In this assignment, you’ll use a comparison exercise to practice listening closely to music, with special focus on timbre and the voice.
Instructions:
1. Choose a song or piece of music that you are already familiar with, and that features a singer. Any style of music is fine, as long as it has one main singer (rap is also fine).
2. Review this Spotify playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2LvqlrQaXizSBHaNqacg7t?si=xMNTP1ZpSGqYEa0nEl7-HA&nd=1
Pick ONE track to use for this comparison exercise along with your song. If you prefer, you can also skip the first step above and use two songs from this list instead.
3. Listen carefully to both tracks several times, with special attention to the timbre of the voices. Write a response of roughly two paragraphs addressing these questions, and comparing the way vocal timbre is used in each song:
How would you describe the qualities of each vocalist’s sound? Does the vocal quality change over the track or is it consistent? How does each vocalist’s sound relate to the feeling or message of the song? How does it relate to the other sounds and timbres used in the song (instruments or electronics)? The point is to focus on the vocal timbre in each track, and think about what it has to do with your own experience of the song overall.
Length is not a substitute for quality; revise your writing for clarity and concision, as well as grammar and spelling. At the top of your assignment, please list the 2 songs you used, and share a link to the one you chose (unless you chose both from the list).
We recognize that writing about music is challenging, but you will do well on this assignment as long as your response reflects careful listening and thoughtful consideration of the questions above.
Peer Reviews
Details about peer reviews were all explained in the Welcome module video and on the Syllabus, so please review those materials if you have any questions about how to access them, what to write, or when they are due. In this case, please take a moment to listen to the songs that the other students chose to write about, and leave a few sentences replying to each to share your thoughts.
Grading Criteria
To earn a grade of Complete, your response must meet the following criteria:
1. For each song/piece, you must address the questions in the prompt above, and discuss the sounds and the vocal timbre in a way that reflects careful listening.
2. It does not contain significant grammar or spelling errors, and reflects time spent revising your writing. If it has extensive grammar problems and the meanings of some statements are not clear, the TA will ask you to revise it.
3. It follows the basics of the instructions above, i.e. it discusses 2 songs/pieces of music, at least 1 from the Spotify list linked above, and is roughly 2 paragraphs long.
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