Listening to music	p. 3
Internet links	p. 4
Types of music	p. 6
Rock and pop	p. 8
Popular music styles	p. 10
More popular styles	p. 12
The music industry	p. 14
What is jazz?	p. 16
How jazz began	p. 18
Music in ancient times	p. 20
Medieval music	p. 21
Renaissance music	p. 22
Writing music down	p. 24
Scales	p. 26
Baroque music	p. 28
Classical music	p. 30
Romantic music	p. 32
Nationalist music	p. 34
20th century music	p. 36
Music in the Far East	p. 38
Music in Africa	p. 40
Native American music	p. 42
Arab music	p. 43
The science of sound	p. 44
The composer	p. 46
The performer	p. 48
Ballet	p. 50
Singing	p. 52
The story of opera I	p. 54
The story of opera II	p. 56
Music for movies and television	p. 58
Sound reproduction	p. 60
How instruments work	p. 62
The orchestra	p. 64
Stringed instruments	p. 66
Woodwind instruments	p. 67
Brass instruments	p. 68
Percussion instruments	p. 69
Keyboard instruments	p. 70
Electric and electronic instruments	p. 71
Learning and instrument	p. 72
Reading music I	p. 74
Reading music II	p. 76
Reading music III	p. 78
Classical composers	p. 80
Music on the Internet	p. 86
Glossary	p. 90
Instructions in music	p. 93
Index	p. 94
Acknowledgements	p. 96
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