Wrappin' It Up!!
Here are my answers to the four questions! I hope you all learned as much as I did, especially for someone who knows hardly anything about music!
1. I learned a ton of different things about different cultures this semester, but I must say the gum leaf in Australia was really the cherry on top! Also, I really enjoyed learning about the culture and religion in India from the presentation by Dr. Weeks! I really felt as if I was there experiencing the trips with him. The information he had was so informative about his travels because he was able to not only tell us about the music that was played but how the people lived, what they were experiencing, what kind of government was there, etc. I definitely learned a lot from his presentations.
2. I will be honest, I had not given much thought into the Western culture of our music. However, it was so neat to see and learn how much music has been influenced by hundreds of different cultures around us. When I've looked at a Guitar, I had never questioned its origin, but to now realize that its from the Arab world and other places...that is pretty neat. But it wasn't only the guitar, it has been the blues, the flute, piano, and several more. I believe that gives music such a greater meaning to music and what we listen to.
3. I really enjoyed completing these blogs and reading my classmates blogs as well. I think that is such a neat way to express oneself while also learning from others. I agree that we can all learn something from someone while also teach them. Reading what everyone researched or personally knew was really fascinating. It was something totally different from all the other classes I have had while at Converse, so that was really refreshing.
On the other hand, the one thing I probably enjoyed the least were the quizzes, but I know we have to have something graded for the class, but all around I really enjoyed my time here in Jan Term.
4. This class has inspired me to continue to learn more about cultures in Europe and music especially since I want to travel there some day. I also want to grow my knowledge of how music was started here in South Carolina where I am from, and the different musical cultures we have here in Spartanburg. I have challenged myself to now attend more cultural/music events while I spend my last semester here at Converse.
To end here is a video of Herb Patten from Australia on their version of "America's Got Talent," which is just Australia's Got Talent, playing the GUM LEAF. That is just still so neat to me.
1. I learned a ton of different things about different cultures this semester, but I must say the gum leaf in Australia was really the cherry on top! Also, I really enjoyed learning about the culture and religion in India from the presentation by Dr. Weeks! I really felt as if I was there experiencing the trips with him. The information he had was so informative about his travels because he was able to not only tell us about the music that was played but how the people lived, what they were experiencing, what kind of government was there, etc. I definitely learned a lot from his presentations.
2. I will be honest, I had not given much thought into the Western culture of our music. However, it was so neat to see and learn how much music has been influenced by hundreds of different cultures around us. When I've looked at a Guitar, I had never questioned its origin, but to now realize that its from the Arab world and other places...that is pretty neat. But it wasn't only the guitar, it has been the blues, the flute, piano, and several more. I believe that gives music such a greater meaning to music and what we listen to.
3. I really enjoyed completing these blogs and reading my classmates blogs as well. I think that is such a neat way to express oneself while also learning from others. I agree that we can all learn something from someone while also teach them. Reading what everyone researched or personally knew was really fascinating. It was something totally different from all the other classes I have had while at Converse, so that was really refreshing.
On the other hand, the one thing I probably enjoyed the least were the quizzes, but I know we have to have something graded for the class, but all around I really enjoyed my time here in Jan Term.
4. This class has inspired me to continue to learn more about cultures in Europe and music especially since I want to travel there some day. I also want to grow my knowledge of how music was started here in South Carolina where I am from, and the different musical cultures we have here in Spartanburg. I have challenged myself to now attend more cultural/music events while I spend my last semester here at Converse.
To end here is a video of Herb Patten from Australia on their version of "America's Got Talent," which is just Australia's Got Talent, playing the GUM LEAF. That is just still so neat to me.
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