ABSTRACT
Musical expression involved students' personal and individual response to a particular piece of music, whilst musical form was discovered when students understood that sound and pieces become more organised through phrase structure, rhythm and metre, and melodic gesture. One excellent example of performing ethnomusicology is John Baily's concept of learning to perform as a research technique in ethnomusicology, which can provide potential insights into musical structure and the methods and institutions for musical transmission. Argibel aimed at mastering the tombak and to learn about Iranian music. Learning to perform as a technique for research in ethnomusicology formed striking and profound experiences to most students. Learning about music-as-music through this type of performing ethnomusicology helped students to develop complex knowledge and deep-level understandings into the music's son.
