MUS 048 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Navajo Song Ceremonial Complex, Reciting Tone, Gregorian Chant
19 Sep 2017
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Vast number of societies all generated their own music or different musics. Example: a christian hymn sounds different than from zulu south african music. Musics of the world do show some parallels. Of musical techniques and musical function in society. Often, parallels are result of influences of one society on another -but influences are never accepted without modification and blending foreign music with native music. Sometimes parallels appear with nothing whatsoever to do with one another. Certain basic functions for music and certain basic technical principles are virtually universal. One of most fundamental, near-universal features is role of music in religion. Singing is an essential means of marking off rituals of worship, signaling special status and difference from other secular pursuits. Gregorian chant is only one of many traditions of monophonic religious chant. Practiced by about a fifth of the world"s population, and dominant religion in about fifty nations.
