Authors Terry E. Miller and Andrew Shahriari take students around the world to experience the diversity of musical expression. World Music: A Global Journey, now in its third edition, is known for its breadth in surveying the world’s major cultures in a systematic study of world music within a strong pedagogical framework.

As one prepares for any travel, each chapter starts with background preparation, reviewing the historical, cultural, and musical overview of the region. Visits to multiple “sites’ within a region provide in-depth studies of varied musical traditions. Music analysis begins with an experimental first impression of the music, followed by an aural analysis of the sound and prominent musical elements. Finally, students are invited to consider the cultural connections that give the music its meaning and life.

Features of the Third Edition

Over 3 hours of diverse musical examples. with a third audio CD of new musical examples

Listening Guides analyze the various pieces of music with some presented in an interactive format online

Biographical highlights of performers and ethnomusicologists updated and new ones added

Numerous pedagogical aids, including On Your Own Time and Explore More sidebars, and Questions to Consider

Popular music incorporated with the traditional

Dynamic companion web site hosts new Interactive Listening Guides, plus many resources for student and instructor. Built to serve online courses.

The CD set is available separately (ISBN 978-0-415-89402-9) or with its Value Pack and book (ISBN 978 0415- 80823-1).

For eBook users, MP3 files for the accompanying audio files are available only with the Value Pack of eBook & MP3 files (ISBN 978-0-203-15298-0). Please find instructions on how to obtain the audio files in the contents section of the eBook.