences and symposia;
Records of organizations, government agencies (e.g. annual report, treaty, constitution, government
document);
Speeches;
Survey Research (e.g., market surveys, public opinion polls);
Video recordings (e.g. television programs);
Works of art, architecture, literature, and music (e.g., paintings, sculptures, musical scores, buildings,
novels, poems).
Web site.
SECONDARY SOURCES
Secondary sources are accounts written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. They are
interpretations and evaluations of primary sources. Secondary sources are not evidence, but
rather commentary on and discussion of evidence. However, what some define as a secondary
source, others define as a tertiary source. Context is everything.
Note: The definition of a secondary source may vary depending upon the discipline or context.
Examples include:
• Bibliographies (also considered tertiary);
• Biographical works;
• Commentaries, criticisms;
• Dictionaries, Encyclopedias (also considered tertiary);
• Histories;
• Journal articles (depending on the disciple can be primary);
• Magazine and newspaper articles (this distinction varies by discipline);
• Monographs, other than fiction and autobiography;
• Textbooks (also considered tertiary);
• Web site (also considered primary).
Musical Culture or Musical Style?
Musical Culture may:
 spread widely across time and place
 have many creative changes while maintaining its
essence (known as musical “style”)
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the difference between Ska and reggae is a creative “change” within a single
musical culture; two “styles of Caribbean music
 not necessarily be defined by time or geography
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Bach and Mussorgsky are both composers of Western Art music
“Musical Style” may also refer to particular characteristic musical
features such as: melodic structure , form improvisation,
harmony, articulation, duration which are common to a set of
musical pieces
The vast majority of the students’
investigation should be their own
work and ideas and not a
summary of other sources!!!
A distinct musical culture refers to….
…a learned way of making and using music which
is shared by a group of people
…music that is usually passed down from
generation to generation
…..Music that plays different roles within the
culture (entertainment, ceremony, work, etc.)
What is a Media Script?
The investigation must be presented in a media format. This format may
include any kind of media format designed to reach large numbers of
people. Some examples include:
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Power Point Presentation
Website
Radio Script
Play or Movie Script
News Paper or Magazine
Blog
The Media Script must be no more than 2,000 words.
Link to IB Curriculum Information
and Assessment Criteria
https://wmrhsd.haikulearning.com/50timothybeadle/ibmusic/cms_page/view/19405539