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CHAPTER 4
  1. Chromatic scale, C-B (65.0K)
  2. Chromatic scale, C-C (75.0K)
  3. C-major scale (57.0K)
  4. C-pentatonic scale (45.0K)
  5. D-pentatonic scale (46.0K)
  6. Major scale, harmonic minor scale, and melodic minor scale comparison (259.0K)
  7. Mary Had a Little Lamb, major key vs. minor key versions (243.0K)
  8. Blues scale (53.0K)
  9. Mary Had a Little Lamb with modulation (C major to F major) (234.0K)
  10. Balinese slendro scale versus Balinese pelog scale (226.0K)
  11. Arab microtonal scale (24 quarter-tones) (162.0K)
CHAPTER 5
  1. Tone with crescendo and decrescendo (188.0K)
  2. Tone with terraced dynamics (145.0K)
  3. Identical saxophone and flute tones, with different timbres (64.0K) (corresponds to Figure 5.3, p. 60)
  4. Comparison of distinctive timbres of two saxophonists, three vocalists (152.0K)
  5. Distinctive timbres of several world music instruments (672.0K) (corresponds to Table 5.1, p. 62)
  6. Various timbres on the mbira dzavadzimu (263.0K)
  7. Tambourine struck (idiophone/membranophone), tambourine shaken (idiophone only) (74.0K)
  8. Various electronically-generated tones (digital samples, digital synthesis tones) (1075.0K) (corresponds to Table 5.2, p. 72)
  9. Basic tone and electronically modified versions of basic tone (489.0K) (corresponds to Table 5.3, p. 72)
CHAPTER 7
  1. Paired tuning on female and male Balinese gamelan instruments (jegogan) (426.0K)
  2. Ombak on Balinese gamelan instruments (jegogan) (495.0K)
CHAPTER 8
  1. Keeping tal performance demonstration model (tintal) (492.0K) (corresponds to Figure 8.7, p. 137)
CHAPTER 9
  1. A Preliminary Listening Experience (246.0K): Traditional (Lynnsey Weissenberger, fiddle), neo-traditional (Altan), and post-traditional (Eileen Ivers) performances of a characteristic Irish melodic figure.* (*Altan and Ivers excerpts used by permission of Green Linnet Records and Sony BMG Music Entertainment, respectively. See CD set list, CD exs. 2-19 and 2-20 for citation information.)
CHAPTER 11
  1. The four versions of the clave rhythm (337.0K) (corresponds to Figure 11.1, p. 224)
    • Son 3-2 clave (0:00-0:09)
    • Son 2-3 clave (0:10-0:20)
    • Rumba 3-2 clave (0:21-0:31)
    • Rumba 2-3 clave (0:32-0:42)
CHAPTER 13
  1. Deng Haiqiong playing the zheng (1135.0K) (this is an excerpt from the solo zheng composition "Fighting the Typhoon")





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