Listening to Music (MUZA99H3S) Assignment #3: Extended Listening Investigation Winter 2025

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Assignment #3: Extended Listening Investigation

Listening to Music (MUZA99H3S)

Winter 2025

Assignment Details

Key Details

Due Date       Thursday March 13th, at 11:59pm

Submission    Quercus, PDF file

Words            1,000 (i.e., four pages double-spaced, 12-point font)

Weighting      15 points (i.e., 15% of your total grade in the course)

General Description

This assignment is a more thorough version of assignment #2, applied to a different song of your choice. Again, the pedagogical goal is to increase your retention of course content by making the content more relevant to your life.

Specific Tasks

Choose any piece of music that you like, with two exceptions: DON’T choose a piece on the listening list for this class, and DON’T choose the same piece you chose for assignment #2.

Please identify the piece of music using the title, artist name (or composer name),and year (the year in which the recording was released).

Discuss your chosen piece of music in relation to each of the following seven musical elements:

1.   Genre

2.   Instruments

3.   Rhythm (and Time)

4.   Metre

5.   Melody

6.   Form

7.   Ensemble

When you discuss each element, make sure to use two or more sub-concepts from the lectures. These sub-concepts should be terms discussed in the lectures in relation to the seven musical elements above. Some examples of potential sub-concepts:

Form

• Theme, repetition, and variation

• Specific forms, like Sonata Allegro, 12-bar blues, AABA, verse-chorus,strophic, and through- composed

• Sections of the form, like sections of verse-chorus (verse, chorus, pre-chorus, bridge, instrumental solo)

Ensemble

• Types of ensemble, including the ensembles we’ve focused on in this course: orchestra, string quartet, choir, jazz big band, jazz combo, or band

• Other ensembles are also possible, like solo artist or vocal group

• Relationship between ensemble, instruments, and genre (e.g., discussing similarities and differences between your chosen song and typical songs with this ensemble)

• Other ensemble-related terms like chamber music, a cappella, piano trio, and power trio

Using Concepts ‘Accurately’

Make sure you use the musical elements and relevant sub-concepts accurately. This means that you will need to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts by using them in contexts in  which they make sense.

For example, if you incorrectly identify the genre or metre of your piece, or use a sub-concept wrong, you will not receive points for using those terms. You are welcome to do your own research in order to check that you have correctly applied course concepts to your chosen song.

Length of Answers

You should discuss the seven musical elements for approximately 1-2 paragraphs (100-150 words) each. Make sure to separate the elements clearly so that theTA grading your assignment knows that you have responded to all seven elements. For example, you can start the paragraph on form by saying “I am now going to discuss the form of my song” and then go on to mention  the form in your chosen song.

In total, the document should include approximately 1,000 words.

*Additional Requirement — Include Link to Recording*

Please make sure to include a link to your chosen audio recording within your assignment. This  should be a link to either YouTube or Spotify ONLY (i.e., no other streaming services). You can add the link by copying and pasting the web address directly into your assignment, or creating a hyperlink in your word processor.

If you do not provide a link to your chosen piece, the grader may have difficulty finding a recording, which could result in a lower grade.

Grading Rubric