I’m working on a english multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Choose TWO of the videos from Listening #1 and answer the following questions in your response. You may use paragraph form or bullet points.

1. What is the purpose the music serves? Is it for entertainment, religious worship, self-expression, something else?

2. Who is performing? Solo singer, orchestra, singer plus orchestra?

3. What instruments can you identify? Don’t worry if you can’t id everything – just try to pick out one or two different instruments.

4. Why did you pick this video? Was there something interesting or compelling about the video?

Listening #1

Please watch and listen to all the videos on this page. Your first graded assignment will be based on these videos.

Music serves a wide variety of social purposes, is made by many different types of communities and come in an endless variety of styles. This is a very small sample but I hope gets you excited about what a deep and meaningful experience music can provide!

Enjoy!