Course Intro, Planes of Listening

1. MUSIC 1010:
INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC
Dr. Carey Campbell
Please take a mini-syllabus

2. TODAY’S AGENDA
• What’s this class all about?
• What materials do I need?
• A look at the syllabus
• How can I be successful in this class?
• Planes of listening

3. WHAT’S THIS CLASS ABOUT?

4. WHAT MATERIALS DO I NEED?
• Textbook
• MyMusicLab access
• Clicker

5. TEXTBOOK
• Mark Evan Bonds, Listen to This 2nd edition

6. MY MUSIC LAB WEBSITE
Mymusiclab.com

7. CLICKER

8. SYLLABUS / COURSE MANAGEMENT
• Full syllabus at http://bit.ly/qmxP7c
• Course “launching pad” :
http://music1010wsucampbell.blogspot.com
• Course Blackboard site: http://online.weber.edu

9. HOW CAN I GET THE “A” I DESERVE?
• Show up, participate, stay engaged
• Take the exams and do well on them
• Complete all assignments to a high standard

10. PLANES OF LISTENING
• Aaron Copland, “How We Listen” in What to
Listen for in Music
• Sensuous plane
• Expressive plane
• Purely Musical plane

11. SENSUOUS PLANE
• Sound appeal
• Background, intentionally or not
• “relaxing”, “aggressive”, etc.

12. EXPRESSIVE PLANE
• What does the music “mean” or express?
• Specified and/or Personal
• Difficult to pin down

13. PURELY MUSICAL PLANE
• Nuts and Bolts of the music
• How is it put together?

14. THE THREE PLANES
• “I recognize that music is playing in my
environment”
• “This music seems sad”
• “This music is slow and in a minor key”

15. EXERCISE

16. THE THREE PLANES
• Sensuous
• Expressive
• Purely Musical

17. NEXT TIME: MATERIALS OF MUSIC