Music and the Human Experience
A Guide for Informed Listening
(First Edition)
Format: Interactive Ebook. This product allows students to read the text of each chapter and engage with learning activities all within a single system.
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Music and the Human Experience: A Guide for Informed Listening offers readers a comprehensive exploration of the role of music in shaping and expressing human emotions and experiences. The interactive ebook examines music's social functions, its structures and organizational principles, and its profound ability to express the complexities of human life.
The format allows students to read the text of each chapter and engage with digital learning activities—including skill-builder questions, quizzes, videos, audio files, Choose, Compare, and Critique activities, and vocabular games—all within a single system.
The text examines music's fundamental aspects, from its sensory impacts to its capacity for personal and cultural expression. It discusses various musical elements—such as harmony, rhythm, and melody—and their contributions to the emotional depth of a piece. The text explores innovative approaches in music, including the infusion of artificial intelligence and the progressive shift of soundtracks in the audiovisual domain.
Music and the Human Experience is ideal for courses in music appreciation and ethnomusicology. Its structured and thematic approach also makes it relevant for interdisciplinary studies that link music to broader societal, cultural, and psychological contexts.
The format allows students to read the text of each chapter and engage with digital learning activities—including skill-builder questions, quizzes, videos, audio files, Choose, Compare, and Critique activities, and vocabular games—all within a single system.
The text examines music's fundamental aspects, from its sensory impacts to its capacity for personal and cultural expression. It discusses various musical elements—such as harmony, rhythm, and melody—and their contributions to the emotional depth of a piece. The text explores innovative approaches in music, including the infusion of artificial intelligence and the progressive shift of soundtracks in the audiovisual domain.
Music and the Human Experience is ideal for courses in music appreciation and ethnomusicology. Its structured and thematic approach also makes it relevant for interdisciplinary studies that link music to broader societal, cultural, and psychological contexts.
Megan Bellamy-Lanz, DMA is Senior Instructor in the Department of Music and University Honors Program at Colorado State University, where she teaches Music Appreciation, World Music, and Music as Human Expression. A Miyazawa performing artist, she performs regularly as a solo artist and chamber musician. She holds a DMA and MM in performance from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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