World music : traditions and transformations / Michael B. Bakan, Heidi Senungetuk, and Stephanie Shonekan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.