Chapter 1
A Popular Approach to World Music
Learning Objectives
- Define popular world music.
- Recognize the role of technology and the music business on popular world music
- Understand how the textbook can be used as a springboard to further study of popular world music.
Flashcards of Glossary Terms
Fundamental Music Terminology
- Melody - a succession of pitches forming a musical idea
- Harmony - a blending of three or more different pitches
- Rhythm - the organization of the duration of musical sounds
- Beat - a regular pulsation implied or articulated in a music performance
- Meter - the grouping of a specific number of beats
- Tempo - the speed of the beat in a music performance
- Text Setting - the number of pitches per syllable of sung text
- Syllabic - one pitch per syllable
- Melismatic - more than one pitch per syllable
- Timbre - the quality of a sound
- Ornamentation - an embellishment of melody or musical sounds
- Improvisation - spontaneous musical performance
- Form - the underlying structure of a musical performance over time
Quizzes
Additional Audio Examples and Links
- Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
- “Etenraku” – G.K. Inoue
- Graceland – Paul Simon
- Hibari Misora Golden Best, Vol. 2 – Hibari Misora
- Masters of the Guitar – Various Artists
- Thailand: Ceremonial and Court Music from Central Thailand – Various Artists
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gagaku/id269976659?i=269976678
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/graceland/id529574560?app=music&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/kawa-no-nagare-no-youni/id315881217?i=315881286
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/suite-in-e-minor-bwv-996-ii/id42120377?i=42120379
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sathukan/id79155037?i=79154979
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMovie?id=312681416&s=143441
Explore More
- Alan Lomax
- Lomax Family at the American Folklife Center
- The American Folklife Center
http://www.lomaxthesonghunter.com/
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/