The Music-Culture as a World of Music MUSI 3721Y University of Lethbridge, Calgary Campus John Anderson

The Music-Culture Music is universal but its meaning is not By culture we mean the whole way of life of a people, learned and transmitted from one generation to the next We use the term music-culture to refer to a group of people’s total involvement with music Not all music-cultures have a word for “music”

A Music-Culture Model A model rooted in music through performance Performers Audience Time and space Music’s affect is its emotional impact, whatever makes you assent, smile, grimace, nod, sway or dance Performance has agreed-on rules and procedures Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

A Music-Culture Model Community is the group that carries the traditions and norms of performance Time and space becomes memory and history in our music-culture model Musical analysis is finding patterns in the sound by breaking the music into parts and determining how the parts function in the whole Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

Components of a Music-Culture Music and the Belief System Aesthetics of Music Contexts for Music History of Music Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

Social Organization of Music Social organization refers to how a group of people divides, arranges, or ranks itself Sometimes resembles social divisions within the group Sometimes goes against the broad cultural grain Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

Repertories of Music Style Genres Texts Scale, mode, melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, dynamics Genres Vocal vs. instrumental? Texts The words to a song Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

Repertories of Music Composition Transmission Movement How does music enter the repertory? Transmission How is music learned? Movement A whole range of physical activity accompanies music Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

Material Culture of Music Material culture refers to the tangible, physical objects that a culture produces The most obvious example are musical instruments Sheet music is material culture too Electronic media? Radio, compact discs, MP3s, television? Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

Worlds of Music Music cultures are dynamic, not static Constantly changing to outside pressures It changes to suit the expressive and emotional desires of humankind Synergy vs. hegemony Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

Discussion Questions What is music? How can music affect culture? How can culture affect music? How is music considered as a behaviour? Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

Discussion Questions How can we better understand different music when we compare them to languages? Sincere there are many similarities in musical instruments throughout the world, could there have been patterns of cultural diffusion? How might they have operated? Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.