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Faculty of Fine Arts
Department of Music
Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk & Rap
FA/MUSI 1520 6.0
Fall/Winter 2006
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Course Director: Ray Williams E-mail: Ray Williams, Karen Burke
Course Description and Content
This course explores in depth the range of African-American popular music that came into existence during the 1920’s. Numerous styles and genres will be studied from various points of view (musicological, sociological & theoretical) and a wide variety of structural forms and musical techniques will be analyzed. The historical context as relates to the development of this music will be explored. The experiences of the personalities will also be studied in an effort to gain greater understanding of their artistic development.
Schedule: Classes meets each Wednesday as follows:
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TIME |
PLACE |
INSTRUCTOR |
| Section A |
8:30AM - 10:30AM |
ACW 206 |
Ray Williams |
| Section B |
7:00PM - 9:00PM |
ACW 206 |
n/a |
| Section C |
2:30PM - 4:30PM |
ACW 206 |
Karen Burke |
Required Text: Various readings may be suggested.
Requirements: Notebook, pen and ears.
Academic Honesty
Please note the Senate Policy on academic honesty found on the York website at http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/legislation/senate/acadhone.htm.
Any form of cheating will result in a mark of ZERO.
Assignment Submission
All assignments are to be submitted directly to the instructor during class time. If this is not possible, you may submit your assignments to the Music Office in Accolade East Building 3rd Floor [371] before 3:00PM during working days. Make sure your assignment is time stamped by the Music Office staff to establish the date of submission.
Evaluation and Grading
| Component |
% WEIGHT |
| Listening Journal |
30 |
| Tests (in class "listening", context, terminology, analysis, genre) |
40 |
| Attendance, Effort & Participation |
30 |
| TOTAL |
100 |
Last Date to Drop without Academic Penalty: Feb 2, 2007
Topic Schedule and Due Dates:
| 2006 |
TOPIC |
2007 |
TOPIC |
| Sep 6 |
Introduction |
Jan 3 |
Test 2 [15%] |
| Sep 13 |
The Blues |
Jan 10 |
Seventies 1 - Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye |
| Sep 20 |
Louis Armstrong |
Jan 17 |
Seventies 2 - Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes |
| Sep 27 |
Billie Holiday |
Jan 24 |
Seventies 3 - Stevie Wonder, Gamble & Huff |
| Oct 4 |
Nat King Cole |
Jan 31 |
Seventies 4 - Ballads |
| Oct 11 |
Ray Charles |
Jan 31 |
Listening Journal Due [30%] |
| Oct 18 |
Doo Wop - Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke |
Feb 7 |
Seventies 5 - Pre Disco |
| Oct 25 |
Test 1 [10%] |
Feb 21 |
Disco 1 - Van McCoy, Donna Summer |
| Nov 1 |
Sixties 1 - Berry Gordy, Motown |
Feb 28 |
Disco 2 - Sylvester, Boney M, Chic |
| Nov 8 |
Sixties 2 - The Supremes, HDH |
Mar 7 |
Test 3 [15%] |
| Nov 15 |
Sixties 3 - James Brown, Aretha Franklin |
Mar 14 |
Clyde Stubblefield Info |
| Nov 22 |
Sixties 4 - Stax |
Mar 21 |
Wrap Up |
| Nov 29 |
no class |
Mar 28 |
No class |
Listening Journal
You are required to listen to African-American popular music performed by African-American artists and record information about this music in a Listening Journal. The Journal should be divided into two sections. The first must cover music up to and including 1969 and the second music between 1970 and 1990. The Journal may be hand written but it must be well presented.
The Journal will consist of individual song listings for each song you listened to. You should write about your personal feeling about each song. There must be no duplicates i.e. same song by the same artist (these will result in mark deductions). There must be a table of contents. The Journal’s pages must be numbered. The journal should explore a minimum of 150 songs and be at least 30 pages long. Entries should contain factual data about each song, which may include, but is not limited to: artist, song name, composer, release date, record label, chart peak position, etc. Plagiarism, especially cut/paste from the Internet, will result in deductions of up to 100%. The journal should not contain songs played in class (i.e. songs listed in bold in the syllabus).
Journals are due at the end of class on January 31, 2007. Every journal submitted late will result in a minimum 10% deduction – no exceptions. If you are unable to submit your journal in class, then it must be submitted to the Music Office at Accolade East Building 3rd Floor [Room 371]. Please ensure that your journal is time stamped to prove the date it was submitted.
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