Assignment

Create a playlist of six to nine musical works.

Organize your selections under a theme such as "Music for Motivation" or "Cross-Country Playlist." Be as creative as you like.

Include the following:

• Two to three works of popular music, such as rock, pop, country, dance, or hip-hop
• Two to three works of medieval or classical music; selections may include cantatas, oratorio, fugues, and so forth
• Two to three works from other musical forms such as opera, jazz, or folk music

Write a 350- to 700-word summary in a Word document (You are welcome to go over the word count if you wish) of your playlist which discusses how the formal and technical qualities of music affect you; in other words, how does music create a certain type of mood, and is it successful in prompting a response from you, emotional or otherwise? Use at least five to seven vocabulary terms from the text in your discussion, which may include but not limited to the following:

• Form
• Composition
• Call and response
• Fusion
• Looping
• Sound
• Pitch
• Scale
• Dynamics
• Timbre
• Rhythm
• Beat
• Meter
• Tempo
• Melody
• Harmony
• Motif
• Harmony
• Consonance
• Dissonance
• Tonality
• Texture