Answer to Question No. 1
What interested me was the fact that all the cultures that we studied were more similar than they were different. From the nasal tones and rough vocal timbres to the fact that all of them seemed to have work songs as a seperate genre, most of the cultures outside of the Western culture seemed to have a lot in common. All of the cultures had lullabyes, work songs and dances. We are human and that is what connects us to other humans. No wonder we come up with similar styles of music.
Answer to Question No. 2
I have learned that my culture is deffinetly a diverse one with many influences from other cultures. I should know by now that this is the case (since I am of Scotch, German, Swiss, basically everything European - dissent), but it really puts into perspective how much my culture has absorbed other cultures. I have also noticed that my culture does not always know how diverse it really is, because we get caught up in how it should be rather than embrace it for what it is... a melting pot.
Answer to Question No. 3
I really want to learn more about the Indian culture. I have a small knowledge of Hinduism (and I find it fascinating), but the new sounds that I have discovered really interest me. I want a sitar! and meditaion bells! Also, I now want to go to Asheville and go look at all the cool music shops. I thought the flutes from Equador were really cool, too. I think that I am now on a cool, new instrument kick now. My poor mother!
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I also thought that the nasal tones were interesting. When I listened to the recordings of different cultures, I thought wow this is weird, but maybe we're the weird ones. Like you said, many of those cultures have so much in common that they are probably the norm while we are the abnormal.
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