Musicology - Con Brio
+ What are all the components of a musical experience? (Think beyond the notes!)
- How is this music taught and learned?
- How much is improvised?
- How old or new is this repertoire?
- What are the connections of this music to geographical locations, past and present?
- What meanings and associations does this music have for the people who make it? How are those different from any associations we might have about the sounds being made?
- What values are used to judge whether this is a “good” performance of this type of music?
- Who made this recording and what is that person’s relationship to the performer(s)?
- What other questions could help lead you to the kinds of information would help to understand more about each example?