<p>Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Native North American traditional music and its role in tribal societies. California, Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Northern and Southern Plains, Great Lakes/Eastern Woodlands, and Southeastern culture areas included. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Ethnomusicology

The school cultivates models for musical studies that integrate exemplary scholarship and practices, and engage through music with diverse communities on campus, throughout Los Angeles, and beyond.

Herb Alpert School of Music

Ethnomusicology involves the study of all kinds of music from all over the world, using a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

General Catalog

Traditional North American Indian Music

ETHNMUS 106A

4 units