World Music

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Before the trip begins : fundamental issues -- Aural analysis : listening to the world's musics -- Cultural considerations : beyond the sounds themselves -- Oceania : Australia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Kiribati -- South Asia : India, Pakistan -- Southeast Asia : Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and northeast Thailand, Indonesia (Java and Bali) -- East Asia : China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, Tibet -- The Middle East : Islam and the Arab world, Iran, Egypt, Sufism, Judaism -- Europe : Greece, Spain, Russia, Scotland, Ireland, Hungary, Bulgaria -- Sub-Saharan Africa : Ghana, Nigeria, central Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Senegal, the Republic of South Africa -- The Caribbean : Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic -- South America and Mexico : the Amazon rainforest, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico