1. Music in World Cultures MUH 2051 MUH 2512 Dr. Bakan – Summer “B” 2015

2. What, in the World, Is Music? Music? John Cage: “4’33” Pianist: David Tudor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= HypmW4Yd7SY

3. Music?  Recitation of the Qur’an  https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=3hfcg9rYJ5g https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=3hfcg9rYJ5g  Listening: CD 1-4

4. Music? Overkill “Wrecking Crew/ Powersurge”  https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=Z5K_maIW4OM&index=5&l ist=PLA90756818E87D79B https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=Z5K_maIW4OM&index=5&l ist=PLA90756818E87D79B

5. Five Propositions  1. The basic property of all music is sound  2. The sounds (and silences) that comprise a musical work are organized in some way  3. Sounds are organized into music by people; thus, music is a form of “humanly organized sound” (John Blacking)  4. Music is a product of human intention and perception (HIP)  5. The term music is inescapably tied to Western culture and its assumptions  Ethnocentrism