World Music - MUS 226
https://courses.vccs.edu/courses/MUS226-WorldMusic
Effective: 2022-03-31
Course Description
Explores music emanating from cultural traditions around the world within their respective socio-cultural contexts. Introduces basic elements of music. Increases global awareness and enhances knowledge of the origins, evolution, aesthetics and purposes of music from an ethnomusicological perspective. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.
Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
Broaden the awareness of world cultures through an examination of music produced within the cultural contexts of social groups throughout the world.
Course Objectives
- Communication
- Effectively communicate music observations through written and/or oral communication
- Civic Engagement
- Demonstrate receptivity to the diversity of cultures and life experiences within societies
- Identify values that other cultures can bring to society to promote civic engagement
- Cultural and Social Understanding
- Demonstrate knowledge of the role of music in different socio-cultural contexts
- Identify historical factors that influence the evolution of music within a culture
- Recognize/describe how aesthetics vary from one culture to another
- Identify commonalities and value differences between cultures
- Personal Development
- Augment listening skills through assignments/assessments designed to listen analytically and critically to music
- Evaluate music from other cultures using appropriate musical terms and an understanding of aesthetic values
- Demonstrate receptivity to understanding world cultures to make informed personal and interpersonal decisions
- Cultivate personal goals related to music listening, participation, or performance attendance
- Introduce Basic Elements of Music
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the basic elements of music
- Identify instrument groups: aerophones, idiophones, chordophones, membranophones and electrophones
- Describe various approaches to learning how to play an instrument
- Explain the difference between the processes of improvisation and composition
- World music cultures and traditions
- Recognize various genres of non-classical music stemming from at least 4 geographic regions or cultural traditions
- Identify instruments specific to those genres
- Identify specific historical/socio-cultural factors that influenced the music
- Apply the above objectives while considering case studies from at least 4 separate cultures and traditions, such as:
- Central and South Asia, e.g., Uzbekistan, Caucasus, India, Nepal
- Far East, e.g., China, Japan, Indonesia, Korea
- Middle East, e.g., Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
- Africa, e.g., Western, Northern, Eastern and South Africa
- Caribbean, e.g., Haiti, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica
- Latin America, e.g., Peru, Columbia, Brazil, Argentina
- Music from North America, e.g. jazz, blues, bluegrass, country
- Native North America, e.g. Iroquois, Navajo, Apache, Lakota
- Diaspora communities
Major Topics to be Included
- Personal Development
- Introduce Basic Elements of Music
- World music cultures and traditions