Choose three questions from the list numbered 1 – 5 below. Create a new thread and post your response in the
text area provided. Please note that each numbered item counts as one question and must be answered
accordingly. The subject area should include a short reference to the question (e.g. Question #3 audio
technologies ).
1.How did your parents and grandparents experience the world since 1950? Ask them and comment.
2.What technological advances since 1950 do you think are the most important? Why?
3.Which audio technologies have you experienced? How and when?
4.What commonalities and differences do you hear in non-Western musics? Are they like Western music? How
or how not?
5.What are your thoughts about bringing elements of chance into the arts in general and into music in
particular? Why?