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The Low End Music Theory: Hiphopmusikens plats i musikteoriundervisningen
Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Department of Music Education.
2024 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This study is based in my own passion for music theory combined with my experience in practicing of and engaging with hip-hop music and culture. Seeing as the music theory curriculum in Sweden is heavily based on traditional western music this study asks the question: “how does traditional western music theory show itself in hip-hop music?”. The study is due to its smaller scope focused on three musical parameters, these being: rhythm, chords, and form. The study consists of a newly created curriculum based on a number of different hip-hop songs and how they could be used in music theory education followed by a qualitative deductive analysis of said curriculum. Analyzing the music examples through the lens of music didactics showed that the use of hip-hop music in music theory education could serve as bridging a cultural gap between teacher and students; lead to interesting discussions about musical form, as well as engaging students who might not have a previous connection to the culturally traditional music.

Abstract [sv]

Studien grundar sig i min egen passion för musikteori kombinerat med min erfarenhet av att utöva och engagera mig i hiphop både som musikgenre och subkultur. Musikteoriundervisningen i Sverige baseras på traditionell västerländsk musikteori och studien ställer därför frågan: "hur tar sig traditionell västerländsk musikteori uttryck i hiphopmusik?". I och med studiens mindre omfång undersöks endast tre musikaliska parametrar, dessa är: rytm, ackord och form. Studien består av ett nyskapat undervisningsmaterial baserat på ett fåtal låtexempel ur musikgenren hiphop och hur de kan användas i musikteoriundervisning, följt av en kvalitativ, deduktiv analys av tidigare nämnda undervisningsmaterial. Genom att analysera låtexemplen utifrån musikdidaktik som teoretiskt perspektiv visade studien att användningen av hiphopmusik i musikteoriundervisning kan leda till: att minska ett kulturellt gap mellan lärare och elev; intressanta diskussioner kring musikalisk form; samt engagera elever som kanske inte har en tidigare koppling till den kulturellt traditionella musiken.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. , p. 49
Keywords [en]
music theory, music pedagogy, hip-hop, community music, document analysis, music didactics, hip-hop music
Keywords [sv]
musikteori, hiphop, musikdidaktik, community music, ämnesdidaktik, hiphopmusik, gymnasieskola
National Category
Music Pedagogy
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-5493OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kmh-5493DiVA, id: diva2:1875431
Subject / course
Lärande och undervisning i högre utbildning
Educational program
Ämneslärarprogram med inriktning mot gymnasieskolan
Presentation
2024-05-27, 1E303, Valhallavägen 105, Stockholm, 11:00 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2024-06-25 Created: 2024-06-22 Last updated: 2025-02-21Bibliographically approved

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