Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #16

Answer the following questions:

1. In the standard rock beat, on what beats does the bass drum play?
2. How is a rim shot played?
3. Name one difference between a ride cymbal and a crash cymbal.
4. What is syncopation?
5. What is the difference between a shuffle and swing?
6. How do drummers play a closed roll?
7. What fingers are used to grip a drumstick?

Due Tuesday November 23

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #15

Answer the following questions about GB guitar lesson #4:

1. What is the difference between an E minor chord and and E major chord?
2. What fingering shape does an A minor chord have?
3. Do you usually say major when talking about an E major chord?
4. What does a capo do?
5. What do you call making the same shapes on the guitar sound higher?
6. How many eighth notes per beat are there in 12/8 time?
7. What are the new chords in this lesson?


Due Tuesday November 23

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #14

Answer the following questions:

1. When two keys are right next to each other on the piano what is the distance between them called?
2. How many half steps are there between C and C?
3. When you put two half steps together what is it called?
4. What notes in the C major scale are half  steps?
5. Where are key signatures usually located on the staff?
6. What is an arpeggio?
7. What direction does the arpeggio in GB piano lesson #5 go?

Due Tuesday November 23

Monday, November 15, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #13

Answer the following questions:

1. How can you play and rewind your track in Garageband without using the transport controls?
2. Why is the key of your track important?
3. What preferences can you change in the My Info window?
4. How do you put loops into your favorites folder?
5. What is the Arrangement Track for?
6. What can you do with the Master Track?
7. Where is the Vocal Transformer located?

Due Tuesday, November 23.

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #12

Answer the following questions:

1. What does a quarter note look like and how many beats does it get?
2. What kind of note gets 2 beats and what does it look like?
3. What is the name for the area between two bar lines on a staff?
4. What do each of the numbers in a time signature stand for?
5. What is the most common time signature?
6. How many beats does a whole note take?
7. In 4/4 time how many quarter notes are there in a measure?

Due Tuesday November 23.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #11

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the numbering system for each of your hands for piano?
2. What is the numbering system for the left hand for guitar (if you're right handed)?
3. What are the notes of an A minor chord?
4. What does the sustain pedal do?
5. What note is on the bottom line of the bass staff?
6. What note is on the top line of the bass staff?
7. What is an octave?

Due Friday November 19.

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #10

Answer the following questions:

1. How can you add a vocal track in Garageband?
2. Where is the zoom control located?
3. What is the difference between the loop button in the transport section and the loop cursor?
4. What is feedback in Garageband?
5. What are the hot keys to bring up the musical typing keyboard?
6. Why can't you drag a blue loop into a green track?
7. What does the mute icon look like?

Due Friday, November 19.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #9

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the line that middle C is written on called?
2. In piano music when the bass and treble staffs are connected together, what is it called?
3. What fingers are used in a root position chord?
4. How many beats does a half note get?
5. What is a metronome?
6. Where is C located on the piano in relation to the black notes?
7. Where is G located on the piano in relation to the black notes?

Due Friday November 19, 2010

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #8

Answer the following questions?

1. On the guitar, what is the fingering for a G chord?
2. On the guitar, what is the fingering for a C chord?
3. On the guitar, what is the fingering for an E chord?
4. On the guitar, what is the fingering for an A chord?
5. On the guitar, what is the fingering for a D chord?
6. What chords do you need to play the blues in GB guitar lesson 3?
7. What kind of rhythm do you use for the blues in GB guitar lesson 3?

Due Friday, November 12, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #7

Answer the following questions:

1. How do you erase something in Garageband?
2. How can you erase an entire track in Garageband?
3. How can you fix the timing in your track?
4. How can you hear yourself if you're recording a vocal?
5. How do you get the t-pain effect on your vocal?
6. Why doesn't the loop I recorded sound right when I loop it?
7. What's that clicking sound I hear when I'm trying to record?

Due Friday, November 12, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #6

Answer the following questions:

1. What is it called when music is written down?
2. What are the names of the white notes on the piano keyboard?
3. What does it mean when notes are stacked on top of each other?
4. What note is on the bottom line of the treble clef staff?
5. What do the spaces on the treble staff spell?
6. What is the phrase to help remember the lines on the treble staff?
7. How should your fingers be positioned when you play Ode to Joy in GB piano lesson 2?

