Choose a video example from Unit 1 and write a 150-word journal about it. What culture creates this music? Can you name any of the instruments? What behaviors or activities are associated with this music? Also include your personal thoughts or feelings about your chosen audio/video example. Do you like it/dislike it? Why did you choose this particular example?

National Anthem:

Link (Links to an external site.)

Shona Mbira music from Zimbabwe:

Link (Links to an external site.)

European Opera singer

Link (Links to an external site.)

Maori music and dance:

Link (Links to an external site.)

Gregorian Chant:

Link (Links to an external site.)

Haitian Voudoun Ceremony:

Link (Links to an external site.)

Native American Flute:

Link (Links to an external site.)

Kacapi Suling, me performing with my Indonesian Teacher:

https://youtu.be/23fNkU7OCPA (Links to an external site.)

Aerophones: Australian Aboriginal Didgeridoo:

https://youtu.be/9g592I-p-dc (Links to an external site.)

Aerophones: Laotian Khaen:

https://youtu.be/3jpqx4gR6p4?list=PLFB8AAC3CAD8FB296 (Links to an external site.)

Chordophones: North Indian Sitar:

https://youtu.be/zW3qG1Hjxkk (Links to an external site.)

Chordophones: Afro-Brazilian Berimbau:

https://youtu.be/hcW_NODVVhc (Links to an external site.)

Idiophones: West African Balophone:

https://youtu.be/G8QD6-o2Uis (Links to an external site.)

Idiophones: Shona (Zimbabwe) Mbira:

https://youtu.be/faZpUnCyhBc (Links to an external site.)

Membranophones: Japanese Taiko Drums:

https://youtu.be/BZDbUAE9vzo (Links to an external site.)

Membranophones: West African Atumpan Drums (Talking Drums):

https://youtu.be/ECy6ITYxiDc (Links to an external site.)

Electrophones: Theremin, the first electronic instrument:

https://youtu.be/w5qf9O6c20o (Links to an external site.)

Study Guide: Introduction
1. How is each chapter of our textbook structured?
2. The idea that music is principally to be _________________ is a notion characteristic of
Western Culture.
3. What is the Marriage of Figaro? ___________________________________________________
List three things about this piece of music that tells us something about the people of that time and
place.
4. What does the fact that we consider Mozart a “deity among composers” tell us about today’s
American society?
5. What is meant by a “relativistic view” of music?
6. What is an example of a “bimusical” community?
7. We will be using Nettl’s “Three-Part Model” extensively in this course. What are the three parts
of this model

8. Think of a kind of music and/or music event you know, try to describe how the three-part model

can be applied:
9. List the five “universals” of music:

10. What does this statement mean? Music is universal, but not a universal language.
11. What kinds of things cause music to change?
12. Describe the four primary classes of instruments (and the recent fifth) in the system developed
by Hornbostel and Sachs, and give an example of each:
13. “A society develops its music in accordance with the ________________ of its
_______________.”
14. What is “fieldwork” and who does it? 8. Think of a kind of music and/or music event you know, try to describe how the three-part model
can be applied:
9. List the five “universals” of music:

10. What does this statement mean? Music is universal, but not a universal language.
11. What kinds of things cause music to change?
12. Describe the four primary classes of instruments (and the recent fifth) in the system developed
by Hornbostel and Sachs, and give an example of each:
13. “A society develops its music in accordance with the ________________ of its
_______________.”
14. What is “fieldwork” and who does it?