[MUS 2420] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (23 pages long!)
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Soundscape: the distinctive settings, sounds and significances of musical performances in cultural context (flexible concept) Always emergent from cultural settings and always changing with moving parts of community. Can be discovered by attending musical performances live or recording. Multiple listening is key to understanding various soundscapes. How many different kinds of music can be detected in this soundscape. Is it a hybrid from various styles. Do members of the culture partake in different types of music or just1. Is this music removed from its original setting. How did it get to its new setting by displaced people/moved without people through recordings. Anthropology: study of human races, origins, societies, and cultures. Ethnomusicology: study of music outside the european art tradition and in sociocultural context. Studied native magyar folk music of hungary, romania and other nations associated with their heritage. When participating in listening"s and listening quizzes: Identify what you hear/define what you heard:
