genres Archives - Essay Quoll

Who is the intended audience? Is there more than one? What is the purpose of the publication? Is there a message intended for the audience? What is the genre, and why is the genre appropriate for communicating whatever the publication is intending?

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Assessments

This response should also at least 200 words. After completing Part 1 and Part 2, your response should be at least 400 words total. In order to complete Part 2, respond to the prompt by answering the questions below. In your major, or a discipline you choose for this project, conduct some quick research to find two sources or […]

Describe the general character of the music: what’s the atmosphere, vibe or emotional content of the piece? How would you describe the tempo ? Does the music sound consonant or dissonant – or something in between?

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Assessments

Write a separate paragraph for 8 different jazz songs/pieces that you listen to in a radio or streaming broadcast. For each paragraph, you’ll need to address all of the bullet points listed below. When you are ready to submit your assignment, click on the blue “Submit Assignment” button above, then copy & paste your work […]

What exactly about it was “good” or “frustrating” or “confusing”? What’s going on in the text that makes you question something, or provokes a certain reaction?

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Assessments

Take some time looking through the journals linked on this webpage. These assignments will be much easier for you if you explore the various journals, and then zero in on those that interest you. If you don’t do this and simply look at an arbitrary journal chosen at random, it might be full of material […]

If you have any experience with music software like Finale, Sibelius, Noteflight, MuseScore, etc….what are the advantages and disadvantages of scores created by software vs. scores that are completely drawn out by a human being?

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Ambrose

Description What is a musical score, what types are there, and who follows it? Hide Full Description In your final project, as in the polyrhythm and sampling assignments, you’ll be writing a score. Although some of you relied on garage band to create “scores” for the previous assignments, for your Final Project you’ll need to […]

Many composers “borrow” melodies – even classical composers incorporate folk or well-known melodies into their Symphonies.What constitutes stealing ideas when it comes to music?

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Ambrose

Description Many composers “borrow” melodies – even classical composers incorporate folk or well-known melodies into their Symphonies. What constitutes stealing ideas when it comes to music? Post some examples of composers/writers/performers outright copying music without giving any credit to the original creator. Let’s try to get a variety of genres—film soundtrack, classical music, jazz, popular […]

Write a 6–8 page source-based article, in which you will go beyond summarizing to analyze and make connections between the concepts of genre, audience, and rhetorical situation, and begin to develop a theory of writing.

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Ambrose

For this assignment, you will write a 6–8 page source-based article, in which you will go beyond summarizing to analyze and make connections between the concepts of genre, audience, and rhetorical situation, and begin to develop a theory of writing. You will choose three of the assigned sources (which represent a variety of genres) listed […]