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MU 326E: American Musical Landscape

Examines American music types from Native American, African American, Anglo American ritual and folk music to classical and popular music of the present in light of its connection to the natural environment.

Research Strategies

For your assignment, your will be looking for 5 peer reviewed resources (articles) or (books) published by university presses about your music theory and field recording.  Here is a sample research strategy for finding sources.

 

STEP 1: Look for background information about your music theory

Research information about the music theory or theories you will be highlighting when analyzing your field recording.

Think about the following concepts:

  • Reflect on how our identity and sense of the world is based on how we listen
  • Critically read and analyze sound by researchers and music scholars
  • Compare and connect modes of listening to writing about sound, depending on the species, culture, identities of the listener, sound maker or musician
  • Find background information about relevant spaces and settings and historical context

STEP 2: Find Articles, Books or eBooks in the library collection

  • Books may be most in-depth sources of information, but will not be available for every music theory
  • Use the Library's OneSearch to find articles, books and e-books we have access to
  • Search for eBooks via the eBook Central collection from ProQuest
  • Use different search strategies to identify quality articles for your soundscape essay
  • Look for books outside of our collection using WorldCat and request titles via Interlibrary Loan

STEP 3: Write your Soundscape Essay

  • Locate 5 peer reviewed journal articles or books published by university presses
  • Identify a music theory/theories that relate to your sound recording