Exploring the World of Music: An Introduction to Music from a World Music Perspective, Volume 2Music and music theory including, frequency, amplitude, duration, timbre, natural enviornment (Bosnian, Ganga, Becarac, Australia, Papua, New Guinea, spirit world, Tuvan; modern urban music, modern minstrels, rap music, transformative power of music, contra dance music, healing music (Kung healing ceremony); political power music (national anthems, protest and resistance); labor movement music, civil rights movement music; toptical songs in the United States; music and memory; much more. |
Contents
THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC | 21 |
MUSIC AND MEMORY | 51 |
LEARNING MUSIC | 75 |
Western Classical Music | 91 |
RHYTHM | 97 |
MELODY | 119 |
TIMBRE IN ARABIC CLASSICAL MUSIC | 156 |
CHAPTER SUMMARY | 166 |
CALL AND RESPONSE | 219 |
FORM IN WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC | 225 |
FORM IN THE CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF NORTH INDIA | 234 |
CHAPTER SUMMARY | 240 |
THE MUSICAL SYSTEM | 246 |
THE ROLE OF THE COMPOSER IN WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC | 253 |
COMPOSITION IN NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES | 259 |
IMPROVISATION IN JAZZ | 266 |
SALSA | 178 |
BALINESE GAMELAN BELEGANJUR | 184 |
HARMONY | 193 |
OTHER APPLICATIONS OF WESTERN HARMONY | 207 |
CHAPTER SUMMARY | 213 |
ELECTRONIC MUSICAL TECHNOLOGY | 274 |
WESTERN NOTATION | 289 |
THE WESTERN HARMONIC SYSTEM | 295 |
REFERENCED AND ADDITIONAL SOURCES | 307 |
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 321 | |
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