How does WOM define classical, popular, and folk music? What ...

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How does WOM define classical, popular, and folk music?
 
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Question 2

List some of the conclusions about European music in general presented throughout this section in WOM. (Answers may vary.)
 
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Answer to Question 1

• Classical music receives significant institutional support; frequently relies on written sources (music notation); and has a long tradition of musical literacy, which facilitates large performing ensembles.


• Popular music generally receives support from commercial institutions and is disseminated through mass media (e.g., CDs, radio/television films/DVDs, etc.).


• Folk music is music of the people; tends to be more regional and may or may not have commercial or institutional support; and is often mediated through oral tradition rather than by written/printed music notation.

Answer to Question 2

• Compared with music throughout the rest of the world, most music in Europe has relatively simple symmetrical structures in rhythm and overall form.


• European music tends towards rhythmic organization of even pulses in repeating groups of two or three beats.


• . . . Melodic structures tend toward pairs of melodic ideas (A and B phrases) and repeating structures (such as the strophic song form, i.e., verses with the same repeating melody, as is common in many hymns).


• Melodies tend to be based mostly on a major scale or less commonly on a minor scale and their associated harmonies.


• The concept of independent harmony and harmonic rhythm is a unique European contribution in world music.


• European musics represent a vast diversity and variety of music styles, genres, and associated cultural practices shaped in some degree by common religious and political institutions.

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