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Acknowledgements | xi | |
Preface | 1 | |
For Whom Has This Book Been Written? | 1 | |
Scope | 2 | |
Organization | 3 | |
How to Expand Course Coverage | 4 | |
Our Own Journey (So Far) | 5 | |
Terry E. Miller | 5 | |
Andrew Shahriari | 7 | |
1 | Before the Trip Begins: Fundamental Issues | 11 |
What is Music? | 11 | |
Music: Universal Language or Culturally Specific Activity | 13 | |
Beware of Labels | 14 | |
An Inside Look: Gerhard Kubik | 16 | |
Knowing the World's Musics | 18 | |
The Life of an Ethnomusicologist | 21 | |
Representation: What Musics Does One Study? | 22 | |
Resources for the Study of the World's Musics | 23 | |
Questions to Consider | 25 | |
2 | Aural Analysis: Listening to the World's Music | 27 |
How to Listen to World Music | 27 | |
"Talking" about Music | 28 | |
Timbre and Medium | 29 | |
An Inside Look: Bruno Nettl | 30 | |
Vocal Timbre | 30 | |
Instrumental Timbre | 31 | |
Aerophones: Flutes, Reeds, and Trumpets | 31 | |
Chordophones: Lutes and Zithers | 32 | |
Idiophones: Plucked, Struck, and Shaken | 34 | |
Membranophones | 35 | |
Summary | 36 | |
Pitch | 36 | |
Tuning System | 37 | |
Scale | 37 | |
Interval | 38 | |
Range | 39 | |
Melody | 39 | |
Melodic Contour | 39 | |
Ornamentation | 49 | |
Text Setting | 49 | |
Rhythm | 41 | |
Beat and Tempo | 41 | |
Accent and Meter | 41 | |
Rhythmic Density | 41 | |
Phonic Structure | 42 | |
Dynamics | 43 | |
Form | 43 | |
Box: Fundamentals of Music | 44 | |
Questions to Consider | 45 | |
3 | Cultural Considerations: Beyond the Sounds Themselves | 47 |
Music and the Environment | 48 | |
Cultural Knowledge | 48 | |
An Inside Look: Ki Mantle Hood | 50 | |
Value Systems and Hierarchies | 51 | |
Music and Identity | 52 | |
Use versus Function | 53 | |
Music and Ritual | 53 | |
Music and Spirituality | 54 | |
Music and Ethics | 55 | |
New Theoretical Perspectives | 55 | |
Music Technologies and Media | 56 | |
Music and the Arts | 56 | |
Transmission and Pedagogy | 58 | |
Notation Systems and the Creation of Music | 59 | |
Exchange and Adaptation | 60 | |
Cultural Intersections | 61 | |
A Case Study of Istanbul, Turkey: A Lesson in Geography, History, Religions, and Musical Exchange | 62 | |
Questions to Consider | 71 | |
4 | Oceania: Voices of Land and Sea | 73 |
Background Preparation | 73 | |
Planning the Itinerary | 75 | |
Arrival: Australia | 75 | |
Site 1 | Australian Aborigine Song with Didjeridu | 76 |
An Inside Look: Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman | 76 | |
Arrival: Papua New Guinea | 81 | |
Site 2 | Susap from Papua New Guinea | 82 |
Arrival: Hawaii | 84 | |
Site 3 | Hawaiian Drum-Dance Chant | 85 |
Arrival: Kiribati | 87 | |
Site 4 | Kiribati Group Song | 88 |
Questions to Consider | 90 | |
5 | South Asia: Music With a Spiritual Dimension | |
Background Preparation | 93 | |
An Inside Look: Shanti Raghavan; Aashish Khan | 96 | |
Planning the Itinerary | 98 | |
Arrival: North India | 100 | |