Due Friday, November 12, 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #5

Answer the following questions:

1. In Garageband where are the transport controls located?
2. What does the loop icon look like?
3. How can you edit a track?
4. After you've created a track how can you change the tempo?
5. What does the solo icon look like?
6. What do you have to do to play the keyboard with your computer keys?
7. How do you save your track in iTunes?

Due Monday, November 8, 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #4

1. What line on the staff is used for the bass drum in drum notation?
2. What line on the staff is used for the snare drum in drum notation?
3. What is to be struck when you see a note on the top line of drum notation?
4. What does an x mean in drum notation?
5. What symbol designates a cymbal crash?
6. Where are the notes for the tom toms?
7. In 4/4 time how many sixteenth notes are there in one beat?

Due Monday Monday Nov 1st, 2010

Monday, October 25, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #3

1. What is the downbeat?
2. What is the backbeat?
3. What is a high hat?
4. What was it originally called?
5. Who invented the drum kit?
6. What is swing?
7. Where do you usually play a ride pattern?

Due Monday Monday Nov 1st, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #2

1. Where is the C key located on the piano?
2. How should your arms be when playing the piano?
3. How should your fingers be when playing the piano?
4. What number finger is your pinkie?
5. What fingers do you use to play a root position chord?
6. What does tempo mean?
7. What is a chord progression?

Due Monday Monday Nov 1st, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C2 #1

1. How does the sound come out of an acoustic guitar?
2. What anchors the strings to the body of any guitar?
3. What are the metal strips set into the fingerboard of a guitar called?
4. Where are the tuning pegs located?
5. What is the number of the thickest string on a guitar?
6. How do tuning pegs work?
7. What are the main differences between and electric and acoustic guitar?

Due Monday Monday Nov 1st, 2010

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C1 #15 through 18

Music Class
Instructor: Albert
Homework for week of October 11, 2010

15. Monday:

What is the fifth (so) of the following chords?
1. C
2. A
3. G
4. F
5 Bb

16. Tuesday:

A minor chord has 3 half steps between the root and the third. A major chord has 4 half steps between the root and the third. What notes are in the following chords?

1. D minor
2. Eb major
3. Bb minor
4. F major
5. G minor

17. Wednesday:

A major 7th (ti) is one half step below the root. A dominant 7th (ti) is 2 half steps below the root. What is the dominant 7th of the following chords?
1. A
2. B
3. C
What is the major 7th of the following chords?
1. D
2. E
3. F

18. Thursday:

What is the bottom note of the first inversion of the following chords?
1. A
2. B minor
3. C
What is the bottom note of the second inversion of the following chords?
1. D
2. E minor
3. F

Due October 15, 2010

Monday, October 4, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C1 #11 through 14

Music Class
Instructor: Albert
Homework for week of October 4, 2010

11. Monday:

Write out the following rhythms:

A. 1 e and a 2 and 3 4
B. 1 2 e and a 3 4 e and
C. 1 and 2 and 3 e and 4 and
D. 1 e and a 2 e and a 3 and a 4 e and

12. Tuesday:

Write the symbols for repeat, tied notes, pause and stop

13. Wednesday:

Write the rhythms for four bars of 4/4. It must contain quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes.


14. Thursday:

In 4/4 time how many beats would the following notes get:

A. dotted quarter rest
B. dotted half note
C. a tied quarter note and sixteenth note
D. a dotted sixteenth note


Due October 15, 2010

Monday, September 27, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C1 #7 through 10

7. Monday:

1. What is the time signature if there are 4 quarter notes in each bar?
2. What is the time signature if there are 12 eighth notes in each bar?
3. What is the time signature if there are two half notes in each bar?
4. What is the time signature if there are 16 sixteenth notes in each bar?
5. What is the time signature if there are 20 sixteenth notes in each bar?
6. How many eight notes are in a bar of 5/4 time?
7. How many quarter notes are in a bar of 3/4 time?
8. How many sixteenth notes are in a bar of 2/4 time?
9. How many whole notes are in a bar of 4/4 time?
10. What is cut time?


8. Tuesday:

Write a half rest, a quarter rest, an eighth rest and a sixteenth rest on your manuscript paper.


