How to use this Blog

Congratulations, you are an Author!
You will receive an email inviting you to be an author of this blog. Click on the link, then sign in to Google (the same user name/password you use for Gmail, YouTube). If you don't have a Google account, then follow the directions and set up your free account.

Listening Guides Comments
For each listening guide, please listen to the composition while following the score a few times. The goal is to become aurally familiar with the musical style. If there is a listening guide available for the composition, read it carefully. After you have listened and read the guide, then please post a comment. Your comment will be graded on a five-scale as outlined in the syllabus. Please do at least one of the following in your comment:

  1. Write a few sentences describing the musical parameters the composer emphasizes in the compositions.
  2. Write a few sentences that highlights a passage that you found particularly interesting and describe why it was interesting to you.
  3. In a few sentences respond to the listening guide: some possibilities for a response include agreeing with and expanding the original author's observations, politely disagreeing with the original author, or asking questions for clarification.
  4. You can use this post to ask a general question about the composition. This will be a great place to start class discussion.
  5. Finally, you can use your post to address any questions posed by other students in the class
If you are the original author, there is no need for you to comment on your own guide.
When you comment, make sure your name appears somewhere :)

Listening Guide Authors
When it is your turn to write the listening guide, email me your guide (cpeebles@ithaca.edu) by 7:00 AM the class before the listening comments are due. By e-mailing me your guide in a timely manner, you give your classmates ample time to complete their assignment.

Compositions and Project
For the two short compositions and the final project, you will create your own post. The contents of the post will be explained in the handout about the compositions and projects. Watch this video below to learn how to create your own post.



Make sure you do include a label for each post. Label the first composition "Composition #1," the second composition "Composition #2," and the Listening Guide for the final project "Final Project." You will just need to click on the correct label in order to assign a label for your post.

Privacy Issues
The content on this blog is just for this class. You can only access the blog through the website address, it will not show up on any search engines. You are welcome to share your own work in your IC portfolio, but not through the blog. The link will be inactive the week after the final exam.

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