Site 1 | Hindustani Raga | 100 |
Site 2 | Bhajan Devotional Song | 108 |
Arrival: South India | 110 | |
Site 3 | Carnatic Classical Singing (Kriti) | 110 |
Arrival: Bangladesh | 114 | |
Site 4 | Baul Song from Bangladesh | 115 |
Box: Indian Filmi Git (Film Song) | 116 | |
Questions to Consider | 118 | |
6 | Southeast Asia: A Land of Bamboo and Bronze | 121 |
Background Preparation | 121 | |
Planning the Itinerary | 123 | |
An Inside Look: Priwan Nanongkham | 124 | |
Arrival: Vietnam | 126 | |
Site 1 | Upland Bronze Gong Ensemble | 127 |
Site 2 | Tai Tu Amateur Chamber Music | 129 |
Arrival: Thailand | 131 | |
Site 3 | Classical Piphat Music | 132 |
Box: The Ramayana | 136 | |
Arrival: Laos and Northeast Thailand | 138 | |
Site 4 | Northeast Thai Lam Klawn | 138 |
Site 5 | Phleng Luk Thung from Northeast Thailand | 141 |
Arrival: Indonesia (Java and Bali) | 143 | |
Site 6 | Javanese Court Gamelan | 144 |
Site 7 | Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar | 146 |
Questions to Consider | 151 | |
7 | East Asia: Ancient Echoes in the Modern World | 153 |
Background Preparation | 153 | |
An Inside Look: Luo Qin | 156 | |
Planning the Itinerary | 158 | |
Arrival: China | 159 | |
Site 1 | The Qin Seven-String Zither | 162 |
Site 2 | The "Silk and Bamboo" Sizhu Ensemble | 164 |
Site 3 | Beijing Opera (Jingju) | 168 |
Site 4 | Revolutionary Beijing Opera | 171 |
Arrival: Mongolia | 175 | |
Site 5 | Mongolian Throat-Singing | 177 |
Arrival: Korea | 178 | |
Site 6 | P'ansori | 179 |
Arrival: Japan | 182 | |
Site 7 | Gagaku | 183 |
Site 8 | Kabuki Theater | 185 |
Arrival: Tibet | 188 | |
Site 9 | Tibetan Buddhist Ritual | 188 |
Questions to Consider | 192 | |
8 | The Middle East: Music in the Cradle of Great Religions | 195 |
Background Preparation | 195 | |
An Inside Look: George Dimmitri Sawa | 198 | |
Planning the Itinerary | 199 | |
Arrival: Turkey | 200 | |
Site 1 | Islamic "Call to Prayer" | 200 |
Site 2 | Arabic Modal Improvisation | 203 |
Arrival: Iran | 207 | |
Site 3 | Dastgah Shur for Santur and Voice | 208 |
Arrival: Egypt | 211 | |
Site 4 | Islamic Song with Takht Instrumental Accompaniment | 212 |
Arrival: Sufism | 215 | |
Site 5 | Dhiker Ceremony | 216 |
Arrival: Judaism | 218 | |
Site 6 | Jewish Biblical Cantillation | 219 |
Questions to Consider | 223 | |
9 | Sub-Saharan Africa: The Rhythms of Community | 225 |
Background Preparation | 225 | |
An Inside Look: Adesanya Adeyeye; Habib Iddrisu | 225 | |
Planning the Itinerary | 231 | |
Arrival: Ghana | 231 | |
Site 1 | Polyrhythmic Ensemble | 232 |
Site 2 | "Talking Drums" | 236 |
Site 3 | Palm Wine "Highlife Song" | 240 |
Arrival: Central Africa | 241 | |
Site 4 | Pygmy Music | 242 |
Arrival: Zimbabwe | 243 | |
Site 5 | Mbira Dza Vadzimu | 243 |
Arrival: Uganda | 245 | |
Site 6 | Akadinda Xylophone | 246 |
Arrival: Senegal-Gambia | 248 | |
Site 7 | Jali with Kora | 248 |
Arrival: The Republic of South Africa | 251 | |
Site 8 | Mbube Vocal Choir | 253 |
