Music

The course explores music, performance, and ideas—familiar and not so familiar—from around the world. We explore musical forms and cultures, using examples of different types of music and case studies from different parts of the world. The course is based on recognition of human and musical diversity, of the diversity of ideas about music and its functions in society. Therefore, one of the primary goals of the class is to learn concepts and methods for listening to and watching musical performance, and understanding musical culture generally.

This course introduces different world music of each continent with their cultural backgrounds. Each civilization in its personal background has developed its personal culture and made diverse color from it. Between all those culture circumstances, music is the one which shows clearly this nature. To understand a specific music, we have to know all about the civilization of this music but understanding the music first, gives the occasion to know more easily the different civilization. Audio visual materials will be used to have a large view of the world and to understand the universality and the difference of several civilizations. A tour from Africa, West Indies, Oceania, America, Southern Europe, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Arab, Central Asia, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, Japan·China of the Far East Asia and to Korea completes the term. 

This course examines the mythological origins of Māori performing arts, the form, style and performance of mōteatea (traditional song and poetry), waiata-ā-ringa (action songs), poi and haka, the renaissance of kapa haka and its place in Māori culture and society.

This course provides basic understanding of piano and the playing skills of piano, including: staccato, legato, skipping, scales and voices, chords.

This course examines the ways of thinking, talking and writing about music.