Final

  1. Musical forms
  2. Tone
  3. Couplet (is a poetic form, but has to do with lyrics)
  4. Fugue
  5. Texture
  6. Recitative 
  7. Intervals 
  8. Fourths
  9. Fifths 
  10. Scales
  11. Thirds 
  12. Octave
  13. Tritones
  14. Modes
  15. Dissonance 
  16. Dominant 
  17. Tonic 
  18. Cadence 
  19. Chords
  20. Half-step 
  21. Chromatic 
  22. Pitch
  23. Meter
  24. Downbeat
  25. Homophonic texture

Movement Reflection

  1. Fast tempo, light and bouncy at first, and then becomes slow and heavy. More use of brass and lower instruments in the middle. The bounciness and heaviness the difference between the sheep and goats? Becomes bouncy and fast again toward the end. Harmony between the different voice parts. Tone starts, again, lighter, but becomes heavier and darker in the middle section, it picks up a little bit towards the end, but is more a mixture of the two tones. 
  2. Much slower than the first movement. The male singers have more emphasis on them at first an d then is switches to the females. The tone melancholy, but not as loud and energetic as the first movement. 
  3. Dark and angry, but has a fast tempo. Seems a little more chaotic than the previous two movements in the beginning. In a weird way after the beginning started to sound happier? There was a definite uplift in tone. Almost celebratory. Slows down towards the end.
  4. A calm tone to begin with, almost a call and response between the orchestra and chorus. Slower tempo. Still melancholy in mood, but was calm and had a resolving sound to it, which makes sense because it is the final movement.

Step 3

  • Reflect on the following

A.  How confident are you in the predicted outcome of the written analysis?  20%, 40%, 60%, 80% or 100%

About 80-90% confident

B.   How ‘theory smart’ do you feel after identifying the terms in the article? 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% or 100%

About 80%, there were still things I didn't understand like what octatonic meant, but I recognized most of it. 

C.  On a scale from 1-10, about how much effort/time did you put into this exam?

An 8

D.  What part(s) did you find most challenging?  Easiest?

Identifying secondary dominants and non-harmonic tones. Easiest, probably time signature, key signature, and chords. 

Final Reflection

Step 1

  • Review the Benchmark Goals you set for yourself in Getting Started; What is it that you hope to know and/or be able to do at the conclusion of the course?  

A.  Comment on your semester achievements in relation to your initial goals

I can say that I have fully achieved all of my initial goals, although looking back at them they were pretty vague, so it was all up to mental interpretation, but I do feel that I have made significant progress since the beginning of the semester. 

B.  How well did you achieve your goal?  What goals were met?  What goals were not met?

All my goals were met. At some points that having fun thing kind of went away (achem units 5 and six), but it all came back in the end. 

C.  How well did you avoid sources of interference to stay on task?

I can say that I did moderately well avoiding sources of interference throughout the duration of this course. There were certainly times where I was off task, and not very productive, but I was able to bounce back quickly. 

 

Step 2

  • Review your Self Regulation Inventory located in Getting Started 

A.  Comment on how you addressed the weaknesses you identified and/or how you overcame challenges in regards to achieving success this semester

I would say that it remained about the same from the beginning. I honestly cannot remember whether or not I found alternate answers to a problem before I answered it. As far as overcoming challenges, I would either ask for help, or review my notes and such until I understood whatever it was better. 

B.  Reassess the 30 true/false statements for the Self Regulation Inventory.  Compare your current ratio to your initial one.

I still had 29 true and 1 false

C.  How would you approach the process differently if you had another opportunity to learn in this manner?

I would probably not socialize as much, because it made focusing difficult at times. 

D.  What have you learned about learning?

There are many different ways of learning, and everyone learns in a different way. 

E.  How does what you learned relate to other things you have been learning or have experienced?

I feel like what I have learned about time management and work ethic and productivity apply to school and even life in general. 

