World Music, chapters 1 and 3

Characteristic sounds of a particular place, both human and none human. ( Canadian Composer R Murry Schafer)

a groups total involvment with music: Ideas, actions, institutions, material objects. How people live and exist and identify through music.

Sounds that people make under a cultural domain. Has human meaning. Humanly patterened or organized.

patterend reoccurrence of events

time-relationship between sounds patterned in a regular reoccurrence.

more then 1 rhythm simultaneous

non metrical

more then one meter at a time

the part of music that goes up and down. The part people sing along with.

how high or low a sound is

tone quality

added decretive tones

set order of pitches

music different then melody

relationship between melody and harmony

single melody, no harmony.

when 2 or more voices elaborate the same melody in different ways at roughly the same time.

2 distinct melodies are combined (Bach)

2 or more voices combined where 1 seems to dominate and the other seems to accompany.

combiations of sounds in succession

the structure of a musical performance: principles of how it was put together and how it works.