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Book Review
Jan. 18th, 2015 10:28 pmMusic in Turkey
by Eliot Bates
This is another volume in the Oxford UP Global Music Series. Bates provides a really interesting exploration of Turkish music and its meanings in that country's culture. I especially liked the way Bates explains how music is used to form and understand both national and regional identities. His descriptions of Turkish instruments were also quite good. My only criticism of this book is in the section where Bates delves into the structural features of the music. Some of these features were rather hard to hear, especially the ones regarding rhythm and meter. It would have been very helpful if there had been some very simplified listening exercises to ease the listener into it, rather than giving full pieces of music and expecting the listener to be able to hear and grasp these things.
by Eliot Bates
This is another volume in the Oxford UP Global Music Series. Bates provides a really interesting exploration of Turkish music and its meanings in that country's culture. I especially liked the way Bates explains how music is used to form and understand both national and regional identities. His descriptions of Turkish instruments were also quite good. My only criticism of this book is in the section where Bates delves into the structural features of the music. Some of these features were rather hard to hear, especially the ones regarding rhythm and meter. It would have been very helpful if there had been some very simplified listening exercises to ease the listener into it, rather than giving full pieces of music and expecting the listener to be able to hear and grasp these things.
