CONTRASTO

GOOGLE A KWL CHART. DRAW IN SKETCH OR NOTEBOOK OR COMPLETE IN WORD DOC

1. Information Research- Musical Genre. Create a KWL chart for 2 musical genres. 1
genre must be from the list below, the other you may choose off list if you want. KWL: 3
things you Know, 3 things you Want to know, 4 things you Learned through research
(including answering questions from the “W” category) in sentence form. List 4 symbols
to represent each genre you choose.
Alternative Industrial Pop

Blues Inspirational (Christian & R&B/Soul

Gospel)
Classical Reggae
Instrumental
Country Rock
J-Pop
Dance Singer/Songwriter
Jazz
Easy Listening Spoken Word
K-Pop
Electronic Vocal
Latino
Hip-Hop/Rap World- country or culture
Opera specific
Indie Pop
2. Musical example research. Find one example piece of music for each genre you chose.
While listening to the music answer the following questions: How does the music feel? How
would you describe the sound? What kind of lines, shapes, objects, images are you going
to use to describe it? List 5 adjectives (descriptive words) that describe your songs.

3. Image reference research. What specific images will you look for to help communicate
your genre? SAVE TO DRIVE OR PERSONAL FILE. Print in Word or PowerPoint. USE TOOLS
IN GOOGLE IMAGES TO FIND UNCOPYRIGHTED WORK OR INCLUDE A WEBSITE LINK
FOR YOUR IMAGES. 5-6 images or symbols to represent your musical genres.

4. Sketches/Design

❏ Create (2) 4x5 sketches. One for each genre. remember to focus on shapes rather
than lines and that it will be black and white
❏ Design 1 FINAL 8X10 sketch. Make improvements/adjustments to one of the 4X5
sketches. Include a line that will act as a SWITCH line and label all areas black or
white
❏ Transfer to tracing paper and then to top piece of construction paper. LABEL ALL
THE BLACK areas on the paper. Begin cutting away the top color of construction
paper to show the black. Go slowly and carefully.