Music

For the topic of Music I looked at Rachel Ziemba and Sloane Nicoletti-Watson’s websites. On Rachel’s website, I really liked how her text stood out, was easy to read, and there was a consistent color scheme. On Sloane’s website, I really liked how she quoted Bible verses and even added a “sample song.” One interesting fact I learned from Sloane’s website is that men and women danced, and they also danced at every national celebration. I also learned that in the Bible, military victories were followed by a large celebrations which had dancing and music. From Rachel’s website I learned about interesting popular instruments at the time ranging from the lyre to the lute. Another thing I found interesting was that two flute players were required to attend a funeral. To improve to Sloane’s site, I would have tried to add an audio clip of a song. Other than that it was very well done. To improve to Rachel’s site like Sam said I would have tried to find images of drawings from that time period. Also, I would have made the title “Music and Dance” a little bigger. Both of these were very nice and I learned a lot more about music and dance in the time of Jesus.

For learning about music I looked at Sloane Nicoletti-Watson's and Rachel Ziemba's websites. Sloane's website was neatly organized with great pictures illustrating her information. Rachel's website had information that was very thorough and left few question's. On Sloane's website I learned that the Romans and Greeks had an influence on the songs in Jesus' time. On Rachel's website I learned of all the instruments that would be played during the songs and dances. Sloane could have included some more colors, whether in her photos or her text and Rachel, as Sam stated, could have used some photos that matched a little better with the time period discussed. I enjoyed learning of the music and dance in Jesus' time from these two websites.

I wanted to learn about music in Jesus’ time so I looked at Sloane and Rachel’s websites. I looked at Sloane’s website first. She had a very nice website and I liked that she had a sample of a song from the time period. Her information was very well organized and I learned a lot. I found it interesting that children learned how to play musical instruments as a part of their education. This website is excellent. To improve it I would make the title more centered above the text. I looked at Rachel’s website next. I loved the color scheme and how the words stood out and were easy to read. I found it fascinating that two flute players were required to attend funerals. To improve the website I would suggest bulleting the information under the titles. Both of these websites were excellently organized and very interesting.

To learn about music during Jesus’s time I visited Rachel’s website and Sloane’s website. On Sloane’s website, I really liked how everything was easy to find. I learned how in the time of Jesus they had dances to many songs and used lyres and tambourines as instruments. One thing that I recommend she do differently would be to have a better title and intro to the website to catch the eye. On Rachel’s website I thought her layout was fantastic and really easy to find everything. Two interesting things I learned were how music and dance were very common in society and how the shofar was the most popular instrument. One thing I recommend she do differently is to have better pictures that pertain to the time period.

To learn more about Jesus' time i visited Sloane and Rachel's websites. I also agree with Erin on the point that Rachel's color scheme is very enjoyable to look at, and draws attention to the website, and Sloane's is very organized and easy to read. One thing i learned from Sloane's website was that there are many dances that go along with the songs. On Rachel's website i learned that middle class musicians were generally looked down upon by aristocrats. One thing i recommend for Rachel's website is make the font and pictures bigger so they are easier to see and read. Also, for Sloane's website is the pictures could be more clear, because they were a little blurry. Overall the websites were very good and had very good information.