MU100 — Exploring World Music
MU 100 - Exploring World Music MU 100 - Exploring World Music This course deals with the field of ethnomusicology - the study of music as culture. It introduces students to a study of music from an international and cross-cultural perspective, exploring commonalities and differences in how music is defined, valued, and utilized in many cultures around the world. The musical elements of harmony, rhythm, melody, texture, timbre, and form are examined in relation to the culture and country from which they evolved. The cultures and music of Western Europe, the United States, Ireland, India, South America, Africa, and Japan are explored and compared. Course