Questions to Consider | 256 | |
10 | Europe: Harmony and Hierarchy | 259 |
Background Preparation | 259 | |
"Classical versus Folk" | 262 | |
An Inside Look: Morag MacLeod | 262 | |
Planning the Itinerary | 274 | |
Arrival: Greece | 265 | |
Site 1 | Byzantine Chant | 265 |
Arrival: Spain | 267 | |
Site 2 | Flamenco | 268 |
Arrival: Russia | 271 | |
Site 3 | Balalaika | 271 |
Arrival: Scotland | 274 | |
Site 4 | Highland Bagpipes | 275 |
Arrival: Ireland | 277 | |
Site 5 | Union Bagpipes | 278 |
Arrival: Hungary | 281 | |
Site 6 | Hurdy Gurdy | 281 |
Arrival: Bulgaria | 284 | |
Site 7 | Women's Chorus | 285 |
Questions to Consider | 287 | |
11 | The Caribbean: Musical Energy of Island Peoples | 289 |
Background Preparation | 289 | |
Planning the Itinerary | 291 | |
Arrival: Haiti | 291 | |
An Inside Look: P. Olivia Ahyoung; Ellie Mannette | 292 | |
Site 1 | Vodou Ritual | 294 |
Arrival: Jamaica | 297 | |
Site 2 | Reggae | 297 |
Arrival: Trinidad and Tobago | 301 | |
Site 3 | Calypso | 302 |
Site 4 | Steel Band | 305 |
Arrival: The Bahamas | 308 | |
Site 5 | Rhyming Spiritual | 309 |
Arrival: Cuba | 310 | |
Site 6 | Afro-Cuban-Derived Salsa | 311 |
Arrival: The Dominican Republic | 314 | |
Site 7 | Merengue | 315 |
Questions to Consider | 317 | |
12 | Central and South America: New World Recipes | 319 |
Background Preparation | 319 | |
Planning the Itinerary | 321 | |
Arrival: The Amazon | 322 | |
Site 1 | Amazonian Indian Chant | 322 |
Arrival: Peru | 324 | |
Site 2 | Sikuri Ensemble | 325 |
Arrival: Argentina | 327 | |
Site 3 | Tango | 327 |
Arrival: Mexico | 330 | |
Site 4 | Mariachi | 330 |
Arrival: Brazil | 333 | |
Site 5 | Samba | 334 |
Box: Carnival | 336 | |
Site 6 | Capoeira | 337 |
Questions to Consider | 341 | |
13 | North America: Diverse Peoples, Diverse Musics | 343 |
Background Preparation | 343 | |
Planning the Itinerary | 345 | |
An Inside Look: Hugh McGraw; Buddy MacMaster | 346 | |
Arrival: Canada | 348 | |
Site 1 | Cape Breton Fiddling | 348 |
Arrival: The United States of America | 350 | |
Site 2 | Ballad-Singing | 351 |
Site 3 | Old Regular Baptist Lined Hymn | 353 |
Site 4 | Singing School Shape-Note Music | 356 |
Site 5 | Bluegrass | 360 |
Site 6 | African-American Spiritual | 364 |
Site 7 | African-American Gospel Choir | 365 |
Site 8 | Country Blues | 368 |
Site 9 | Conjunto from Texas | 372 |
Site 10 | Cajun Music | 374 |
Arrival: Native American Reservations | 376 | |
Site 11 | Plains Chippewa: Rock Dance Song | 377 |
Site 12 | Native American Flute | 380 |
Box: Inuit Throat-Singing | 381 | |
Questions to Consider | 384 | |
14 | Discovering Yourself Through Music | 387 |
Music and Self-Identity | 387 | |
Researching Your Musical Roots | 389 | |
An Inside Look: Nguyen Thuyet Phong | 390 | |
Disseminating your Findings | 393 | |
Where to Go From Here | 394 | |
Glossary | 397 | |
Resources | 425 | |
Index | 435 | |
Recorded Examples | 453 |
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