Pop-Culture Pedagogy in the Music Classroom Teaching Tools from American Idol to YouTube

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• ISBN13: 9780810876637
• ISBN10: 0810876639
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-28
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

This essay collection provides a variety of ideas and techniques for teaching music classes using elements of popular culture, such as popular songs and genres, mixes and remixes, video games, music videos, television shows, and internet resources. Each chapter offers a pedagogical model for incorporating these powerful tools to encourage student interaction in courses on musicianship, music theory, analysis, criticism, music history, and related classes.

Author Biography

Nicole Biamonte is assistant professor of music theory at the University of Iowa. She has published articles in Music Theory Online and Music Theory Spectrum and contributed to the forthcoming collection Rush and Philosophy. She serves on the editorial board of Music Theory Online.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. v
General Tools
Appreciating the Mix: Teaching Music Listening Skills through Sound-Mixing Techniques	p. 3
Pod-Logic: A Guide to Getting the Most out of Your iPod in the Music Classroom	p. 19
Global Connections via YouTube: Internet Video as a Teaching and Learning Tool	p. 29
Teaching Musicianship and Music Theory
Popular Music in the College Music Theory Class: Rhythm and Meter	p. 47
Selected Resources for Popular Music Drum Patterns and Rhythm Software	p. 63
Selected Examples of Rhythms and Meters in Popular Music	p. 64
Teaching Traditional Music Theory with Popular Songs: Pitch Structures	p. 73
Appendix: Popular-Music Examples for Undergraduate Theory Topics	p. 90
Using Pop-Culture Tools to Reinforce Learning of Basic Music Theory as Transformations	p. 95
On the Integration of Aural Skills and Formal Analysis through Popular Music	p. 109
Musical Representation in the Video Games Guitar Hero and Rock Band	p. 133
DDR at the Crossroads: A Report on a Pilot Study to Integrate Music Video-Game Technology into the Aural-Skills Classroom	p. 149
Turntablism: A Vehicle for Connecting Community and School Music Making and Learning	p. 173
Teaching Music Analysis and Criticism
Using American Idol to Introduce Music Criticism	p. 187
An Analytic Model for Examining Cover Songs and Their Sources	p. 203
Cotextuality in Music Video: Covering and Sampling in the Cover Art Video of "Umbrella"	p. 233
Vocal Practices and Constructions of Identity in Rap: A Case Study of Young Jeezy's "Soul Survivor"	p. 265
Crunkology: Teaching the Southern Hip-Hop Aesthetic	p. 281
Mashup Poetics as Pedagogical Practice	p. 307
Index	p. 317
About the Authors	p. 341
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