Listening Resources
Allows you to listen to extended audio from the textbook and articles.
Extended audio from the textbook
- China - Guqin
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- India - Bhajan
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- India -Kriti
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- Thailand - Lam Klawn
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- USA - Gospel
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- USA - Lined Hymn
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Articles
Smithsonian Global Sounds
Sample Tracks
Oceania
- Australia - Aborigine song with didjeridu
- Kiribati - Group song
South Asia
- India – Hindustani Raga performed on Sarod with Tabla
- Bangladesh – Baul Song
Southeast Asia
- Vietnam – Tài Tu Amateur Chamber Music
- Thailand – Phleng luk thung (popular song)
- Indonesia – Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar
East Asia
- China – Gu Qin (Seven-String Zither)
- Mongolia – Khoomei overtone singing
- Korea – P'ansori (narrative theater)
- Japan – Gagaku court ensemble
- Tibet – Tibetan Buddhist Ritual
West Asia & Africa
- Syria - Islamic "Call to Prayer" (adhan)
- Lebanon/Arabic - Taqsim (modal improvisation)
- Turkey - Sufi Hymn (Dhikr Ceremony)
- Israel - Jewish Synagogue Cantillation, Biblical Reading
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ghana - Polyrhythmic drum and bell Ensemble
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) - Mbuti Pygmy song
- Uganda - Akadinda (xylophone)
- Senegal-Gambia - Jali with Kora (lute-harp)
- South Africa - Mbube (male vocal ensemble)
Europe
- Spain - Flamenco
- Russia - Balalaika Orchestra
- Ireland - Irish Union Bagpipes (Piob Uilleann)
- Bulgaria - Women's Choir
Caribbean
- Haiti - Voodoo ritual music
- Jamaica - Reggae
- Trinidad - Steel Band
- Bahamas - Rhyming Spiritual
- Cuba - Afro-Cuban Derived Salsa
Central & South America
- Brazil - Amazonian Indians
- Mexico - Mariachi
- Brazil - Capoeira with berimbau
North America
- Canada - Cape Breton Fiddling
- United States - Shape-Note, Singing School Fuging Tune
- United States - Bluegrass
- United States - African-American Gospel Choir
- United States - Conjunto (Tejano) of Texas
- United States - Cajun
- United States - Native American (Zuni) Flute