Musc 351 12/09/17
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Essay:
Ethics: consent forms – making sure you don’t harm anyone in anyway i.e. psychological or physical
and knowing exactly what will be said about them.
Positionality: how you bias is affect the work – being able to provide counter arguments to your
argument.
Assessing projects in general: five criteria:
1) is it a substantial - does the piece contribute to our understanding of life?
2) Aesthetic merit
3) Reflexivity – how did the author come to write this work? positionality
4) Impact – does this affect me?
5) Does it express a reality?
Thinking about your research question: a thesis statement, a topic and a perspective.
28th of this month – a performance review due by email
Pasifika cultural night 20 September 5:30
Journal due on 20th Wednesday 5pm
Talking about composing:
Pulotu and punake from Tonga
Pulotu also in Tokelau. Anonymous of composer – issues with how pieces are performed later, when
people change it
Fatele – Tokelau compositional work that kind of speeds up at the end. Has dance and rhythmic
accompaniment – usually a box drum, or slit drum or snare and whistle. Thomas reading he talked
about borrowing from older work.
Himene tarava – polyphonic, himene pure – homophonic
Imene tapu – tarava
Imene tuki – has a male grunting shouting
Himene – polyphonic style and tonal shifts going on
Utete – tonga leaves harp
Usu, tali – samoa call and response
fa’ataupati – slapping dance
Listening test test:
Tonga – lakalaka
Samoa – fa’ataupati
Maori – putorino
tonga – fangufangu
Hawaii – olioli
Micronesia – wuur – sung chant with no accompaniment and homophonic texture, - uses slaps etc
Phonpei – dokia