Chapter 21 Listen to NonWestern Music NONWESTERN MUSIC

Chapter 21 Listen to Non-Western Music

NON-WESTERN MUSIC • Art: Music: • Experience the emotions of a culture without being part of the culture.

NON-WESTERN MUSIC • Western Music • • Traditional Christian Cultures Communal Music Development of Harmony Western hemisphere, Europe, Sub-Sahara Africa World Map

NON-WESTERN MUSIC • Non-Western Music • • Generally non-Christian Soloistic in character Advanced melodic and rhythmic characteristics Sahara Africa, Middle East, Asia, Indonesia, Orient World Map

THE ORIENT/KOREA • Pentatonic Scale • Korean Instruments:

THE ORIENT/KOREA • “Arirang” • Meter: Triple Simple • Harmony: Pentatonic • Form: A B C B

JAVANESE GAMELAN • Inspired Claude Debussy & European composers (1889, Worlds Fair) • Social Event • Many people to play • Spiritual (each instrument) • Expensive instruments

JAVANESE GAMELAN • Instruments divided into: • • • Theme Elaboration Countermelody Punctuation Rhythm

• Instruments Gong ageng Saron Slentern Bonang Gambang Gender Siter Rebab Suling Kempul Kenong Kendang JAVANESE GAMELAN

JAVANESE GAMELAN • Repetition • Punctuation & Emphasis • Minimalistic • Metallaphones

MBIRA • Zimbabwe • Made of: • Iron keys mounted on wood • Inside gourd as a resonator • Minimalistic • Polyphonic • Shakers accompany the instrument

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY • Study of the music of ethnic cultures throughout the world