Understanding Music: A Global Opportunity
MUS-115LEC-LIT
University at Buffalo
- Semester
- Winter 2024/25
- Instructor
- Thomas David Little
- Start Date
- 12-27-2024
- Total Credits
- 3
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Understanding Music: A Global Opportunity invites you to explore the many ways in which music contributes to our shared human experience while also developing your skills as an active listener. The course is structured around three guiding questions, the first of which is perhaps the most basic of all: "what does it sound like?" We therefore begin with a participatory introduction to the stylistic elements (such as melody and rhythm) from which all music is created. The ability to analyze almost any style of music according to these principles will allow us to articulate how music relates to particular cultural circumstances later in the semester, when the discussion turns to the questions of "when do we hear it?" and "what does it mean?" You do not need any prior musical training as a performer to approach these topics as a thoughtful listener. We will consider musical examples drawn from a broad range of historical and geographical milieux in order to understand why music remains one of the most sublime and powerful expressions of human culture throughout the world.
General Education Area(s): Arts
, Humanities
Course Area: Music
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Dates: 12-27-2024 - 01-17-2025
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