Listening to the World's Music

1. Four Properties of Sound

1.1. Quality or Timbre

1.1.1. Medium

1.1.1.1. voice or instrument or combinations

1.1.1.2. solo vs ensemble

1.1.2. Organology

1.1.2.1. Sachs-Hornbostel System

1.1.2.1.1. Aerophones

1.1.2.1.2. Chordophones

1.1.2.1.3. Idiophones

1.1.2.1.4. Membranophones

1.1.2.1.5. Electrophones

1.1.3. Color of a sound

1.2. Pitch

1.2.1. Definite vs Indefinite Pitch

1.2.2. Scale - Interval - Range

1.2.3. Melody

1.2.4. Melodic Countour

1.2.5. Text Setting

1.2.5.1. syllabic vs melismatic

1.3. rhythm

1.3.1. Monophony

1.4. Duration

1.4.1. accent

1.4.1.1. beat and tempo

1.4.2. rhythmic density

1.5. meter

1.5.1. duple vs triple

1.5.2. free meter or free rhythm

1.6. Volume

1.6.1. Loudness vs softness

2. discipline specific vocabulary

3. Extra-music associations

4. Applicability of Western Theory and Aesthetitcs

4.1. Notation: Issues with how music is written down

5. Familiarity with 'Sound'

6. First Impressions

6.1. What Stands Out

6.2. Experiential Associations

7. Aural Analysis

7.1. Terms!

7.1.1. jargon

7.2. Tuning System

7.3. Others

7.3.1. Phonic Structure

7.3.1.1. Homophony

7.3.1.2. Independent Polyphony

7.3.1.3. Heterophony

7.3.2. Form

8. Issues