♫ Discovering Something Different ♫
Guitar Writing Assignment Gr. 10
Name: _____________________________
Feb. 25, 2016
This assignment is designed to not only examine your individual writing styles, but also expose
you to music that may be foreign to you. You are required to listen to a short list of songs and
choose ONE song to write about. Your task is to answer three (3) questions (including subquestions) using proper paragraphs for the piece of music that you have chosen:
1. What were your first impressions of the piece?
2. What types of guitars are used? Be as specific as possible (make, model, style, etc.) What
genre of music typically uses those types of guitars? This may require some research on
your part. What type of guitar would you buy yourself if money was not a factor? Why?
3. What techniques, effects and/or devices are used in the performance? How do they affect
the sound/style of the music? This may require some research on your part.
**Make sure that your paper contains the following**
a. Times New Roman, Double-spaced, 12pt font, page numbers
b. Three distinct paragraphs (each question needs a paragraph, include the question before the
response in bold)
c. Your name, teacher name, course code and date
d. Proper spelling and grammar.
DUE DATE: March 11, 2016
**Listening Selections**
1. Erik Mongrain – Airtap! (type: Erik Mongrain Airtap hd – it’s the first video)
2. Victor Wooten – Brooklyn (type: Victor Wooten Brooklyn – it’s the first one)
3. Adrian Legg – Cajun Interlude (type: Adrian Legg – Cajun Interlude – it’s the first one)
4.
Steve Vai and Al Di Meola – Race with Devil (type: Steve Vai Al Di Meola - it’s the first one)
5. Jimmy Rosenberg – Sweet Georgia Brown (type: Jimmy Rosenberg Sweet Georgia Brown – it’s the first
one)
Categories
Description
Communication Clarity of
Content
Information
Clarity of
Written
Information
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
- The
information
appears to
disorganized
information is
suspect to
being correct
and factual
- Information is
organized but
paragraphs are
not well
constructed and
information is
factual
- Information is
organized with well
constructed
paragraphs and
information is
factual and correct
- Information is very
organized with well
constructed
paragraphs, use of
subheadings, and
information is factual
and correct
- Many
grammatical,
spelling, or
punctuation
errors
- A few
grammatical,
spelling, or
punctuation
errors
- Almost no
grammatical,
spelling, or
punctuation errors
- No grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors
TOTAL
/10
/5
/15