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Name: What Kind of Music is That?
ID: m11421
Language: English (en)
Summary: An explanation of some of the terms used to classify music.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: atonal, chromatic, classical music, diatonic, folk music, jazz, modal, Non-Western music, polytonal, tonal, twelve-tone, Western music, world music
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Version: 1.8 (history)
Created: Apr 22, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Jan 10, 2007 8:58 am US/Central

Version History

Version: 1.8 Jan 10, 2007 8:58 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added links
Version: 1.7 Jan 4, 2007 12:07 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Updated links and made small changes to clarify text.
Version: 1.6 Mar 13, 2006 12:09 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added some links and small text changes.
Version: 1.5 May 24, 2005 3:09 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
update to cnxml-0.5
Version: 1.4 Feb 4, 2005 2:39 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added polytonal and twelve-tone, and added links
Version: 1.3 Dec 11, 2003 2:20 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added links
Version: 1.2 Aug 27, 2003 10:37 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added keywords. Added paragraph on diatonic and chromatic music.
Version: 1.1 Jul 3, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
New module

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