I can honestly say the only complaint I have had about my entire experience with this course is that it definitely did not last long enough. I learned magnitudes of new musical information in 3 short weeks, and I would love to continue my musical journey. One musical aspect that intrigued me the most was the entire concept of the Indonesian Music Culture. Upon entering this class I knew every culture on this vast planet had its own separate concept of aesthetically pleasing music but after studying the music of Indonesia I was totally blown away and left wanting more. The unique music created by the Gamelan remotely reminded me of calypso music and the samples included on the CD only further peaked my interest. I have never listened to music that is so, for lack of appropriate words, busy. Indonesian music contained so many diverse instrumental components that worked together as one. I found the music very relaxing and soothing. This course has inspired me to complete more out of class study on Indonesian music.
Only after studying the blues in class did I realize the true connection between music and society and my own culture. As a child I grew up listening to traditional blues music but I was never introduced to the historical and cultural knowledge that accompanied it. I found it really fascinating how this genre of music was named after an ordinary color and how it was born. This class had made me stop and become conscious of how interconnected Western music is to the entire world. Everything is connected and the world really does work in circles.
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