Checklist For Task 1 - Create A Video Documentary On A Range of World Music

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Checklist for Task 1: Create a video documentary on a range of world music

Pass:
Have you demonstrate some knowledge of musics role in at least three different cultures?
YES/NO
Have you described with some detail the role of music in at least one culture?
(For example, its use in events such as weddings, religious ceremonies, as a recreational
pastime etc.)
YES/NO
For each different style / genre of world music, have you at the very least made a list of each
musical features?
(For example, listing features such as Clave rhythm and syncopation in Cuban music).
YES/NO
Have you identifying at least three examples of the fusion of world musical features into
western music?
(For example, the use of the sitar by western pop/rock bands).

YES/NO
Have you submitted a bibliography?
YES/NO
Merit:
Have you described how a variety of musical roles work within the different cultures?
(For example, how music is used in similar and / or different ways in Cuba to India?)
YES/NO
Have you accurately described the musical features of at least three world music traditions?
(For example explain with accurate descriptions what a Clave rhythm and syncopation is, with
reference to how these features are used in Cuban music).
YES/NO
Have you described in detail at least three examples of how western and world music is
combined?
(For example, describe how Nitin Swahney uses a variety of Indian instruments and musical
styles, as well as Flemenco guitar, and blends these together with western instruments and
styles such as Drum and Bass).
YES/NO
Distinction:
Have you compared the similar and contrasting use of music in different cultures?
(For example, comparing musics use in religious worship by some cultural groups and not by
others).
YES/NO
Have you compared similar and contrasting use of musical devices across different cultures?
(For example, the Clave rhythm is unique to Cuban music and therefore contrasts with other
cultures; however, there are also unique rhythms found in music from other world cultures,
such as the Chaal in Indian Bhangra, which is a similarity).

YES/NO
Have you commented critically on how effectively world music elements have been used in
western music?
(For example, an effective way of achieving this would be to focus on comparing the use of the
same element eg Latin rhythms in traditional Cuban music, and how western pop artists
such as Shakira and Gloria Estefan have then used these).
YES/NO

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