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
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General History? (how old, etc.?)
Geography?
People?
Economy? (standard of living)
Anything else?