MZJ 522E - Music Cultur.:Regions&Trends

Course Objectives

• To study the musics of the world in terms of regions, countries and cultural areas comperatively.
• To interprete musical cultures in various identity representations
• To contribute individual studies of the students through learning musical cultures in the world and debates on musics of the world and contributing to the students’ original studies in that context.

Course Description

Musical maps. Overview of musical forms. Rhythm, Melody and Timbre. Musical instruments of the region and the organological classification system. Cultural history of the region and music traditions. Life Cycle Rituals & Ceremonies. Gender Perspective in music cultures of the region. Popular music industry in the region.