F.  How has your thinking about your thinking(metacognition)changed?

I guess I have noticed it more than I would've otherwise. Now I am more aware that I am thinking about my think rather than just doing it without knowing. 

 

Step 3

  • Review the 3 Music Literacy Benchmark Assessments located in Unit 1 and try to answer the questions again in your mind

A.  Comment on the status of your current comfort level with this material relative to the past

I would say that my comfort level with the material from the beginning has increased. 

B.  How well did you achieve what you set out to learn?

I would say that I achieved what I had set out to do very well. There are, of course, areas that I am still weaker at, but I feel much stronger overall. 

C.  What concepts were achieved?  What concepts remain a mystery?

There weren't really any concepts that were particularly bad, but I got a lot better at understanding chords and intervals. I still do not think that I am the strongest in regards to sight reading, but I feel that that is a skill that becomes better by doing it. 

 

Step 4

  • Use the following Work Habits Rubric to guide your responses regarding your semester achievements

A.  Identify areas of strengths

Working well with others and independently. 

B.  Identify areas of needed improvement

Not always using time productively. 

C.  What strategies might you use in the future to overcome these challenges?

As much as it is nice to have a class with a friend, to not talk as much, because a small break from work will lead to a bigger one and so and so forth. 

 

Step 5

  • Briefly review the assignments you have submitted for Units 6-9

A.  Comment on the quality of work reflected in your ePortfolio as well as the content of your manilla folder

I would say that my work quality has been consistently good. I wouldn't say it's perfect, because it isn't but I do still think that it shows that I put effort into everything that I did, and tried my best whatever the assignment was (secondary dominants the bane of my existence). 

B.  Did you modify your approach for the second part of the semester or repeat your approach from the first part?

I definitely repeated my approach from the first semester to the second semester, although that might not've been the best decision considering the content of the second half was much more dense and required more time, and, while there were definitely tough things in the first half, those units were not quite as dense. 

 

Step 6

  • Answer the following questions regarding the future use of the course material

  1. Identify 3 of the most important concepts or skills you learned in this course

Trial and error (I don't know why the font changed and I don't know how to fix it), how intervals and chords work, modulations, and song textures and forms. 

  1. Explain why you perceive these concepts or skills to be important

Trial and error because that's how writing music works, intervals and chords because they are the basis for all songs, modulations because they add interest and variety, and song textures and forms for the same reason, and also because they shape what you can make your listener feel. 

  1. How do you anticipate using these concepts or skills in the future?

I do not have the confidence to start performing/singing songs that I have created, but I would definitely like to start writing my own music, even if it's just a bunch of different tritones on my keyboard. 

 

Step 7

  • Please provide some advice and words of wisdom for students taking this course in the future

DO NOT take any extended (like for more than an hour) break at any point during Units five and six; you must power through them or you will stop and not return for days. Do work whenever you have a spare moment, it feels really really great to get ahead and really really awful to get behind, so get your work done. Also, if you're taking it second semester, you have two week long school breaks to get work done. Use them. Don't get too annoyed with Alfred, it does have helpful exercises. There is no way to do passive work in this class, the only way you will ever learn anything is to pay attention and actually try because everything that you learn in the beginning comes back at the end. HAND WRITE YOUR NOTES, it is scientifically proven to help you memorize facts better and you can make them look really nice (and give Anna's pens weird names). And, also, have fun, because although it will make you want to rip your hair out (and it will) it is the best feeling when it clicks together and you understand something and can then experiment with it. Good luck!

 

Step 8

  • Please help us sculpt future classes by providing feedback, suggestions, etc. related to Unit Content, Alfred, Wix, On-Campus, ePortfolio, Work Flow, etc. 

Everything was great overall, the only little thing that I have is a couple later units of Alfred has things that we don't need to know, I guess just putting on the website that we don't have to learn those would be helpful. It wasn't an issue because it got figured out, but just to avoid bumps in the future. Other than that I had no other issues, I know some people had problems with their Jimdo, but nothing like that happened to me, so it was a good experience all around.