Echoes: Music, History, and Culture

Chapter 1: What Is Music?
1-1 Defining “Music”
1-2 What is a Musician?
1-3 Listening to Music
1-4 Aesthetics

Chapter 2: Use, Function, and Meaning in Music
2-1 Use and Function
2-2 Musical Transmission 
2-3 Music and Text

Chapter 3: Timbre
3-1 Volume
3-2 Timbre and Musical Instruments
3-3 Ensembles
3-4 Instruments Beyond Sound
3-5 Experimenting with Instruments

Chapter 4: Duration
4-1 Rhythm
4-2 Meter in Western Art Music
4-3 Meter Outside of the Western Tradition

Chapter 5: Pitch in Music
5-1 Melody
5-2 Scales and Pitch Collections 
5-3 Harmony
5-4 Texture

Chapter 6: Musical Form
6-1 Form in the North Indian Classical Tradition