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Instructions for Use of the Listening Materials
As you peruse the content of this course web site, please note that listening examples are identified as follows (in SDSU colors):
Red box = required listening; for each of these, you will provide an entry in your listening journal
Black box = recommended listening (optional/supplementary); you can earn extra credit for providing listening journal entries for these examples (see syllabus for details)
Listening Examples via Spotify
Throughout this site, musical examples (required and supplementary) are identified using the color scheme above. I have created Spotify playlists for this purpose:
For Music 151: Rock History to 1980
Required listening (all songs in this list are included in the Listening Journal templates)
Though recordings continue to be added to Spotify, there are a few musical examples that are not yet available. I have done my best to provide links to the few examples that I could not add to the Spotify playlists for this course. For such examples, you will find embedded audio links or external YouTube links that will allow you to access these important musical resources, as illustated below with an excerpt from a multi-movement composition for orchestra and rock ensemble by Jon Lord (of Deep Purple). To listen to these embedded musical examples, simply click on the "Play" button and, to stop the music, click on the "Pause" button (the same button toggles between the Play and Pause states). You can also move the button on the scrollbar in the media player to move to another location in the recording.
Gemini Suite by Jon Lord/Deep Purple; 1st movement: Guitar
Instructions for Playing Videos & "Interactive" (& Truly Interactive) Multimedia
As you explore this Rock History website, you will find hundreds of video links, providing examples of musical performances, movie excerpts, and other interesting visuals. Throughout the site, these videos are identified using a video icon: = link to a video excerpt (must use the Rock History website logon credentials provided by Dr. L) = link to an interactive media example (must use the Rock History website logon credentials provided by Dr. L) = link to a video excerpt stored on Google Drive (must use your SDSU logon credentials to access these) = link to a truly interactive listening guide (must use the Rock History website logon credentials provided by Dr. L)
NOTE: beginning Fall 2023, I am replacing (or augmenting) the previous videos ("interactive media" above, maroon video icon) with this "truly interactive" version, so students have more control navigating through the music
I have highlighted some of the more important of these videos, using this formatting: highlighted video ().
Unfortunately, with the decision by some browsers/companies to stop supportting Flash and Shockwave technologies, many of the interactive instructional media examples I created no longer function as intended, allowing direct interaction by the user. In order to retain the fundamental learning purposes of these examples, I have converted them into videos, which you can play from beginning to end so that you can benefit from the content, though the interactive capabilities are no longer present in their current format. They remain slightly "interactive," since you can use the play and pause buttons for the browser media player and you can navigate within the musical excrpt by using the scroll button in the media control bar to scroll through the example, initiating playback at the desired location.
= link to a video excerpt (must use the Rock History website logon credentials provided by Dr. L)
= link to an interactive media example (must use the Rock History website logon credentials provided by Dr. L)
= link to a video excerpt stored on Google Drive (must use your SDSU logon credentials to access these)
= link to a truly interactive listening guide (must use the Rock History website logon credentials provided by Dr. L)