MDP 652E - Preceptorial Listen.-Asia

Course Objectives

1. Through listening, readings, and videos, this course provide students with the
knowledge of the many different music styles from Asia, and to introduce the variety of
cultures through their music.
2. The critical listening of the students as well as their music appreciation skills by
applying them to highly diverse aesthetic systems will be developed.
3. By evaluating the ethnomusicological literature in a global context, students identify
differences between representations of Asian music cultures and those of the rest of the
world..
4. Through extensive contextualized listening, the critical listening skills of the students
will be developed.

Course Description

An introduction to the sound world and ethnomusicological representation of Asia. The experience of sound; focus on aesthetic, analytical, and critical responses to audio and video recordings. Readings from the ethnomusicological literature.