MUS 12500 World Music

(3 cr.) Lecture-Lab: 3-0
Offered: S

World Music is a study of folk, classical and popular music in some or all of the following areas: Africa, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Indonesia, China (Tibet, Mongolia), Japan, Australia, Europe and India. The musical practices within a culture, common instruments, ideas about music and the qualities of sound and rhythm (musical elements) are the primary areas of study in each of these world areas. (Humanities credit)