For Tuesday:

Read: Theodore C. Levin and Michael E. Edgerton, “The Throat Singers of Tuva,” Scientific American (September 1999): 80-87.  [Note: you can skip section labeled “Forming Formants.”]

Listen: Podcast from NPR about cowboys, both Mongolian and American.

Write: Keep Journal notes on reading and listening, including responses to one or more of the reflection questions that accompany the podcast.

Other: Practice your throat-singing technique, using this triangle from a book by Mark van Tongeren:

For Thursday:

Read: Begin reading Ch. 2 in anticipation of Tuesday’s TBL.  (Chapter 2 is the longest of the chapters.)

Listen:  Wade CD tracks that correspond to Ch. 2:  1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-19, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, keeping descriptive notes in your journal so you learn to recognize the music and connect it with concepts in the text.

Other: Library Sandbox task is due today.