MUSIC 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Music Of Africa, Dunun, Griot
13 Mar 2018
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If i don"t get an email tonight tell him your email tomorrow. Quizzes every two weeks on fridays: listening quizzes play music, Vital source rent textbook us dollars. How we construct sound to be music. How music is defined between one culture and another. India music is really tied to storytelling: music is also intrinsically tied to dance, music is always related to another art form. Middle east: calling the recitation of the qur"an music is blasphemous. African tribe: music is something that is participatory clapping, dancing, singing along. Ideas about how music functions in culture they all can vary from one culture to the next. Setup for final exam: (cid:1688)personal wikipedia files(cid:1689) Terminology: important, guitars so many different types of guitars. Better word is lute: demonstrates the diversity of the music, difference between one culture and the next. Active listening: doing nothing else but thinking and listening to the music.