9. Wednesday:

On your music paper write some music with eighth note triplets in the first bar, quarter notes in the second bar, quarter notes and sixteenth notes in the third bar and quarter note triplets in the fourth bar.


10. Thursday:

Write out the count for the "21 Guns" hand out.

Due October 8, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Homework 2010-2011 C1 #1 through 6

1. Write the letter names beside every note on the 21 Guns handout.

2. On the grand staff:
Write every A, F, D, E, B, G, C

3. On the grand staff:
Write every note of the D major scale starting on the middle line of the bass clef. Write every note of the G major scale starting on the bottom line of the bass clef

4. On the grand staff:
Write the key signature for the key of Bb. Practice making the clef signs. Write the key signature for the key of Eb.

5. What are the enharmonic equivalents of they following notes:
Bb
F#
Ab
Db
D#
C#
G#
A#
Gb

6. What are the relative minor keys of following major keys:
C
D
E
F
G
A
B

Due Friday October 1 or Monday October 3, 2010 by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Monday, June 7, 2010

Homework C6 #20

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. Why, if
you born between about 1978 and 1981, would you be likely to be a fan of the band Weezer?
2. Who is Daniel J. Levitin?
3. If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
4. In what way is music better than speech?

Due Friday June 11 or Monday June 14, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C6 #19

Read the following article:

http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/09/05/levitin

Homework C6 #18

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. melodramatic
2. exhilarating
3. neural
4. encyclopedic
5. analogy
6. oscillate
7. cerebellum
8. mesolimbic

Due Friday June 11 or Monday June 14, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C6 #17

Define the following words:

1. melodramatic
2. exhilarating
3. neural
4. encyclopedic
5. analogy
6. oscillate
7. cerebellum
8. mesolimbic

Due Friday June 11 or Monday June 14, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Homework C6 #16

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. What was the name of the group will.i.am had before the Black Eyed Peas?
2. Who was the female singer going to be
and why was she unable to join the Black Eyed Peas before Fergie joined the group?
3. Where did the Black Eyed Peas play the biggest concert ever?
4. What Australian group inspired will.i.am to write the latest Black Eyed Peas album "The E.N.D."

Due Friday June 4 or Friday June 11, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C6 #15

Read the following article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Eyed_Peas

Homework C6 #14

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. aesthetic
2. subsequently
3. silhouette
4. embark
5. substantial
6. collaborate
7. conjunction
8. elite

Due Friday June 4 or Friday June 11, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C6 #13

Define the following words:

1. aesthetic
2. subsequently
3. silhouette
4. embark
5. substantial
6. collaborate
7. conjunction
8. elite

Due Friday June 4 or Friday June 11, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Homework C6 #12

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. Who are some of the artists that Kevin Rudolf has worked with before he made his own album?
2. What style do most of the songs on Kevin Rudolf's debut album have?
3. Which songs does the writer think are mellower?
4. What song on his album "In the City" does the writer think is the most original?

Due Friday May 28 or Friday June 4, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C6 #11

Read the following article:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews-album/in-the-city-1003919755.story#/bbcom/reviews-album/in-the-city-1003919755.story

Homework C6 #10

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. resident
2. cred
3. aspirant
4. collaboration
5. anthem
6. hew
7. opus
8. chops

Due Friday May 28 or Friday June 4, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C6 #9

Define the following words:

1. resident
2. cred
3. aspirant
4. collaboration
5. anthem
6. hew
7. opus
8. chops

Due Friday May 28 or Friday June 4, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Monday, May 17, 2010

Homework C6 #8

After listening the podcast in the previous assignment, answer the following questions:

1. Who feels that illegally downloading music is worse than bank robbery?
2. Why is stealing music different from stealing a car?
3. Why does the ethicist think scalpers are bad?
4. Why is listening to music for free on the radio differently from downloading music
illegally that you might not have bought anyway?

Due Friday May 21 or Friday May 28, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C6 #7

Listen to the first 20 minutes of the podcast below and answer the four questions in the next assignment.

http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/2010/may/10/

Homework C6 #6

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. ethics
2. thwarted
3. scalping
4. utopia
5. scrutiny
6. dubious
7. analogy
8. rationalizing

Due Friday May 21 or Friday May 28, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C6 #5

Define the following words:

1. ethics
2. thwarted
3. scalping
4. utopia
5. scrutiny
6. dubious
7. analogy
8. rationalizing

Due Friday May 21 or Friday May 28, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Monday, May 10, 2010

Homework C6 #4

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. What were Daddy Yankee's hit songs and when did they come out?
2. What is the dominant sound or reggaeton in 2010?
3. What are some of the moves that Daddy Yankee did to follow up his hits in 2003?
4. What kind of sound is Daddy Yankee going for on his newest recording?


