Meeting 5 (Sept. 11/12) is the end of Unit I. Be sure to sign up for a rhythmic sight-singing exam slot for that day with your instructor.

Video portfolios must be completed, revised (if necessary), and shared with your instructor on Google Drive by 8am the morning of your Meeting 5 class day. Since this is the fourth round of video submissions, there has been plenty of time to work out any technological kinks, and therefore, there will be no late submissions accepted. Make sure that all seven exercises are included, and that they are as close to flawless as possible.

Please review the section on “summative assessments” on the Coursework page before submitting your portfolios and coming to your sight-singing exams.

This assignment is due at 8am the morning AFTER Meeting 3 (Sept. 5 for MW sections, Sept. 6 for TR sections).

Record video of portfolio exercises 6–7 with a partner and submit to instructor via Google Drive.

Be sure to have the Kazez text with you for every class meeting during Unit I.

Additional notes

If your videos of exercises 1–5 were not up to standard, budget time to redo those exercises soon. All seven videos will be due by Meeting 5 (Sept. 11/12).

A 1-minute video domonstrating uploading and sharing files on Google Drive can be found here.

As usual, make use of Piazza if you have any questions about the course, the syllabus, the policies, the homework, or the technology.

Following are some general notes on the rhythm video submissions so far for Kris Shaffer’s section (Section 3, MW 10am) only. If you would like specific comments, please make an appointment to see me outside of class or drop by during office hours. Keep in mind that this is, in part, an exercise in self-evaluation. Before you come to me, make sure you have listened carefully to your video and identified/fixed any errors you find before coming to me for assistance. I will help you get over those final hurdles, but I want you to do as much yourself as possible.

First, a number of you are still having difficulty placing fast notes on the back side of the beat. (I.e., the final sixteenth note in a dotted-eighth and sixteenth rhythm.)

Second, make sure all long notes are sustained full value. This will help your accuracy when performing 2 or 4 against 3, among other things. Also, make sure that single-beat notes are always full value. This is easy to miss when the eighth note is the notated beat.

Third, everyone missed the tempo/beat instructions in number 3. It may have been stated unclearly, but the quarter-note beat in 3/4 and the dotted-quarter beat in 6/8 should be the same duration. As a result, the eighths and sixteenths should all get faster when it changes to 6/8 and slower when it changes to 3/4.

Last, make sure both performers are equally close to the computer/phone. In some of the videos, it is hard to hear one voice because it is drowned out by the other.

Please revisit all of your videos this week or this weekend in advance of next week’s submission. Tap a steady beat, division, or subdivision along with your performance, and look especially for the above errors. If you do so, you will find most of the mistakes and imprecisions that are present. Do everything thing you can to submit videos that are as perfect as you can make them.

This assignment is due at 8am the morning before Meeting 3 (Sept. 3 for MW sections, Sept. 4 for TR sections).

Record video of portfolio exercises 3–5 with a partner and submit to instructor via Google Drive.

Also, please begin work on your self-evaluation. Comment on your progress on all concepts/skills addressed in class so far (standard rhythms, irregular division of the beat, performance, professionalism).

Be sure to have the Kazez text with you for every class meeting during Unit I.

Additional notes

If your videos of exercises 1–2 were not up to standard (or if you had tech/partner/course schedule issues that prevented you from completing them on time), the long weekend is a great opportunity to (re)do those exercises. All seven videos will be due by Meeting 5 (Sept. 11/12).

A 1-minute video domonstrating uploading and sharing files on Google Drive can be found here.

As usual, make use of Piazza if you have any questions about the course, the syllabus, the policies, the homework, or the technology.

This assignment is due at 8am the morning after Meeting 1 (Aug 27. for MW sections, Aug. 28 for TR sections).

Record video of portfolio exercises 1 & 2 with a partner and submit to instructor via Google Drive.

Section 3 (Kris Shaffer) students, also make a 1–2 minute video introducing yourself: Who are you? Where are you from? What are your goals? (in life, and in this class) This will help me get to know you better.

A 1-minute video domonstrating uploading and sharing files on Google Drive can be found here.

All students, please make use of Piazza if you have any questions about the course, the syllabus, the policies, the homework, or the technology. It is a great tool for building community outside of class, even between the five sections of this course.