Why did you choose this one?

Watch one of the approved ethnomusicological documentaries listed on the .pdf in the Canvas module and answer the following questions (in complete sentences) Questions 3-5 should be answered with at least a full paragraph:

  1. Which film did you watch? List the title and the director.
  2. Why did you choose this one?
  3. Describe the music discussed and heard in the film using terms from class.
  4. Describe the way this music is situated in its cultural context. How is it used by the people who make and listen to it? (e.g. is it for rituals? For entertainment? For dancing? Only for aristocrats?) Also, who performs this music and why? (e.g. only those initiated into the priesthood because of its ritual nature, or young children who play clapping games to accompany their songs, etc.)
  5. Compare the music culture from the film you watched to one of the music cultures discussed in class (discuss both music and cultural phenomena).