Preface
About This Book: An Introduction for Students
PART I
Chapter 1: What, in the World, Is Music?
Chapter 2:How Music Lives: A Musicultural Approach
Chapter 3:How Music Works: Part I: Rhythm
Chapter 4:How Music Works: Part II: Pitch
Chapter 5:How Music Works: Part III: Dynamics, Timbre, and Instruments
Chapter 6:How Music Works: Part IV: Texture and Form
PART II
Chapter 7: Indonesian Gamelan Music: Interlocking Rhythms, Interlocking Worlds
Chapter 8: From Raga to Bollywood: Developments and Intercultural Crossings in Indian Music
Chapter 9:‘Not the Same, but Just as Nice’: Traditions and Transformations in Irish Music
Chapter 10:The River and the Path: Conversation and Collective Expression in West African Musics
Chapter 11:"Oye Como Va" and the Musics of Latin America
Chapter 12:From Baladi to Belly Dance: Rhythm, Dance, and Music in Egypt and Beyond
Chapter 13:A Musicultural History of the Chinese Zheng
Glossary
References Cited in the Text
Credits
Index