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World Music: Balinese Rhythms
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 10 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
Increased awareness of the richness of Balinese musical traditions
Concepts and techniques of rhythm and metric structure
Deeper understanding of musical cultures in their own right and in their cultural contexts, as well as a larger cross-cultural awareness
Improvement of fundamental musical skills, which can be applied to any form of music
Prerequisite
Instructors
Evan Ziporyn
Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Meghan Perdue
Digital Learning Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dewa Alit
Lecturer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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