discussion

Expectations:

Course Materials:  Jeff Todd Titon et al.  Worlds of Music:  An Introduction to the Music of the World’s Peoples, Shorter Version/Third Edition.  Belmont, Ca.:  Schirmer, 2009,  ISBN:  978-0=495-57010-3 (includes 3 audio CDs).
 

Reference Chapter 1. From

Listen carefully to CD1:7, "Folsom Prison Blues." 

Why is the texture called homophonic?  How would you describe the form, style, and genre of this music?

See pages 9-15 and 27-28 of the text for background on these ideas.