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Author: drjonesmusic

Flutist, listener, dog lover, teacher
September 12, 2017September 19, 2017 drjonesmusic

Music and religion (Online discussion #3)

Reach out and touch faith / Your own personal Jesus / Someone to hear your prayers / Someone who cares

September 5, 2017September 12, 2017 drjonesmusic

How is music learned? (Online discussion #2)

We don't need no education / We don't need no thought control / No dark sarcasm in the classroom / Teachers leave them kids alone

August 29, 2017September 5, 2017 drjonesmusic

Music and the brain (Online discussion #1)

It's poetry in motion / She turned her tender eyes to me / As deep as any ocean / As sweet as any harmony / Mm, but she blinded me with science

May 15, 2017May 15, 2017 drjonesmusic

Final discussion and writing project, Spring 2017

This semester in Mu 110, you’ve been honing several skills of good writing and critical thinking by developing the art of conversation in online discussions (processing new information, sharing your own ideas, responding to the ideas of others, and asking questions to learn from your peers). All of these skills are what you need to … Continue reading Final discussion and writing project, Spring 2017

April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 drjonesmusic

Opera (class #11, section F4)

In place of section F4's class meeting on April 27

April 3, 2017April 10, 2017 drjonesmusic

Music and transcendent experiences (Online Discussion #9)

One love, one heart / Let's get together and feel all right

March 27, 2017April 3, 2017 drjonesmusic

Music and propaganda (Online Discussion #8)

Yes, I know my enemies! / They're the teachers who taught me to fight me! / Compromise! Conformity! Assimilation! Submission! Ignorance! Hypocrisy! Brutality! The elite! / All of which are American dreams!

March 20, 2017March 27, 2017 drjonesmusic

Does it matter who musicians are as people? (Online Discussion #7)

You know the nearer your destination / The more you're slip slidin' away

March 13, 2017March 21, 2017 drjonesmusic

Ludwig van Beethoven (Online Discussion #6)

Well, early in the mornin' / I'm a-givin' you a warnin': Don't you step on my blue suede shoes / Hey diddle diddle, I'm a-playin' my fiddle, / Ain't got nothin' to lose / Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news

March 6, 2017March 13, 2017 drjonesmusic

Women in classical music (Online Class Discussion #5)

Well, I got a woman, way over town / That's good to me, oh yeah / Said I got a woman, way over town / Good to me, oh yeah / She gives me money when I'm in need / Yeah, she's a kind of friend indeed / I got a woman, way over town / That's good to me, oh yeah

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