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Mariam Khan English 1101 Professor Fuentes October 25, 2013

For the Discourse Communit Ethnogra!h , m !lanne" to!ic #ill be m interest in !la ing the !iano$ % !lan on #riting about ho# it has ma"e an im!act on me an" ho# it is a "iscourse communit $ Pla ing the !iano an" other musical instruments !la a &e role in the li'es of m famil $ (e all &no# ho# to !la at least on instrument an" #e !ractice together base" on #hat #e !la $ )o for the "iscourse communit ethnogra!h , % #ill obser'e the members of the "iscourse communit , #hich inclu"es m famil , more s!ecificall m cousins #ho !la the !iano, #hile ta&ing notes about #hat the are "oing an" ho# the all *belong+ #ithin the communit $ ,fter collecting all the "ata that is nee"e" for m ethnogra!h , % #ill then anal -e it using )#ales. si/ characteristics$ (hilst tal&ing about the "ata that is collecte", % #ill also tal& about the terms that are use" #ithin the "iscourse communit $ % #ill tal& about the #a s of communications bet#een the members an" ho# to "eci!her the terms that come #ith !la ing the !iano$ ,fter all that, % #ill then a!!l the conce!ts that #ere "iscusse" in 0ohns. article #hich inclu"e the conflicts #ithin the communit an" the elements of belonging$

Playing the Piano %$ Obser'ation of members of the "iscourse communit ,$ Obser'e them !la ing the !iano

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1$ #atch ho# the "eci!her the music notes, listen to ho# the interact bet#een each other %%$ %nter'ie# one of the members that !la the !iano ,$ as& them 1uestions about ho# long the ha'e been !la ing an" learning %%%$ ,nal -e the "ata using )#ales. si/ characteristics ,$ tal& about the goals of the "iscourse communit %2$ )!eciali-e" 3e/is42ocabular ,$ tal& about the s!ecial terms that are use" to #ithin the communit 1$ some terms inclu"e5 a6 accents b6 staccato c6 tem!o "6 timbre e6 bar line f6 staff g6 clefs 2$ 7al& about #ho has authorit #ithin the grou! ,$ the beginners, the interme"iates, an" the e/!erts 1$ ho# the interact #ith one another