ETHNMUS 145Analyzing Rhythm in Persian Music
Ethnomusicology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Examination of rhythm principles of Iranian music. Through theoretical and applied methods, exploration of experience of musical rhythm in Iran. Students learn various rhythmic functionalities in order to gain deeper understanding and appreciation for Iran’s traditional, folklore, religious, and mystical musical styles. Examination of core rhythmic elements in Iranian music both through ethnomusicological literature on and by practicing Persian percussion in class.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 5 or M25, and 8.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
ETHNMUS 145
- ETHNMUS 5Music Around World
- ETHNMUS 8Current Practices in Iranian Music-Making
- ETHNMUS M25Global Pop
3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 3 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.