Name the four features of “Ideas about Music.” What does each feature mean and what defining question addresses its meaning?
What will be an ideal response?
• (A) Music and the Belief System: where music fits within a particular music-culture's belief system. Is music good and useful, or harmful?
• (B) Aesthetics of music—that which is beautiful in music. Why is a song considered beautiful?
• (C) Contexts for music—the cultural and physical environments (venues) in which music is performed. When and where should certain music be performed?
• (D) History of music—that which happens to music over time and space. What did music of the past sound like?
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a. an instrument playing a drone part b. hand claps by a performer c. a bowed string instrument d. a part for a bell?like instrument