What in the World is Music, 2nd Edition – Test Bank

ISBN 9781032341491What on Earth is Music? The Second Edition is a college-level, interactive e-book that explores the shared methods individuals interact with music and how individuals organize and experience sound. It takes a global approach, presenting more than 300 streaming videos and 50 streaming audio tracks of music from around the globe. Drawing from both musicological and ethnomusicological approaches, the authors explain the nature and significance of music as a universal human practice, making no distinction between Western and non-Western repertoires while providing students with strong points of connection to the ways it impacts their own lives.

The What on Earth is Music? curriculum is divided into five parts, with a completely integrated multimedia program linked directly to the chapters:

• The Fundamentals of Music I presents a working definition of “music” and examines inquiry-guided approaches to its study: Why do humans have innate musical perception? How does this ability manifest itself in the human voice? A catalog of musical instruments showcases global diversity and human ingenuity.
• The Fundamentals of Music II continues the inquiry-guided approach, acknowledging the principles by which musical sound is organized while discussing elements such as rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, form, genre, and style. Where did music originate? What is its purpose?
• Music and Identity explores how music operates in shaping, negotiating, and expressing human identity and is organized around three broad conceptual frames: the community, hybridity, and conflict.
• Music and the Sacred addresses how music is utilized in religious practices worldwide: chanting sacred texts and singing devotional verses, inspiring religious experiences such as ecstasy and trance, and marking and shaping ritual space and time.
• Music and Social Life analyzes the uses of music in storytelling, theater, and film. It explores the contributions of sound technologies, while discussing the various ways music enhances nightlife, public ceremonies, and festivals.