Bakan, Michael B.,   author. <br/><br/>
World music :   traditions and transformations / 
Michael B. Bakan, Heidi Senungetuk, and Stephanie Shonekan. 
 - Fourth edition. 
 - xxxvii, 490 pages :   illustrations ;    23 cm.  
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index.  
<br/><br/>What, in the world, is music? -- How music lives: a musicultural approach -- How music works, Part I: rhythm -- How music works, Part II: pitch -- How music works, Part III: dynamics, timbre and instruments -- How music works, Part IV: texture and form -- Indonesian gamelan music: interlocking rhythms, interlocking worlds -- From raga to bollywood: developments and intercultural crossings in Indian music -- 'Not the same, but just as nice': traditions and transformations in Irish music -- The river and the path: conversation and collective expression in West African Musics -- From the blues to Beyoncé: black music aesthetics and a history of African American song -- We don't play sauce: Latin American musics from Guaguancó to Latin trap -- Story songs: indigenous traditions and transformations in Alaska native music and dance -- From baladi to belly dance: rhythm, dance, and music in Egypt and beyond -- A musicultural history of the Chinese Zheng.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781265204549 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World music--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3545 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.6  / B17w