1. MUL 2720 - Terminology Quiz 31 January 14 (This comingFriday) – in-class Basic materials of music (pre-textbook) See Review Sheet on course web site for specific terms to be defined on test Also see Review Sheet for Chapter 1 Open-ended questions (no matching or T/F) 10% of Course Grade Pencil (NO PEN)

2. Chapter 1 “Studying Musics of the World’s Cultures” [note the plural]

3. Sound Concept Behavior Alan P. Merriam’s “Three-Part Model”

4. Differences in Musics? Are humans identical? - All part of the same species - But what about languages? Factors that affect music - Belief systems - Structure and organization of society - Resources - Outside factors

5. Absolutes among World Musics Music is NOT genetic - It is a learned behavior. Therefore… Each musical system is independent of others Music is NOT hierarchical - no music is automatically superior to others, just different Music is NOT evolutionary - music is not moving toward a single “superior” system Change is a neutral value

6. Ethnomusicology Musicology - “ology” = “science or study of…” - treats the musical object with no context - Eurocentric scholarly discipline – 19 th C Ethnomusicology - “Ethno” = “race, people, or culture” - the study of music in its cultural context - term coined c. 1945-50

7. END OF TEST # 1 MATERIALS Anything on the following slides will be on Test # 2, NOT on Test # 1.

8. World Map (Physical Features)

9. The World

10. Eurasia

11. India

12. India (Physical features)

13. India (CIA Factbook)

14. India General History? (how old, etc.?) Geography? People? Economy? (standard of living) Anything else?