Teaching Plan For 14-Week Music Appreciation
Week 1--Introduction
What is music?
The parts of music
Pitch
Rhythm
Notation
Timbre
Introduction to musical types and styles
Week 2--Waltz
Viennese Waltz
"Tales From The Vienna Woods" (Strauss)
"Sleeping Beauty Waltz" from the ballet "Sleeping Beauty" (Tschaikovsky)
"Mein Herr Marquis" (from Die Fledermaus)
Waltz in Popular/Rock Music and Broadway
"Close Every Door" (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
"You Light Up My Life" (Debbie Boone)
"Open Arms" (Journey)
"Three Times A Lady" (Commodores)
Week 3--Fusion
Latin Fusion
"Mozambique" (Escovedo Orchestra)
"On Broadway" (George Benson)
Funk in the 1970s
"Play That Funky Music" (Wild Cherry)"
"Give Up The Funk" (Parliament)
Salsoul Rhythm in 70s Disco
"Salsation" (David Shire)
"You Should Be Dancing" (The Bee Gees)
Week 4--Latin Rock
Santana
"Evil Ways"
"Smooth" (with Rob Thomas)
"Corazón despinado" (with Maná)
Prepare for Quiz 1
Quiz 1
Week 5--Argentine Tango and Regular Tango
"Libertango"
"Hernando's Hideaway"
"La Cumparsita"
Also: Rhythm of the Tango
Week 6--Hip Hop in the 1980s and 1990s
"Hip Hop Hooray" (Naughty By Nature)
"Jump" (Kris Kross)
"Walk This Way" (Run D.M.C. with Aerosmith)
Week 7--Flamenco and Other Spanish Music
Paso Dobles
"El Gato Montes"
"España Caní"
Samba/Flamencos
"Bamboleo" (Gipsy Kings)
"Volare" (Gipsy Kings)
Power Spanish Songs
"No puede ser"
"Granada"
Sevillianas
"La luna por el rocio"
Week 8
Prepare for midterm exam
(Coverage of material from weeks 1-7)
Midterm Exam
Week 9--Salsa
Old Time Salsa
"Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
"I LIke It Like That" (Pete Rodriguez)
Old Time Mambos
"Mambo Caliente" (Tito Puente)
"Para Los Rumberos" (Tito Puente)
Old Time Cha-Chas
"Cuban Pete" (Tito Puente)
"Bonito y Sabroso" (Giants of Latin)
New Techno Cha-Chas
"Let's Get Loud" (Jennifer Lopez)
"I Need To Know" (Ricky Martin)
Week 10--Classic Rock
Pink Floyd
"Money"
"The Wall"
Van Halen
"Eurption"
"You Really Got Me"
The Who
"My Generation"
"I Can See For Miles"
The Kinks
"You Really Got Me"
Santana
"Black Magic Woman"
Week 11--Motown
Marvin Gaye
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
"Inner City Blues"
The Supremes
"Love Child"
"You Can't Hurry Love"
Stevie Wonder
"Superstition"
"Happy Birthday"
The Commodores
"Brickhouse"
"Three Times a Lady"
Week 12--New Wave
"Let's Dance" (David Bowie)
"Safety Dance" (Men Without Hats)
"Goody Two Shoes" (Adam Ant)
"Tainted Love" (Soft Cell)
"Love Theme From The Movie "Flashdance" (Helen St. John)
"Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These" (The Eurythmics)
"Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper)
"Valley Girl" (Frank Zappa)
Week 13
Quiz Preparation for Quiz 2
Quiz 2
Easy Listening
"Evergreen" (Barbara Streisand)
"Mambo Italiano" (Rosemary Clooney)
"Que Será, Será" (Doris Day)
"Volare" (Dean Martin)
"Moon River" (The Henry Mancini Orchestra)
"Could It Be Magic" (Barry Manilow)
"Killing Me Softly" (Roberta Flack)
"American Pie" (Don McLean)
Week 14
Big Band
"Sing Sing Sing" (The Benny Goodman Orchestra)
"In The Mood" (The Benny Goodman Orchestra)
Jazz By African Americans
"So What" (Miles Davis)
"Caravan" (Duke Ellington)
Dave Brubeck
"Take 5"
"Blue Rondo a la Turk"
George Gershwin
"Rhapsody in Blue"
"Fascinating Rhythm"