This postgratuated module is recommended for those who have a preference for composing world music or adapting world music, or who play a musical instrument from the world music area and would like to create compositions for it in relation to other musical instruments. This module is also recommended for all composers who are looking for more unknown influences to enrich their existing musical material and inspiration for further compositions.

  • Analyses of styles and works of various musical genres of different cultures (according to interest) (among others various Balkan, Oriental, African, Klezmer, Tango, Flamenco, Indian, Latin influences etc.).
  • Adaptations with western influences and personal preferences of the participants
  • Practical writing exercises for this
  • Insights into various modal music concepts and music concepts with microtones
  • Modal harmonics
  • Polyrhythm
  • Odd time signatures
  • Exotic scales
  • Composing and arranging for instrumentations with western (classical) musical instruments in connection with musical instruments of different cultures
  • Composing music of different cultures for western musical instruments
  • Personal support and supervision