AWS 1160 African Music I

Introduces students to African music by systematically focusing on its diverse geographical areas, its various forms, styles, and musical instruments. The African musical experience is explored within the context of the ecological and environmental paradigm as major factors that impact on traditional musical instrument utilization, particularly in the four major musiological groupings, i.e. (1) idiophones, (2) membranophones, (3) chordophones, and (4) aerophones. Within a sociocultural and historical context, the customs, traditions, role, and function of music are examined in various geographical areas and in African society in general.
Credits: 3.0