Musics of the World

Contents

• Contents
• Preface
• How This Book Works
• Acknowledgements
• I. Introduction to Ethnomusicology
• Chapter 1. Welcome to Ethnomusicology!
• What Ethnomusicologists Do
• Being Interdisciplinary
• Music Can Identify You
• Are You an Ethnomusicologist or an Insider? Or Both?
• What Is It about Music?
• Learning to Play
• What Lens Do You Use?
• Are You Ready?
• Chapter 2. The Elements of Music
• Rhythm
• Meter and Tempo
• Notating Rhythm
• Melody
• Timbre
• Harmony
• Texture
• Mode
• Range
• Silence
• Putting It All Together
• Chapter 3. Music and...: Focusing Your Work
• Fine-Tuning Your Approach
• Issues of Identity
• Issues of Performance Practice
• Issues of Power and Control
• Issues of Belief
• Other Issues
• II. Africa and the Middle East
• Chapter 4. West Africa
• West African Development and Colonization
• Common Musical Features
• The Role of the Jali: A West African Bard in Gambia
• Listening Guide 4.1: Kelefaba and Kuruntu Kelefa by Foday Musa Suso
• Ghanaian Fontomfrom Drumming
• Listening Guide 4.2: Fontomfrom by the Eyisam Mbensuon Group
• Nigerian Juju Music
• Listening Guide 4.3: Asiko Mi Ti To by Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey
• Chapter 5. South Africa
• Colonial History
• Apartheid
• South African Music
• Marabi: Early Zulu Township Music
• Listening Guide 5.1: Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba
• Mbaquanga: Later Zulu Township Music
• Listening Guide 5.2: Kazet by Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens
• Isicathamiya: Zulu Choral Music
• Listening Guide 5.3: Rain Rain Beautiful Rain by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• Chapter 6. The Arab World
• The History of Music Making in the Arab World
• Understanding Islam
• Tonal and Rhythmic Modes in Arabic Music
• Improvising within the Constraints of a Melodic Mode
• Listening Guide 6.1: Taqasim by Simon Shaheen
• Takht Ensemble Music
• Listening Guide 6.2: Longa Farahfaza by Simon Shaheen ensemble
• Post-Revolutionary Egyptian Protest Music
• Listening Guide 6.3: Es'ha by Arabian Knightz (feat. DC Amin)
• III. The Americas
• Chapter 7. Brazil
• Legacies of Colonization
• Legacies of Slavery
• Mixing European and African Spirituality
• Samba
• Listening Guide 7.1: Quilombo, O El Dorado Negro by Gilberto Gil
• Bossa Nova
• Listening Guide 7.2: Chega de Saudade by Joao Gilberto
• Forro
• Listening Guide 7.3: O Fole Roncou by Luis Gonzaga
• Chapter 8. African America
• The Development of African America
• Blues
• Listening Guide 8.1: (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man by Muddy Waters
• Gospel
• Listening Guide 8.2: Move On Up a Little Higher, by Mahalia Jackson
• Rap within Hip Hop
• Listening Guide 8.3: The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
• Chapter 9. Native North America
• Colonization Was Not the Beginning
• Native North American Music is Alive
• The Experience of Powwow
• Listening Guide 9.1: Blackfeet Flag Song, by the Black Lodge Singers
• The Power and Importance of the Voice
• Listening Guide 9.2: My People, My Land, by Ulali
• Tribal Hip Hop
• Listening Guide 9.3: Prayer Loop Song, by Supaman
• IV. Asia and the Pacific
• Chapter 10. China
• Chinese Musical Culture Over Time
• A Short Guide to Chinese Religious Philosophy
• Scholarly Sounds from Ancient China: the Guqin
• Listening Guide 10.1: Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbank, by Lin Youren
• Jiangnan Sizhu (Silk and Bamboo Music) and Heterophony
• Listening Guide 10.2: Moonlight Over the River in Spring, by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra
• Jingju (Beijing Opera) and the Embodiment of Religious Philosophy
• Listening Guide 10.3: Chu Ko Liang and Two Attendants, Chinese opera
• Chapter 11. India
• The History of the Indian Subcontinent
• Hinduism in India and its Influence on the Performing Arts
• Raga and Tala, the Performance of Indian Melodic and Rhythmic Modes
• North Indian Khyal Performance
• Listening Guide 11.1: Raga Gaud Malhar by Kishori Amonkar
• South Indian Vina Performance
• Listening Guide 11.2: RagaPurvikalyani by Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
• Bollywood Songs: Filmi G?t
• Listening Guide 11.3: Did Tera Devar Deewana by Lata Mangeshkar & S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
• Chapter 12. Indonesia
• Religious and Colonial Influences
• Central Javanese Gamelan
• Listening Guide 12.1: Ketawang: Puspawarna by K.R.T. Wasitodipuro
• Balinese Gamelan
• Listening Guide 12.2: Sekar Jupun by Peliatan Dance Troupe
• Dangdut Popular Music
• Listening Guide 12.3: Begadang II by Rhoma Irama
• V. Europe
• Chapter 13. Ireland
• The Historical Context of Irish Music
• Irish Melodies and Modes
• Singing in Irish-Gaelic and English
• Listening Guide 13.1: Anach Cuain by Joe Heaney
• Instrumental Music for Dancing and Listening
• Listening Guide 13.2: The Maids of Mount Cisco/The Old Pigeon on the Gate by David Power
• Listening Guide 13.3: Gift from the Fairies/Drops of Brandy/Is the Big Man Within? by James Kelly and Zan McLeod
• Chapter 14. Spain
• The Historical Background
• Flamenco Music of Andalucia
• Listening Guide 14.1: Solea by Maria de la Burra
• The Jota of Aragon
• Listening Guide 14.2: Jota Antigua by La Orquestina del Fabirol
• The Sound of the Local in Galicia
• Listening Guide 14.3: Vals de Libunca by Milladoiro
• Chapter 15. Russia
• A History of Russia
• Nation Building through Classical Composers and Folkloric Troupes
• Music and Culture after the Revolution
• The Russian Orthodox Chant
• Listening Guide 15.1: Hymn for the Day by the Choir of the Dormition Church of the Novodevichy Covent
• The Balalaika as both Musical Instrument and Symbol
• Listening Guide 15.2: Kokhanochka by the Andreyev Balalaika Ensemble
• Throat Singing in Tuva, Southern Siberia
• Listening Guide 15.3: Kozhamik with Khoomei, Sigit, and Kargiraa by Kara-ool Tumat
• e-Book Exclusive Chapters
• Chapter 16. Turkey
• Orientalism and its Appearance in Music
• Tonal and Rhythmic Modes in Turkish Music
• Music of the Sufi Mevlevi Orders (The Whirling Dervishes)
• Listening Guide 16.1: Hicaz Taksim by Aka Gunduz Kutbay
• Fasil Instrumental Suites
• Listening Guide 16.2: Ud Taksim
• Nihavent Saz Semaisi by Necdet Yasar Ensemble
• Arabesk Popular Urban Music
• Listening Guide 16.3: Bir Teselli Ver by Orhan Gencebay
• Chapter 17. The Andes
• The Incan Empire, Colonialism, and Chaos
• The Arrival of the Spanish
• Modern Times
• The Panpipes in Andean Music: Wind and Breath
• Listening Guide 17.1: Akamani by Musicians of the Kaalaya Community
• The Charango
• Listening Guide 17.2: Huayno from Ayacucho, by Louis Lamasca
• Brass Bands
• Listening Guide 17.3: Danza del Turco by Banda San Santiago de Madrigal
• The Fiesta in Highland Life (written with Ellen Koskoff)
• Chapter 18. The Texas-Mexico Borderlands
• The Development of the Tejano Sound
• Conjunto
• Listening Guide 18.1: Margarita, Margarita by Flaco Jimenez
• Banda-Orquesta
• Listening Guide 18.2: El Tejano Enamorado by Oscar Martinez
• Grupo
• Listening Guide 18.3: Bidi Bidi Bom Bom by Selena Quintanilla
• Chapter 19. Japan
• Japan's History and People
• Solo Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute) Music
• Listening Guide 19.1: Sagari Ha by Tajima Tadashi
• Gagaku (Imperial Court Ensemble) Music
• Listening Guide 19.2: Etenraku by the Imperial Court Ensemble of Japan
• Kumi-daiko (taiko drumming ensemble)
• Listening Guide 19.3: Suwa-Ikazuchi by the O-Suwa Daiko Drums ensemble
• Chapter 20. Hawai'i
• Early Sound and Movement
• Colonization
• Contemporary Hawaiian Music and Dance
• Mele Hula Chant and Song
• Listening Guide 20.1: Hole Waimea by Lokalia Montgomery
• The 'Ukulele
• Listening Guide 20.2: Aloha 'Oe by Eddie Kamae
• Slack Key Guitar
• Listening Guide 20.3: Hi'ilawe by Gabby Pahinui
• Chapter 21. Bulgaria
• Who Are the Roma?
• Bulgarian Wedding Dance Music
• Listening Guide 21.1: Hristianova Kopanitsa by Ivo Papasov
• Vocal Harmony
• Listening Guide 21.2: Dimyaninka by the Filip Koutev Ensemble
• Bulgarian Music Abroad
• Listening Guide 21.3: Bulgarian Chicks by Balkan Beat Box
• Chapter 22. Fieldwork
• How Does One Do Fieldwork?
• Case Studies in Fieldwork
• Writing about Fieldwork
• Glossary and Pronunciation Guide
• List of Suggested Resources for Further Study
• Bibliography
• Index