Thinking Musically: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture - Global Music Series 3 Revised edition

The cornerstone and first volume of the Global Music Series, Thinking Musically incorporates the sounds and traditions of world cultures to establish a conceptual framework for exploring musical diversity. Designed for Introduction to World Music/Ethnomusicology courses and readers with little or no background in music, the book explores the fundamental elements of music-including rhythm, pitch in melodic and harmonic relationships, and form-and examines how theyvary globally from culture to culture.