Dates Week 1 Elements of music (methods of sound production – categories of instruments and vocal techniques) Week 2 Elements of music (musical organization – rhythm, melody, harmony, ensembles, forms; musical meaning) Weeks 3-5 African music (kalimba, High Life, sacred drumming, South African choral singing, dance music and ritual, Arabic influences) Weeks 6-8 Asian music (Middle East, North India, South Indian carnatic tradition, Tibetan chant, gamelan, Japan – shakuhachi, Kabuki, Noh, China – opera, pipa music, South Sea Islands, Hawaii, Australia – aborigines) Weeks 9-11 European music (British isles folk, French cabaret, Viennese waltz, Spanish flamenco, Portuguese fado, Scandinavian fiddle music, Slavic music, Balkan peninsula, Bulgaria, Greece, gypsy) Weeks 12-14 North American music (native American, Sacred Harp, gospel, blues, jazz, tejano, bluegrass, country-western, Appalachian, rock, techno) Weeks 15-17 Central and South American music (Mexico, the Caribbean, Brazil, the Andes, Argentina)
World Music -- An examination of music in human society.
Physics of music Sound waves, anatomy of the ear, overtones, partials, distortion, envelopes, basics of music synthesis, digital representation of sound, categories of musical instruments, vocal techniques.
Psychology of music Fundamentals of perception, attention and cognition. Sounds in nature, signaling, territory, threat and seduction. Basic components of reaction to sound, volume, timbre, spatial location. Mirror neurons and empathy. Elements of music (musical organization – rhythm, melody, harmony, ensembles, forms; musical meaning) Music as social activity. Music in society, lullabies, war music, dance, communal singing. Music as an aspect of identity.
Music in Hunter Gatherer societies Baka Forest People -- Water drums, yodeling, anghbindi (earth bow), Koi San (bush people), Australian indigenous people -- song lines, digeridoo, Inuit song, music in the Amazon jungle, music and magic -- efficacy as aesthetic.
Sub Saharan African Music Fundamentals of rhythm, duple and triple meter. additive rhythms, parallel streaming patterns, African textiles. Mbira music of the Shona people. Griots, Yoruban religion and bata drumming, High Life and Juju, S.E. Rogie, King Sunny Ade. Fela Kuti, Miriam and Amadou, Staff Benda Bililli
Music in Islamic societies Moroccan music -- Dumbek, Jajouka. Maqam and dastgah, music as prayer, chanting the Koran, Ulm Kathoum, Algerian Rai music and Cheb Khaled, the oud, Persian classical music.
Music of India Hindustani and Carnatic music, raga and tala, takadimi, solmization, tabla, sitar, sarod, tanpura, drone, tonality, alap, gat, tehi. Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Shankar. Bollywood - music and film, playback singers, question of authenticity, Bhangra, Raga rock, Khatakali, Indian dance.
Music of Asia Throat singing, Tibetan and Tuvan, Jinghu opera, Pipa, shakuhachi, kabuki, gamelan, wayang kulit, kechak
Music of the Balkan peninsula Music in ancient Greece, Greek Orthodox chant, Algerian laberi, Bulgarian choir music, Bulgarian dance music, heterometer, fire dance, Music of the Roma, Hora, cimbalom.
European Urban Musics Caberet -- chanteuse and diseuse, Edith Piaf, Fado -- Amalia Rodrigues, Mariza. Greek Rebetika -- dance forms -- tsifteteli, zeibekiko, hasapiko, Vasilhs Tsisanis. Flamenco -- Alegrias, taconeo, palmas, Sabicas, Cameron de la Isla, Paco de Lucia
Music of the British Isles Border ballads, Jigs, reels and hornpipes, Sean Nos singing and dancing, mouth music, bagpipes and other instruments. Set dancing. Ewan Macoll, The Chieftains, The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys.
Music in America Early Music -- Music of the indigenous people, Sea Shanties, Gullah culture, shape note singing, survival of British Isles traditions. survival of African traditions. Blues -- urban blues -- 12 bar form, harmonic functions, blues rhyme scheme, gutbucket, W.C. Handy, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Victoria Spivens, Blind Lemon Jefferson. Delta blues -- continuity of African music concepts, Dockery Plantation, Charlie Patton, Son House, Mississipi John Hurt. Chicago blues -- the great migration, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Chess Records, John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon Gospel -- Synthesis of European and African religious practices, Ring shouts, Spirituals, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Revival movement, The Azusa Street Revival, Thomas E. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, The Blind Boys of Mississippi and Alabama, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Edwin Hawkins Singers, Andrae Crouch, Aretha Franklin, Staple Singers, Kirk Franklin. Roots of Jazz -- Music in 19th century New Orleans, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Creole society, stride piano traditions, ragtime, minstrel show, parade music, Louis Armstrong. Swing music -- Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Kansas city tradition, Count Basie, Benny Goodman. Bebop -- Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, standard 32 bar form, walking bass, comping chords. Cool Jazz -- Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, John Coltrane. Jazz in the 60's Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Fusion, Free Jazz, Sun Ra. Country Western Music -- old timey, The Carter Family, Jimmy Rodgers, Bluegrass -- Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, Honky Tonk -- Hank Williams, Patsy Cline. Country-politan, Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Loretta Lynn. The Grand Ole Opry. Music of New Orleans and Louisiana -- New Orleans piano tradition, Tuts Washington, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Henry Butler. 50's New Orleans R and B, Smiley Lewis -- Bart Bartholomew, Fats Domino. Cosima Matissa, Alan Toussaint, Mardi Gras Indians, The Meters, The Wild Magnolias, Dr. John, The Neville Brothers, Chocolate Milk, Dumpstafunk. Zydeco and Cajun music. History of the Cajun people, Cajun fiddling, Jolie Blonde, Boozoo Chaves, Queen Ida, Beau Jacques, Clifton Chenier, Rosie Ledet, Chubby Carrier and double clutching.
Music in Latin and South America
Survival of African traditions -- Yoruban religion and Voudun, Santeria and Condomble. Bata drumming. Cuban music -- Son, Mambo, Rumba, Guaguanco, clave, tombau and montuno, Arsenio Rodrigues, Perez Prado, Cachao Lopez, Buena Vista Social Club, Irakere, Salsa, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Fania All- stars, Merengue -- Los Chicas del Can, Reggaeton Reggae Music -- roots in New Orleans styles, ska, mento and rocksteady, toasting, dub, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, dancehall Mexican and Central American Music -- Garifuna, Influence of German popular music, Mariachi, Nortena, Tex-Mex, Cumbia. Music of Brazil -- Capoeira, Maracatu, Afoxe, Choro -- Pixinghua, Samba, Samba Schools, Carnaval. Bossa Nova -- Jobim, Joao Gilberto, harmonic concepts, Forro -- Asa Branca, Tropicalismo, Caetano Veloso. Djavan.