What aspects from the domain of music justify considering the Middle East a single music-culture?
What will be an ideal response?
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• The theoretical building blocks of music (scales, rhythms, and forms).The material culture of music (families of related music instruments).
• The relationship of language, poetry and storytelling to music.
• Musical aesthetics (the power and beauty associated with making and experiencing music).
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