ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the experiences of a small group of former undergraduate students at Bangor University in 2005/2006. It illustrates students' experiences of constructing a musical transcription according to this four-partite conceptualisation, also taking into account ethnomusicologists' formal methods for instruction. The constructing of a musical transcription often generated similar experiences, as most students found transcriptions of the world's musics 'quite daunting and frightening', 'quite hard actually' and 'complicated; interesting but hard'. The transmission of musical transcription in ethnomusicology classes may thus also facilitate critical reflection and interrogation. Students may be encouraged by ethnomusicologists to think about why and how to construct a musical transcription. A more thorough ethnomusicological perspective that discards eurocentrism would lead students towards a more nuanced understanding of world music through musical transcription. The transmission of ethnomusicology at universities frequently involved students in constructing a musical transcription.
