COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines musical cultures around the world, focusing on traditional genres. Course content covers conceptual, structural, rhythmic and modal systems. The functions and meanings of music in diverse cultures will be examined. Representative genres will be studied, including the Indian Raga and Indonesian Gamelan repertoire. Ethnomusicology is the study of music in the context of human life. Each culture constructs ideas of music and produces sounds that reflect these ideas. This course examines music in specific cultures, addressing its
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines musical cultures around the world, focusing on traditional genres. Course content covers conceptual, structural, rhythmic and modal systems. The functions and meanings of music in diverse cultures will be examined. Representative genres will be studied, including the Indian Raga and Indonesian Gamelan repertoire. Ethnomusicology is the study of music in the context of human life. Each culture constructs ideas of music and produces sounds that reflect these ideas. This course examines music in specific cultures, addressing its