Ray Charles, "I Can't Stop Loving You" (1962) Literature Essay

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MUS 109: Rock Music Instructor: Taylor Ackley Listening Guide 1 Instructions: Write a 2-3 page paper on a rock song recorded before 1970. Songs: You may pick any song that is NOT: • On the list of required listening for the course, or • Discussed in depth in the reading (if you are unsure whether your song meets this requirement, ask me.) How to choose a song: • A good way to do this is to pick a song from the course listening that you particularly liked, then listen to other songs by that artist until you find one you’d like to write about. There are plenty of good songs out there recorded before 1970! Before starting the assignment: • Watch the 3-part Music Basics video lecture series, located in the Supplementary Material for classes 1, 2, and 3. • Carefully study the listening guides on p. 22-28, 52, 57, 62-63 of the textbook. Make sure you understand exactly what the authors are talking about. Study the vocab words in bold—they are repeated in glossary of the textbook (p. 379-382). • Review the Example Listening Guide posted on Blackboard in Week 2: Assessments. This should give you a sense of how to make your listening chart. (I used the “table” function in Microsoft Word.) What to write about: • You must make a listening chart modeled after the example assignment (which itself is modeled after the listening charts in the textbook) • In addition to the listening chart, you must write between 400-700 words about the song, addressing the following aspects of the music: o Form o Rhythm o Arrangement, instrumentation o Vocal style o Melody and chords o Lyrics o Timbre o Anything else that seems relevant (i.e. use of recording studio, etc.) Refer to the textbook’s glossary (p. 379-382) and to the short “Music Basics” video lectures (in the Week 1 Supplementary Material) for terminology to use when discussing aspects of the music. Please express your observations using these terms. MUS 109: Rock Music Instructor: Taylor Ackley What not to write about: • Do NOT list facts about the song or the band/performer, i.e. “[Song X] was the Billboard #1 for three weeks,” or “[Album X] was the band’s best-selling album.” This paper is about your own observations of the music itself. It is not a history paper. I have made a bunch of observations about the song. How do I tie them all together? The best papers will say something about the “big picture” of music. In your effort to decide what aspects of the music to discuss, first try to articulate what the song is about; what mood does it attempt to create? Does it suggest a certain type of engagement on the part of the listener? Once you have answered this question, try to pinpoint specific aspects of the music that help create this mood or effect. Always try to relate your specific observations to the overall “feel” of the song. Additionally, feel free to talk about how your song is similar to or different from previous songs or styles we have studied. Does the song reflect aspects of previous styles? Think about this question in terms of any and all aspects of the music, including (but not limited to) form. You are also encouraged to compare and contrast your song with another song by the same artist or by contemporaries of the artist if you feel that such a comparison would be illuminating. Avoiding Plagiarism IF YOU PLAGIARIZE, YOU WILL FAIL THE COURSE. So read this carefully and ask me questions if anything is unclear. • Always cite your sources, whether or not you quote them directly • You are not expected or required to use outside sources for this paper, but in case you do, here are two instances where you must use a citation: o Direct quote: Schloss, Starr, & Waterman (2012) argue that "'Somebody to Love' exemplifies the acid rock approach, including a dense musical texture with plenty of volume and lots of electronic distortion" (p. 153). § Notice that I put the text in quotation marks because I copied it directly. You must do this! No quotation marks for a direct quote = plagiarism, even if you cite the page number! § Also, notice that I introduced the quote instead of merely dropping it into my paper. This means I am including the quote to highlight a particular perspective on an issue. I am not simply using the quote to substitute for my own words. Direct quotes should be used for a specific reason. o Paraphrase: Jefferson Airplane’s emphasis on creating otherworldly timbres in “Somebody to Love” epitomized the acid rock style that came into vogue in the late 1960s, but it also followed that era’s broader trend of MUS 109: Rock Music Instructor: Taylor Ackley performers writing their own songs (Schloss, Starr, & Waterman, 2012, p. 153). § Here, I am putting the authors’ ideas into my own words, so I am not using quotation marks, but I am still providing a page number directly after my quote. o Don’t do this: 'Somebody to Love' typifies the acid rock approach, including a dense musical texture with lots of volume and electronic distortion (Schloss, Starr, & Waterman, 2012, p. 153). § What’s the problem here? I copied the textbook virtually word-forword, changing only a few words here and there, but didn’t put the text in quotation marks. This does not count as putting the authors’ ideas into your own words! If you are going to use anything close to the authors’ original writing, just quote them (in quotation marks). • More on the APA citation format: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/ Grading: 14-15pts.: clear and well-organized structure, correct use of musical terms, accurate form chart, discuss the music in detail, show evidence of careful proofreading, fulfill any additional requirements listed in the assignment guidelines 12-13: less clearly organized structure, somewhat cursory discussion of music, musical terms frequently used incorrectly or not used very often, some mistakes with form chart, some sloppiness with proofreading 10-11: reads like stream-of-consciousness writing, discussion of music is very vague with few specific details addressed, form chart has little correspondence to song or is incomplete, musical terms almost always used incorrectly or not at all, sloppiness with proofreading, significantly under the minimum length 8-9: obviously cobbled together at the last minute 0: either an off-topic or plagiarized paper* * a paper that contains many of the same details, and in the same order, as an article from Wikipedia (or any other website or article) is considered to be plagiarized