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For each week in our course, you will consider music as a cultural artifact and be assigned either a piece of music or a specific musical artist to explore and analyze for the week. This week, you will be listening to music from the funk genre. As you have read this week, Funk is a musical trend of the late 1970s that came into music through Jazz. It referred to a simpler, more blues-oriented style and featured a strong, powerful rhythmic “groove.”
Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Sunday of Unit 5
Points: 100
Overview:
For each week in our course, you will consider music as a cultural artifact and be
assigned either a piece of music or a specific musical artist to explore and analyze for
the week. This week, you will be listening to music from the funk genre. As you have
read this week, Fun is a musical trend of the late 1970s that came into music through
Jazz. It referred to a simpler, more blues-oriented style and featured a strong, powerful
rhythmic “groove.”
In addition to your etextbook, you should expect to complete some research online to
respond to these questions. Be sure to use vetted resources—if you aren’t sure what a
reliable source is, remember, you can use the CRAP test to determine if your source is
reliable!
Resources that might help you:
• Tony Aguirre. (2017, Feb 27). The history of funk music.
• History of funk. (2019). The Funk Hall of Fame.
Instructions:
• On the internet or your phone, listen to TWO of the following songs from the funk
genre in the list below:
o Wild Cherry, “Play that Funky Music”
o Lyn Collins, “Think (About It)”
o Isley Brothers, “It’s Your Thing”
o War, “Lowrider”
o Marvin Gaye, “Got to Give It Up”
o James Brown, “Papas Got A Brand New Bag”
o Funkadelic, “One Nation Under a Groove”
o Sly and the Family Stone, “Thank You”
o Rufus and Chaka Khan, “Tell Me Something Good”
o Kool and the Gang, “Jungle Boogie”
o Kool and the Gang, “Get Down on It”
o The Commodores, “Brick House”
o Rick James, “Super Freak”
o Zapp, “Bounce to the Ounce”
MUS 121 – Rhythm Blues and Hip Hop
Unit 5 – Funk – Music as a Cultural Artifact – Guided Listening Assignment
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• After listening to your TWO selections, answer the following questions in a word
document:
o Define the musical term: Funk
o Share a brief biography of each of the two bands you chose.
o Name the members of each of these bands.
o Examine the lyrics and share the lines of each song which are your
favorite and/or made an impression on you.
o What are the ideas being addressed in each of these songs?
o What is the date that the original music was written? What is the date that
this original recording was made/released ?
o Has anyone else recorded the two songs you have chosen? If so, find one
YouTube recording of “covers” of each the two songs you have chosen if
they are available. If nothing is available, please indicate that as well.
o List the instruments you hear in these recordings. Are each of these songs
the same or different instrumentation?
o How would you describe the rhythm? 1950s shuffle rhythm, ska, rock
steady, reggae?
o What was your favorite thing about the performances/recordings?
o What emotions did the performances/recordings make you feel when you
heard it?
Requirements:
• Three to four pages in length, excluding the Reference page.
• APA format, including an in-text citation for referenced works.
• At least four resources.
Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write
and again after you write.
Evaluation Rubric for Guided Listening Assignments
CRITERIA Exemplary Proficient Needs
Improvement
Deficient
54-60 points 48-53 points 36-47 points 0-35 points
Content
Subject matter
is thoroughly
addressed.
Arguments are
well elaborated
and fully
supported by
scholarly
research and
specific
examples.
Subject matter is
fairly well
addressed.
Arguments are
supported by
scholarly
research but
could be further
elaborated with
specific details.
Subject matter
is adequately
addressed.
Arguments are
partially
supported by
scholarly
research.
Subject matter
is minimally
addressed.
Opinions are
offered, but
arguments lack
scholarly
backing
9-10 points 8 points 6-7 points 0-5 points
Musical
Selections
Incorporates all
required
musical
selections
Incorporates
some musical
selections
Incorporates
one of the
musical
selections
Missing
musical
selections
requirements
9-10 points 8 points 6-7 points 0-5 points
Scholarly
Sources
4 or more
resources 3 resources 2 resources 0-1 resource
9-10 points 8 points 6-7 points 0-5 points
Paper Length 3 pages 2 pages 1 page
0 pages or
more than
three pages
9-10 points 8 points 6-7 points 0-5 points
Clear and
Professional
Writing with
APA Format
Writing and
format are
clear,
professional,
APA compliant,
and error free.
Few errors that
do not impede
professional
presentation.
Significant
errors that do
not impede
professional
presentation.
Errors impede
professional
presentation;
guidelines not
followed.
