1. Studying Music of the World’s Cultures

2. The music and musical life of any society is a complex phenomenon

3. You’re looking to understand cultures from around the world

4. Your understanding will be limited if you do nothing

5. You want your appreciation to grow

6. The course will give you an understanding of world music that you seek in a global context

7. Here are numerous examples. Which ones are music? Which ones are not? Why?

8. We will study eleven different cultures, their similarities and their differences We will study eleven different cultures …their similarities and differences

9. Music is a cultural phenomenon

10. Each society has a musical system that suits its culture

11. How can culture affect music?

12. We must also examine each society’s ideas about music

13. There are Five Universals of Music

14. What types of expectations do audiences have when hearing music from their own culture?

15. Alan Merriam Developed a Three-Part Model

16. How is music considered a behaviour?

17. Musical instruments have five classifications

18. Aerophones (Wind instruments)

19. Chordophones (String instruments)

20. Idiophones

21. Membranophones

22. Electrophones

23. Since there are many similarities in musical instruments throughout the world, could there have been patterns of cultural diffusion? If you think so, how might they have operated?

24. Music changes over time

25. All music has a history

26. A culture’s music is affected when brought in contact with another musical culture

27. In many societies, music is often transmitted aurally

28. Western music has spread throughout the world

29. How can we be more open-minded when listening to music of another culture?