Wednesday, May 20, 2009

www.yellowbellmusic.com/history-phil.php


What website is your source from?
YellowBellMusic.com

Who is your source?
Journalists that like yellow bells.

What are their credentials?
Unknown.

What does your source say about your topic?
It tells everything about the instrument, the yellow bell.

Do you believe your source?
Yes.

Why or why not?
They seem to know alot about yellow bells, so they must be factual.

Monday, May 18, 2009

http://www.chineseart.com/chinese-music-1.htm


What website is your source from?
ChineseArt.com

Who is your source?
MEA Inc.

What are their credentials?
Not sure, can't find anything about them.

What does your source say about your topic?
It gives a very brief summary of the Chinese musical instruments.

Do you believe your source?
Yes.

Why or why not?
I, personally, know some information about these types of instruments, and it's the same as what they say.
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/arts/chinese-music.htm


What website is your source from?
TravelChinaGuide.com

Who is your source?
One of the journalists, not specified.

What are their credentials?
They own a website based around things to do in China, in order to keep their website going, they need factual information.

What does your source say about your topic?
It gives a very brief history of Chinese music, and tells about the different instruments used.

Do you believe your source?
Yes.

Why or why not?
Again, in order to keep their website going, they need factual information.
http://www-camil.music.uiuc.edu/musedex/taiwan/Chinese-history/ChHistory.html


What website is your source from?
UIUC's website.

Who is your source?
Different professors from the University of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign.

What are their credentials?
All that one could draw is that they have degrees in history.

What does your source say about your topic?
They also break up the different styles based upon dynasty eras, and how those styles evolve into the next dynasty's style.

Do you believe your source?
Mainly.

Why or why not?
They are college professors.
http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Music/China-music-history.html

What website is your source from?
paulnoll.com

Who is your source?
Appearently, Paul Noll.

What are their credentials?
Over 1.5 million people have visited their site for reference.

What does your source say about your topic?
It tells what philosophers believed about music and what it was, also how it should've been played. It breaks up the styles and features of the different musics throughout the different dynasties.

Do you believe your source?
I do.

Why or why not?
Because most of it has been confirmed by other sources.