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What in the World Is Music? Second Edition is an undergraduate, interactive e-textbook that explores the shared ways people engage with music and how humans organize and experience sound.

It adopts a global approach, featuring more than 300 streaming videos and 50 streaming audio tracks of music from around the world. Drawing from both musicological and ethnomusicological modes of inquiry, the authors explain the nature and meaning of music as a universal human practice, making no distinction between Western and non-Western repertoires while providing students with strong points of connection to the ways it affects their own lives.

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Engagement and Application

Assessment & Practice

Written Assignments: Each chapter offers an assignment instructors can choose to assign. Assignments draw on a mix of research and personal reflection. Students are asked to explore the music and traditions from the chapter and connect them to their own backgrounds and experiences.

Quizzes: Each chapter includes a short quiz instructors can assign to check students' understanding of that chapter's key concepts, terms, and case studies.

Discussion Forums: Each chapter includes a discussion forum to encourage students to reflect and exchange perspectives with peers.

Read It or Listen to It

Every lesson includes written explanations along with a “Listen to Lecture” option, giving students the flexibility to read, listen, or do both.

This makes it easier to review concepts in the way that works best for each student—whether they want to follow along with the text, hear the material explained aloud, or revisit a lesson while away from the keyboard.

By offering multiple ways to engage with the content, the course supports different learning preferences, greater accessibility, and stronger understanding.

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