1) For the instructor, despite best intentions, who simply cannot invest much time into researching the complex, and sometimes controversial and contradictory, approaches to the subject when teaching music history / appreciation /culture
2) Addresses students who listen to music from anywhere in the world anytime they want, in formal or informal learning or casual settings
3) Offers tools for understanding key terms and concepts, suggestions for discussion, models for listening and writing assignments, examples of repertoire, templates for building a syllabus, and resources for further exploration.
