Playlist: Introduction to World Music by Jenna Makowski, Alexander Street Press
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The goal of these playlists is to introduce students to a variety of musical styles, instruments and performance contexts across Africa, highlighting both the rich diversity and underlying similarities of African music(s) and cultures. Students should familiarize themselves with common musical characteristics such as polyrhythm, polyphony and call-and-response, as well as develop an understanding of how participatory musical forms fit into larger social contexts such as religious ceremonies, social hierarchies and political movements.
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27 Dec 2013
The goal of these playlists is to introduce students to cores repertoires and musical styles in major countries across Asia, with an emphasis on presentational performance settings. Students perform basic analyses of form, structure, timbre and texture as well as develop an understanding of how formal, presentation-style music performances fit into larger contexts such as theater, ceremony and ritual. An introduction to themes such as globalization, urbanization and the world music industry are also highlighted.
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27 Dec 2013
The goal of these playlists is to introduce students to various folk traditions across Europe with a focus on the music in its historical context as well as its transformation and place in contemporary settings, in particular revivals. Students should identify various folk genres with their place of origin as well as develop an understanding of how music has been used historically, and continues to be used, in the construction of national and ethnic identities.
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27 Dec 2013
The goal of these playlists is to introduce students to the diversity of music in North America through genres that developed out of distinct social and historical settings and which continue to influence and shape the American music landscape today. Common themes include identity, social unrest and protest, equality and inequality, and revivalism. Students should analyze the characteristics of one genre in relation to its parent or child genres and to understand how music can act as a sounding board for larger conversations about society, culture, economics and politics.
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27 Dec 2013
The goal of these playlists is to introduce students to a variety of genres across South America with a focus on the histories of syncretism and fusion between local indigenous music(s), European dances and West African rhythms. Students should be able to associate key genres with their respective countries or regions of origin as well as develop an understanding of how music and dance develop associations of national and regional identity.
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27 Dec 2013
The goal of these playlists is to introduce students to a range of popular genres across the region with a focus on the social, political and religious contexts from which they developed and their key roles in shaping local identities on international stages. Students should become familiar with the strong African influences—particularly rhythm and drumming—on Caribbean music as well as the influence Caribbean genres have on the international music scene.
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27 Dec 2013
The goal of these playlists is to introduce students to the classical music traditions of the Middle East with a focus on the common music theory that underlies core repertoire and playing styles across the region. Students should be able to identify the traditional instruments of a classic Arabic ensemble and develop a basic understanding of the style of taqsim. They should also be able to trace the influence of elements of classical music on popular and contemporary genres and situate them within a broader social and political context.
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27 Dec 2013
The albums in this playlist introduce students to the music of Aboriginal Australia with a focus on the full integration of music into nearly every aspect of life, including ancestral lineage and oral history, creation stories and truths, landscapes and the environment, and spirituality and connection with the land.
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27 Dec 2013
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