World Music course outline

Please note: These units will not necessarily be studied in this order.

1. Preliminaries
   1. The concept of culture
   2. World Music as a marketing category
   3. The elements of musical sound
2. China
   1. Folksong
   2. Solo instrumental music
      1. qin
      2. piano
   3. Instrumental ensembles
      1. Jiangnan sizhu
      2. Beiguan
   4. Beijing opera
   5. Popular music
3. India
   1. Art music
      1. Hindustani
      2. Carnatic
   2. Indian film
   3. Indian music in Western pop
4. Indonesia
   1. Gamelan
      1. Javanese gamelan
      2. Balinese gamelan
   2. Indonesian jazz and popular music
5. Middle East and North Africa (this section will be revised soon)
   1. Music and Islam
      1. Qur'anic recitation
      2. Sufism
   2. Egyptian folk music
   3. Arabic art music
      1. Wasla
      2. Ughniya
   4. Pop music
6. Sub-Saharan Africa
   1. West African drumming traditions
      1. Ewe agbekor
      2. Wolof sabar (dance) and gewel (drumming)
   2. The music of the BaAka
   3. The Shona mbira
   4. African popular music
7. North America and Caribbean
   1. North American song traditions
      1. Ballads
      2. Christian hymnody and gospel songs
   2. African American music
      1. Work songs
      2. Religious music
      3. The blues
   3. Reggae
8. Latin America
   1. Andean traditional musics
      1. Sanjuán (Ecuador)
      2. K'antu (Bolivia)
      3. Bambuco (Colombia)
   2. African-derived musics
      1. Cumbia (Colombia)
      2. Landó (Peru)
   3. Pop music
      1. Nueva Canción
      2. Salsa
9. Music and globalization