MUS 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Iden, Diphthong, Heterophony

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Music
• Course: MUS 505
• Professor: Sean Bellaviti

Document Summary

Part 1: principle issues in popular music process) Looking at relationship of sound and context in which its played (product and. Music is a form of expression, an organized sound: context cultural context specifically, they exist in relation to others (cid:523)rock n" roll and relationship to rhythm and. Pay attention to ideas of hybridity, fusion, mixing. Connection to economy product of marketing strategy. Popular music comes from different streams. Social and cultural history of north (cid:498)us american(cid:499) popular music. Timeline: 19th to the 21st century: not all popular music is mass produced or widely consumed. Understanding context (process: affects how music has been made. Corner stones of context: culture/cultural (cult): ability one has to communicate ideas and values from one individual to the next. Passing of ideas from one generation to the next. Society/societal (soc): humans interact, but the ways we organize ourselves to survive and flourish.