MUSC 289 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bruno Nettl, Ethnomusicology, Ethnocentrism
20 Jan 2018
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John cage 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence. The art of combining tones to form expressive compositions. Bruno nettl (ethnomusicologist): a group of sounds . Music is a product of human intention and perception. Trying to understand one culture with the values and norms of another. Reinforces another human tendency, which is to divide the world into us and them (sometimes called othering) Constructs: widely held social beliefs that are rarely examined. Alan merriam"s model for studying music cultures (1964): Pitch: a musical tone; a frequency (vibration: tonality, scale. Rhythm: patterns of sound in time: beat, metre.
