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__How Different Would Music Sound if You Took the Emotion Out of it?__

Music surrounds us in our every day lives, and is an embodiment of our culture. It can be used to tell a story, or to express an emotion, and/or an idea from the composer. Your task will be to identify musical emotions/ideas from various books, and listening examples. Ultimately in the end you will decide based off your research if this music would sound the same if that emotion wasn't put in.

1.) You will be paired in groups of two.
====2.) You will see various links to musical examples, and books. Underneath there are questions you will answer and fill out (This is also going under the assumption you own all these books). ==== ====3.) At the end you will make a power point presentation on what each sources emotion represented musically, and at the end if they would still sound the same to you if you took the emotion out. ====

Creating the Power Point:

Once you have read/listened to all the musical examples presented at this web quest, you and your partner will create a power point presentation. On each slide you will describe what emotion each source represents musically from your interpretation. At the end make an argument for each source if the music would still sound the same to you if the emotion was took out of it. Be as creative as possible with your descriptions and have fun!



This story is about Mole who lived a simple life underground, however he feels something is missing. One day he hears someone playing a violin, which makes Mole realize his longing to create beautiful music as well. As he practices more and more everyday, his music creates an effect on others that he doesn't even know he's doing.

====2.) How would you describe Mole's playing later on in the book? Has it improved from before? How does the illustrations help prove your description? ====

====3.) Do you think that Mole was playing very expressively? Would you describe it as beautiful, melodic, soothing? Even though you don't actually hear him playing, what does the illustrations show to help you describe his musical playing? ====

Jazz written by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers is filled with lush, colorful visuals describing the many different styles of the American art form jazz. Each page has poetry which represents the style of music, accompanied with brightly, and expressively illustrated drawings which really represents the mighty jazz era.

Questions:
====1.) Pick three of your favorite pages. How would you describe the poetry? Are they appropriate for describing the illustrations? At the same time does the illustrations match the poetry well? Why or why not? ====

====2.) Overall how would you describe the illustrations throughout the entire book? Even though you can't hear the music, would you describe the music as being expressive based of the illustrations? ====

====4.) If there wasn't any emotion, or expression how different do you think this music would sound? Would this change the poetry and illustrations of the book? If so how? ====



In this picture book, a girl struggles with her emotions living in a war-torn city. There is no heating, and food is very scarce. There is a old man named Mr. O, the famous musician who lives upstairs, that is known to get angry at the kids for their noisy hallway games. However as rocket destroys the relief truck that brings their food, Mr. O surprises everyone by playing his cello into the middle of the square. Throughout this book the little girl learns the importance of courage, which represents the resilience of the human spirit.

4.) By the end of the book how does the mood of the little girls change from the beginning of the book?
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