MUL 2720 - Terminology Quiz • 31 January 14 (This comingFriday) – in-class • Basic materials of music (pre-textbook) • See Review Sheet on course web site for specific terms to be defined on test • Also see Review Sheet for Chapter 1 • Open-ended questions (no matching or T/F) • 10% of Course Grade • Pencil (NO PEN) Chapter 1 “Studying Musics of the World’s Cultures” [note the plural] Alan P. Merriam’s “Three-Part Model” Sound Concept Behavior Differences in Musics? • Are humans identical? - All part of the same species - But what about languages? • Factors that affect music - Belief systems - Structure and organization of society - Resources - Outside factors Absolutes among World Musics • Music is NOT genetic - It is a learned behavior. Therefore… • Each musical system is independent of others • Music is NOT hierarchical - no music is automatically superior to others, just different • Music is NOT evolutionary - music is not moving toward a single “superior” system • Change is a neutral value Ethnomusicology • Musicology - “ology” = “science or study of…” - treats the musical object with no context - Eurocentric scholarly discipline – 19th C • Ethnomusicology - “Ethno” = “race, people, or culture” - the study of music in its cultural context - term coined c. 1945-50 END OF TEST # 1 MATERIALS Anything on the following slides will be on Test # 2, NOT on Test # 1. World Map (Physical Features) The World Eurasia India India (Physical features) India (CIA Factbook) India • • • • • General History? (how old, etc.?) Geography? People? Economy? (standard of living) Anything else?