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Ethnomusicology can be defined as the study of music in its context.
Systematic musicology is the approach to music study from a scientific or a philosophical perspective. This covers all of the other approaches of musicology.
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Ethnomusicology ~ music study in many cultural contextsMusic History ~ study of Western art musicMusic Theory ~ analyze music from a historical perspective as well as develop new techniques for analyzing current trends in music compositionSystematic musicology ~ Umbrella term for musicology
An ethnomusicologist studies music in its cultural context. Ethnomusicologists focusing on primitive cultures study music-related artifacts to determine the role that music played in these societies.(APEX)