World Sound Matters is a fully-integrated anthology of music from around the world, the entire series comprising: 2 compact discs of 58 traditional music recordings (ED 12572), representing 35 different countries - notated transcriptions of each recorded example (ED 12571), and a teacher’s book containing explanatory texts covering the special context of each style and its musical content , with 2 sets of progressive pupil listening-based questions for each musical style (ED 12460). Suitable for...

• Introduction: Overview
• studying Music of the World
• The CDs
• The Transcriptions
• The Teacher's Manual
• The Pupil Question Book
• Other Reference Sources
• Recording List
• Illustration List
• Credits and Acknowledgements
• Topics
• Japan
• Gagakucourt music
• Japan
• Music for Shakuhachi
• Korea
• Music for Komun'go
• China
• Music for Qin
• China
• Jiangnan Sizhu Ensemble Music
• China
• Chuanju Opera
• China
• Tibetan Ritual Music
• Mongolia
• Diphonic Singing
• Vietnam
• Music for Dan...