Musical Journeys

PART ONE: An Introduction

Chapter 1: What Is Music?

What Is Music Exactly?

Using the Word “Music”

Who Makes Music?

Socio-Economic Factors

Gender Considerations

Rites of Passage

Character Spotlight: Mamadou Diabate

How Is Music Used and Made Meaningful?

Music in Everyday Life

Music and Politics

Music and Spirituality and Religion

Music and Nationalism

Music and the Military

Music and Love

Chapter 2: The Concert Goer: Listening to Live Music

Categories of Music

Western Art Music

World Music

Popular Music

Attending a Live Performance

The “Classical Music Concert”

Types of Instrumental Music

Preparing for a Western Art Music Concert

Concert Etiquette

Understanding the Programs: Western Art

The World Music Concert

Preparing for a World Music Concert

Concert Etiquette

The Popular Music Concert

Preparing for a Popular Music Concert

Concert Etiquette

Writing about Music

Pointers on Writing about Music

Chapter 3: Instruments

Early Instruments

Signaling Instruments

The Evolution of Instruments

The Classification of Instruments

Idiophones

Gongs

Xylophones

The Mbira

Character Spotlight: Thomas Mapfumo and Chimurenga Music

Steel Drums

Membranophones

Mrdangam and Tabla

Taiko

Djembe

The PowWow Drum

Chordophones

The Uhadi and Umrhube

The Sitar

Character Spotlight: Ravi Shankar

The Qin

The Banjo

Character Spotlight: Bela Fleck

Aerophones

The Kudu Horns

The Shakuhachi

The Didgeridoo

The Highland Bagpipes

Ensembles

Homogeneous Ensembles

Heterogeneous Ensembles

PART TWO: The Elements of Music

Chapter 4: Rhythm

What Is Rhythm?

Non-Western Ideas about Rhythm

Indian Tala (Taal)

Middle Eastern Rhythmic Modes

Southeast Asian Colotomic Meter

Case Study: An American Music Student’s Perspective on Playing Gamelan

African Polyrhythms

Chapter 5: Pitch

What Is Pitch?

Pitch Placement

Melody

Talking about Pitches

Melody in the Western World

Pitch Collections

Talking about Melodies

Melody in the Non-Western World

Indian Ragas

Ornamentation

Harmony

Texture

Monophony

Hocket

Heterophony

Homophony

Polyphony

Drone

Chapter 6: Form

Listening for Form

Dynamics

Tempo

Signals

Cadences and Phrases

Sectional Music

PART THREE: A Musical Journey through Time

Chapter 7: The Musical Periods

The Middle Ages

The Elements of Music from the Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Elements of Music from the Renaissance

The Baroque Period

The Elements of Music from the Baroque Period

The Classical Period

The Elements of Music from the Classical Period

The Romantic Period

The Elements of Music from the Romantic Period

The Twentieth Century Music

The Elements of Music from the Twentieth Century

A Map of the World

Glossary

Worksheets

Chapter 1: What Is Music?—Rhapsody Listening Worksheet

Chapter 2: Concert Review Rubric

Chapter 3: Instruments—Rhapsody Listening Worksheet

Chapter 4: Rhythm—Rhapsody Listening Worksheet

Chapter 4: Rhythm—Western Notation Worksheet

Chapter 5: Pitch—Rhapsody Listening Worksheet

Chapter 6: Form—Rhapsody Listening Worksheet

Bibliography