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| What, in the World, Is Music? | |
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| A Point of Departure: Five Propositions for Exploring World Music | |
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| The Basic Property of All Music Is Sound | |
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| The Sounds (and Silences) That Comprise a Musical Work Are Organized in Some Way | |
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| Sounds Are Organized into Music by People; Thus, Music Is a Form of Humanly Organized Sound | |
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| Music Is a Product of Human Intention and Perception | |
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| The Term Music Is Inescapably Tied to Western Culture and Its Assumptions | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Applying What You Have Learned | |
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| Resources for Further Study | |
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| How Music Lives: A Musicultural Approach | |
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| Culture in Music | |
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| Meaning in Music | |
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| Identity in Music | |
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| Societies | |
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| Cultures | |
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| Nations and Nation-States | |
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| Diasporas and Other Transnational Communities | |
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| The Individual in Music | |
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| Spirituality and Transcendence in Music | |
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| Music and Dance | |
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| Music in Ritual | |
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| Music as Commodity and the Patronage of Music | |
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| The Transmission of Music and Musical Knowledge | |
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| Production and Reception | |
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| Music Creation Processes | |
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| Music in the Process of Tradition | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Applying What You Have Learned | |
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| Resources for Further Study | |
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| How Music Works | |
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| Rhythm | |
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| The Four Basic Properties of Tones | |
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| Rhythm | |
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| Beat | |
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| Subdivision | |
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| Meter | |
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| Accent and Syncopation | |
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| Tempo | |
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| Free Rhythm | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Applying What You Have Learned | |
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| Resources for Further Study | |
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| How Music Works | |
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| Pitch | |
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| Pitch and Melody | |
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| Pitch and Melody in "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and a Native American Eagle Dance Songv44 | |
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| Names of Pitches in Western Music | |
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| The Western Pitch System and the Octave | |
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| Common Scales in Western Music: Major, Pentatonic, Minor, and Blues | |
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| Modulation: Moving from One Scale and Key to Another | |
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| Pitch and Scales in Non-Western Musical Systems | |
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| Pitch, Chords, and Harmony | |
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| Single Chord-Based Music and Music with Chord Progressions | |
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| Harmonization of Melodies | |
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| Arpeggios (Broken Chords) | |
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| Other Chords, Other Harmonies | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Applying What You Have Learned | |
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| Resources for Further Study | |
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| How Music Works | |
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| Dynamics, Timbre, and Instruments | |
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| Dynamics | |
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| Timbre | |
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| Music Instruments | |
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| Music Instrument Classification | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Applying What You Have Learned | |
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| Resources for Further Study | |
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| How Music Works | |
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| Texture and Form | |
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| Single-Line Textures | |
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| Multiple-Part Textures | |
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| Form: The Designs of Musical Works | |
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| Repetition and Patterning | |
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| Forms with Contrasting Sections | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Applying What You Have Learned | |
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| Resources for Further Study | |
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| Interlocking Rhythms and Interlocking Worlds in Balinese Gamelan Music | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Balinese Gamelan Music in Context | |
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| Bali and the Republic of Indonesia | |
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| Religion in Bali and Indonesia | |
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| Gamelan in Bali and Beyond | |