Due Friday May 14 or Friday May 21, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C6 #3

Read the following article:

http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-05-04/music/daddy-yankee-in-space/

Homework C6 #2

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. adrenaline
2. omnivorous
3. smirking
4. squelching
5. multifaceted
6. titan
7. explicit
8. hyperactive


Due Friday May 14 or Friday May 21, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C6 #1

Define the following words:

1. adrenaline
2. omnivorous
3. smirking
4. squelching
5. multifaceted
6. titan
7. explicit
8. hyperactive

Due Friday May 14 or Friday May 21, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Music II Cycle 5 Final Essay

Write a one page essay. Describe your favorite and least favorite activities in this class. What was the hardest thing? Use one word from the homework in your essay. Describe any other thing you did in the class. What grade do you think you deserve and why?

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Homework C5 #20

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. When was the TAMI show film made?
2. Name one famous artist who was fascinated with James Brown's performance?
3. What did TAMI stand for?
4. Why did the Rolling Stones close the show instead of James Brown?

Due Friday April 30 or Friday May 7, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C5 #19

Read the following article:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Snapshot+music+scene/2918882/story.html

Homework C5 #18

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. unnerve
2. kaleidoscopic
3. shimmer
4. lip-synching
5. acronym
6. falsetto
7. upswept
8. ecstatic

Due Friday April 30 or Friday May 7, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C5 #17

Define the following words:
1. unnerve
2. kaleidoscopic
3. shimmer
4. lip-synching
5. acronym
6. falsetto
7. upswept
8. ecstatic

Due Friday April 30 or Friday May 7, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Monday, April 19, 2010

Homework C5 #16

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. How would you define an artist "selling out"?
2. Why would selling out be a good thing to do for an artist in 2010?
3. Why did the writer's interest in Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes diminish?
4. Answer any one of the last questions in this article.

Due Friday April 30 or Friday May 7, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C5 #15

Read the following article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-20002543-27.html

Homework C5 #14

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. explicitly
2. ebb
3. subculture
4. gadfly
5. forthcoming
6. synchronicity
7. diminished
8. irrevocably

Due Friday April 23, 2010 or Friday April 30 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C5 #13

Define the following words:
1. explicitly
2. ebb
3. subculture
4. gadfly
5. forthcoming
6. synchronicity
7. diminished
8. irrevocably

Due Friday April 23, 2010 or Friday April 30 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Special assignment for Monday April 12th 2010

Watch the following video:

http://www.mtv.com/videos/kings-of-leon/317671/use-somebody.jhtml

Answer these questions:
1. Where does the first verse seem to take place?
2. How does the scene shift in the chorus?
3. Where does most of the second scene seem to take place?
4. In the wordless bridge section the scene shifts again. Where to this time?
5. The rest of the video mashes all the locations together. What do you think they are trying to say in this video?
6. Do you think this is an effective visual interpretation of this song?
7. If you heard the song before and never saw the video how would you imagine a video for this song?

Homework C5 #12

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. What were the three Grammys the song, "Use Somebody," got?
2. What do some critics think it's about?
3. How many legal digital downloads has the song received in the United States?
4. When was "Use Somebody" recorded?

Due Friday April 16, 2010 or Friday May 7, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C5 #11

Read the following article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_Somebody

Homework C5 #10

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. consecutive
2. format
3. lusty
4. infectious
5. bluster
6. prior
7. debuted

Due Friday April 16, 2010 or Friday April 23 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C5 #9

Define the following words:
1. consecutive
2. format
3. lusty
4. infectious
5. bluster
6. prior
7. debuted

Due Friday April 16, 2010 or Friday April 23 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Homework C5 #8

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. What does Nessun Dorma mean?
2. What is the name of the opera it comes from and who wrote it?
3. What happens at the end of the song?
4. What singer popularized this song?

