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World Music : Traditions and Transformations

by: BAKAN

World Music : Traditions and Transformations

by: BAKAN

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9780072415667
ISBN 10:
0072415665
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/10/2007
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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From cha cha cha to jeliya and Hindustani raga to hip-hop gamelan, this exciting new text takes students on a journey through diverse musical cultures and traditions of the world. With a clear and accessible presentation style and lively and engaging writing, it is an ideal introduction to world music for non-music and music majors alike.


What, in the World, Is Music?	p. 1
A Point of Departure: Five Propositions for Exploring World Music	p. 2
The Basic Property of All Music Is Sound	p. 2
The Sounds (and Silences) That Comprise a Musical Work Are Organized in Some Way	p. 3
Sounds Are Organized into Music by People; Thus, Music Is a Form of Humanly Organized Sound	p. 4
Music Is a Product of Human Intention and Perception	p. 4
The Term Music Is Inescapably Tied to Western Culture and Its Assumptions	p. 6
Summary	p. 6
Key Terms	p. 7
Study Questions	p. 7
Discussion Questions	p. 7
Applying What You Have Learned	p. 7
Resources for Further Study	p. 7
How Music Lives: A Musicultural Approach	p. 9
Culture in Music	p. 10
Meaning in Music	p. 11
Identity in Music	p. 11
Societies	p. 13
Cultures	p. 15
Nations and Nation-States	p. 16
Diasporas and Other Transnational Communities	p. 17
The Individual in Music	p. 18
Spirituality and Transcendence in Music	p. 20
Music and Dance	p. 21
Music in Ritual	p. 22
Music as Commodity and the Patronage of Music	p. 23
The Transmission of Music and Musical Knowledge	p. 25
Production and Reception	p. 25
Music Creation Processes	p. 26
Music in the Process of Tradition	p. 27
Summary	p. 29
Key Terms	p. 29
Study Questions	p. 29
Discussion Questions	p. 30
Applying What You Have Learned	p. 30
Resources for Further Study	p. 30
How Music Works
Rhythm	p. 31
The Four Basic Properties of Tones	p. 32
Rhythm	p. 32
Beat	p. 34
Subdivision	p. 34
Meter	p. 35
Accent and Syncopation	p. 39
Tempo	p. 39
Free Rhythm	p. 40
Summary	p. 40
Key Terms	p. 40
Study Questions	p. 41
Applying What You Have Learned	p. 41
Resources for Further Study	p. 41
How Music Works
Pitch	p. 43
Pitch and Melody	p. 44
Pitch and Melody in "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and a Native American Eagle Dance Songv44
Names of Pitches in Western Music	p. 44
The Western Pitch System and the Octave	p. 46
Common Scales in Western Music: Major, Pentatonic, Minor, and Blues	p. 48
Modulation: Moving from One Scale and Key to Another	p. 50
Pitch and Scales in Non-Western Musical Systems	p. 51
Pitch, Chords, and Harmony	p. 53
Single Chord-Based Music and Music with Chord Progressions	p. 53
Harmonization of Melodies	p. 53
Arpeggios (Broken Chords)	p. 53
Other Chords, Other Harmonies	p. 54
Summary	p. 54
Key Terms	p. 55
Study Questions	p. 55
Applying What You Have Learned	p. 55
Resources for Further Study	p. 55
How Music Works
Dynamics, Timbre, and Instruments	p. 57
Dynamics	p. 58
Timbre	p. 59
Music Instruments	p. 62
Music Instrument Classification	p. 63
Summary	p. 73
Key Terms	p. 73
Study Questions	p. 74
Applying What You Have Learned	p. 74
Resources for Further Study	p. 74
How Music Works
Texture and Form	p. 75
Single-Line Textures	p. 76
Multiple-Part Textures	p. 76
Form: The Designs of Musical Works	p. 79
Repetition and Patterning	p. 79
Forms with Contrasting Sections	p. 82
Summary	p. 84
Key Terms	p. 84
Study Questions	p. 85
Applying What You Have Learned	p. 85
Resources for Further Study	p. 85

Interlocking Rhythms and Interlocking Worlds in Balinese Gamelan Music	p. 87
Introduction	p. 90
Balinese Gamelan Music in Context	p. 90
Bali and the Republic of Indonesia	p. 90
Religion in Bali and Indonesia	p. 91
Gamelan in Bali and Beyond	p. 9
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