Music Appreciation

by Mueller et al.

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The author of this text has intentionally kept it general in nature in order to create a platform for those who want to expand content into more in depth studies of the mentioned concepts and traditions. I believe that appreciation of any subject comes from open-minded exposure to that topic. With the arts this generally must happen at a moment when the message and meaning of the work resonates naturally with the appreciator.

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Publisher
Georgia Gwinnett College
Subjects
Humanities, Music
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Universals
  7. 1.1: What is Music?
  8. 1.2: The Word “Music”
  9. 1.3: Who Makes Music?
  10. 1.4: Why Do People Make Music?
  11. 1.5: What is Aesthetic Preference?
  12. 1.6: Transmission of Music and Knowledge
  13. 2: Musical Instruments
  14. 2.1: What are Instruments?
  15. 2.2: Ensemble Basics/Ranges:
  16. 2.3: Digital Music
  17. 3: Rhythm
  18. 3.1: Background Time
  19. 3.2: Middleground Time
  20. 3.3: Foreground Time
  21. 3.4: Cultural Approaches to Rhythm
  22. 4: Melody, Harmony and Texture
  23. 4.1: Pitch
  24. 4.2: Melodic Modes of Southwest Asia, South Central Asia, North Africa
  25. 4.3: Harmony
  26. 4.4: Musical Texture
  27. 5: Form in Music
  28. 5.1: Repetition, Variation, and Contrast
  29. 5.2: Ostinato Based Form
  30. 5.3: Cyclic forms
  31. 5.4: Sectional forms
  32. Back Matter
  33. Index
  34. Glossary
  35. Detailed Licensing