Due Friday April 9, 2010 or Friday May 7, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C5 #7

Read the following article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nessun_dorma

Homework C5 #6

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. aria
2. prospective
3. herald
4. explicitly
5. subsequently
6.Adaptation
7. transcription
8. quavering

Due Friday April 9, 2010 or Friday April 16 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C5 #5

Define the following words:

1. aria
2. prospective
3. herald
4. explicitly
5. subsequently
6.Adaptation
7. transcription
8. quavering

Due Friday April 9, 2010 or Friday April 16 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Monday, March 22, 2010

Homework C5 #4

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. What is Ornette Coleman writing in his spiral notebook on his 80th birthday?
2. What is the mistake that the reporter makes when he first sees Mr. Coleman?
3. Why does Coleman think about the notes so much?
4. How does comment about his pool table relate to his discussion of notes?

Due Friday March 26, 2010 or Friday May 7, 2010 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C5 #3

Read the following article:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/jazzman-turns-80-pondering-musics-metaphysics/

Homework C5 #2

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. aerie
2. stave
3. matrices
4. resignation
5. pondering
6. logistics
7. metaphysics
8. interject


Due Friday March 26, 2010 or Friday April 9 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C5 #1

Define the following words:

1. aerie
2. stave
3. matrices
4. resignation
5. pondering
6. logistics
7. metaphysics
8. interject


Due Friday March 26, 2010 or Friday April 9 by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Homework C4 #20

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. How does
Pomerenke enhance his film?
2. What does Tool's Keenan claim is his thesis about what is music?
3. What is one funny quote from the article?
4. What does Carl Sagan's widow hope the extraterrestrials think about our planet?

Due Tuesday March 16, 2010 email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C4 #19

Read the following article:

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/03/review-heart-is-a-drum-machine/

Homework C4 #18

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. aboriginal
2. prenatal
3. homage
4. mogul
5. eloquent
6. primacy
7. inseparable
8. engaging

Due Tuesday March 16, 2010 email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C4 #17

Define the following words:
1. aboriginal
2. prenatal
3. homage
4. mogul
5. eloquent
6. primacy
7. inseparable
8. engaging

Due Tuesday March 16, 2010 email (albert@cellsum.com)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Homework C4 #16

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. How successful was Benny Goodman's Carnagie Hall concert?
2. Why does the author think that Benny Goodman need to play Carnagie Hall?
3. Who are some of the other famous people in this article who were unsure of their accomplishments?
4. What are some of the reasons the author gives for why such people may lack self conficence?

Due Friday March 12, 2010 or
March 16, 2010 if by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Homework C4 #15

Read the following article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703807904575097390662423192.html

Homework C4 #14

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.


1. indelibly
2. profusely
3. confer
4. pungent
5. incapacitating
6. capstone
7. virtuosity
8. colleague

Due Friday March 12, 2010 or Tuesday March 16 if by email (albert@cellsum.com).

Homework C4 #13

Define the following words:

1. indelibly
2. profusely
3. confer
4. pungent
5. incapacitating
6. capstone
7. virtuosity
8. colleague

Due Friday March 12 or Tuesday March 16, 2010 if by email (albert@cellsum.com)

Monday, March 1, 2010

Homework C4 #12

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. Why is John Mayer letting his guitar do the talking?
2. How did Mr. Mayer find a way to both apologize and show off?
3. What does the writer feel the effects of the tabloids feasting on famous ex-girlfriends will be?
4. Why does the writer feel that Mayer's most recent statements on race are troubling?

Due Friday March 5, 2010 or Friday March 12 if by email.

Homework C4 #11

Read the following article:

Homework C4 #10

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. epithet
2.
faux pas
3.
implicit
4.
garrulous
5.
obliquely
6.
lothario
7.
ostensibly
8.
gambit

Due Friday March 5, 2010 or Friday March 12 if by email.

Homework C4 #9

Define the following words:

1. epithet
2.
faux pas
3.
implicit
4.
garrulous
5.
obliquely
6.
lothario
7.
ostensibly
8.
gambit

Due Friday March 5, 2010 or Friday March 12 if by email.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Homework C4 #8

After reading the article in the previous assignment answer the following questions:

1. How does this research suggest that music can benefit heart disease patients?
2. What region of the brain does Dr. Petr Janata of the University of California claim to be a central hub linking music, memories and emotion?
3. Describe some symptoms of people with tune deafness.
4. How do the studies of musicians show that their brains are different from the rest of us?

Due Friday February 26, 2010 or Friday March 6 if by email.

Homework C4 #7

Read the following article:

http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2010/January/feature1.htm

Homework C4 #6

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. alleviate
2. cortex
3. medial
4. snippet
5. deteriorate
6.impairment
7. improvising
8. intonation

Due Friday February 26, 2010 or Friday March 6 if by email.

Homework C4 #5

Define the following words:

1. alleviate
2. cortex
3. medial
4. snippet
5. deteriorate
6.impairment
7. improvising
8. intonation

Due Friday February 26, 2010 or Friday March 6 if by email.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Homework C4 #4

Answer the following questions:

1. Which producer sees himself like the director of a movie?
2. Which producer sees himself a little bit of a psychologist?
3. Do the producers think we're at a good point in pop music in terms of innovation and talent?
4. What does Burnett think is the worst thing in pop music now?
5. Are any of the producers in favor of record making via committee?

Due Friday February 12, 2010 or Monday February 22 if by email.

Homework C4 #3

Read the following article:

Homework C4 #2

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. fracture
2. mediator
3. proxy
4. auteur
5. ad hoc
6. resolution
7. overuse
8. acute

Due Friday February 12, 2010 or Monday February 22 if by email.

Homework C4 #1

Define the following words:

1. fracture
2. mediator
3. proxy
4. auteur
5. ad hoc
6.Talmud
7. overuse
8. acute

Due Friday February 12, 2010 or Monday February 22 if by email.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Homework C3 #25

Answer the following questions:

1. How did the reaction to Lily Allen's extraordinarily brave statements opposing illegal file bartering last year by a mob of digital natives and the Featured Artists Coalition differ?
2. What did Bono write in the New York Times?
3. What is the quote from Krist Novoselic in this article?
4. What is the bedrock of any market system?
5. What governments have started to wake up and take action?

Due Tuesday January 19, 2010 or Monday January 25 if by email.

Homework C3 #24

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

6. tendered
7. infringement
8. privatizing
9. enforceable
10. utopian

Due Tuesday January 19, 2010 or Monday January 25 if by email.

Homework C3 #23

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. bartering
2. kleptomania
3. op-ed
4. cant
5. bedrock

Due Tuesday January 19, 2010 or Monday January 25 if by email.

Homework C3 #22

Define the following words:

1. bartering
2. kleptomania
3. op-ed
4. cant
5. bedrock
6. tendered
7. infringement
8. privatizing
9. enforceable
10. utopian

Due Tuesday January 19, 2010 or Monday January 25 if by email.

Homework C3 #21

Read the following article:

http://www.musictechpolicy.com/2010/01/why-we-love-lily-allen-bono-krist.html

Due Tuesday January 19, 2010 or Monday January 25 if by email.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Homework C3 #20

Answer the following questions:

1. What woman shoehorned her way atop the final country music singles chart of the 2000s?
2. In t
he story of country music in the last 10 years, one of its most turbulent and provocative periods, what were of three of the attacks on the genre from within?
3.
Who are some of the many of the genre’s top-selling acts of the past decade?
4. According to Nielsen BDS, which measures radio play, who was the most-played artist this decade?
5. Why in
2006, when the Dixie Chicks released “Taking the Long Way,” they became, in essence, an extremely famous alt-country act; country radio largely ignored them, and their sales dropped by about two-thirds?


Due Monday, January 11 , 2010 or Tuesday January 19 if by email

Homework C3 #19

Read the following article:


Due Monday, January 11 , 2010

Homework C3 #18

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

6. jingoist
7.
asterisk
8.
shoehorn
9.
dogma
10.
excommunicated

Due Monday, January 11 , 2010 or Tuesday January 19 if by email

Homework C3 #17

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay special attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. provocative
2.
rejoinder
3.
vestige
4.
stymie
5.
oligarchy


Due Monday, January 11 , 2010 or Tuesday January 19 if by email

Homework C3 #16

Define the following words:

1.
provocative
2.
rejoinder
3.
vestige
4.
stymie
5.
oligarchy
6.
jingoist
7.
asterisk
8.
shoehorn
9.
dogma
10.
excommunicated

Due Monday, January 11 , 2010 or Tuesday January 19 if by email