Today I was given lots of information on what the module would entail.
We looked at Module Aims and Module Content which is also in the module guide available on Sunspace.
The main task today was 'What is Music?' This sounds like a simple question but if you have a think about it, there are a lot of possible answers. At the beginning of the class we were asked 'What do you think music is?' in small groups we came up with a definition in a sentence ours was 'Freedom of expression without the need words'. We then discussed our ideas with the class and conversed about how we came up with our own definition. One group explained that they believe music was how notes are arranged, this was far different from my groups statement but they are both valid.
Later in the lesson, we were given a serious of scenarios from the book This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession. All of the statements involved music somehow. We had to list the from what we thought was the MOST musical to the LEAST. At first I said jokingly to my group, lets put them all in a straight line because they all are and they laughed but actually I thought maybe that is right but we continued with the task accordingly and we chose an order the best we could.
Today's session was interesting and it helped me to broaden my horizons when thinking about music.
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