World Music 162 Online – Project 2

Steel-Pan Trindad and Tobago  African Drummer  Calypso 

 Look at how all the pieces came together to make the symphony  Harmony When two or more notes sound together, harmony occurs. This interaction of pitches, understood in vastly different ways around the world, is analyzed here in jazz, chamber music, Bosnian ganga singing, early music plainchants, and barbershop quartets. Texture The way different voices and instruments work together to produce the overall sound gives music its texture. This program examines texture in Japanese shakuhachi,  Trinidadian steel band, Bosnian ganga, West African percussion, and modern Australian choral music.                                                          The 4 Type of Texture in Music                         Rhythm   Marking time and moving through our bodies, rhythm has a sp...

What do different cultures mean by music? This program explores the definition of music from the sine wave to poetic metaphor, and the impact of the cultural environment on music as different as Bosnian ganga and became singing; Tuvan throat singing; Irish, West African, Trinidadian, and Japanese musics; and Western chamber music, jazz, and rock. in this class, we took some very great looks at different parts of music around the world, and the transformative power of music which tll us about how music  can inspire religious devotion, prepare individuals for war, motivate work, enrich play, and stimulate the passions. The musical healing ceremonies of the Kung people in Namibia and Botswana, Epirote music in traditional Greek weddings, and modern rock, gospel, and folk music all reveal music's power to transform lives. Music and Memory show as  a dynamic link to the past, music allows us to recall and revive our different cultural heritages through the performances we participa...