Musical Structures and Soundscapes · Music Theory

Global Musical Traditions

Investigating how geography and history shape the instruments and scales used in music around the world.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the available natural material in a region influence its musical sounds?
  2. 2In what ways does music preserve the history of a community?
  3. 3How has globalization changed the way we define traditional music?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Music - Grade 9ON: Foundations - Grade 9
Grade: Grade 9
Subject: The Arts
Unit: Musical Structures and Soundscapes
Period: Music Theory

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