Required of M.A. and Ph.D. students in ethnomusicology. Students must register in lecture and lab section. Above sections open to graduates only. Explores past and current theories, methods, techniques, and tools used in notation and analysis of traditional music.
Emphasis is placed on problem solving and project development.
The musical traditions studied will sample a broad range of traditions from around the globe and encompass historical and recent time periods. Transcription and analysis are fundamental processes in ethnomusicological research and scholarship. Through exploration and application of theories, methods, techniques, tools, and skill development in transcription and analysis, this course provides a foundation upon which students may become successful researchers and scholars in the field of ethnomusicology. The musical traditions represented in the literature and recordings studied in this course will sample a broad range of traditions from around the globe, and encompass past and recent time periods. While work with music in this course is done outside of its cultural context, knowledge of context will consistently inform assumptions made and approaches used to transcribe and analyze music.