Course Description
The Exploratory Music course at Arroyo Seco does just what its name entails, an exploration of music in all aspects. This quarter of Exploratory Music is focused on diving into the vast expanse of music from a global perspective. This class covers selected music cultures from around the world. We will examine styles of music from a cultural perspective using active learning strategies. We will look at the roles of music, instruments, and musical characteristics of these various music cultures and try to better understand their culture and experiences through their music.
Curricular Units:
1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Pacific Islands/Oceana
4. Europe
Course Content
Students will learn/ develop:
The Exploratory Music course at Arroyo Seco does just what its name entails, an exploration of music in all aspects. This quarter of Exploratory Music is focused on diving into the vast expanse of music from a global perspective. This class covers selected music cultures from around the world. We will examine styles of music from a cultural perspective using active learning strategies. We will look at the roles of music, instruments, and musical characteristics of these various music cultures and try to better understand their culture and experiences through their music.
Curricular Units:
1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Pacific Islands/Oceana
4. Europe
Course Content
Students will learn/ develop:
- A basic understanding of the structure of music notation and reading.
- A better understanding of world cultures, history, and other forms of art through music.
- To recognize a wide variety of instruments and their sounds.
- Appreciate different musical genres and their uses in other cultures.
- The 4 regions covered during the course are Africa, Asia, Europe, Pacific Island/Oceana
| Exploratory Music Syllabus 2019-2020.pdf |
