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Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology
The further from centre, the more strongly this hobby leans that way. Your quiz answers are scored against exactly these fifteen.
Looking at music as something people do, through recordings, interviews and archives rather than through notation.
This weekendTime to first win
A few hoursA session
Indoors or outWhere
Step 1: Pick one tradition and find its recordings.
Is it you?
What you need
4 thingsThe honest floor, taking the cheapest option in each$429
How we make money: if you buy through one of these we take a small cut, and the price is the same either way. The cheapest option that works is always listed first.
The path
14 questsASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$100
BThen the quests
- Listen deeply to music from a culture new to you
- Get a notebook and log what you hear
- Describe a piece's rhythm, scale and instruments
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