fifths. would usually use the natural major scale and minor scale, and Dorian, Lydian and Mixolydian modes. North Africa, Southwest Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Indonesia and parts of Southern Europe. based on shared small intervals in scales, melodies, and polyphony. would usually use the harmonic minor scale and the Phrygian scale. American Indian, East Asia, Horn of Africa, Northern Siberian, and Finno-Ugric music based on shared large steps in pentatonic and tetratonic scales. However, he then adds that "the world-wide development of music must have been a unified process in which all peoples participated" and that one finds similar tunes and traits in puzzlingly isolated or separated locations throughout the world. See also Cultural landscape Cultural geography Social space Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas List of music areas in the United States Sprachbund Julian Steward Regionalism (politics) Bioregionalism Culture Deep map Cultural tourism Continent World language Inglehart–Welzel cultural map of the world References Further reading Philip V. Bohlman, Marcello Sorce Keller, and Loris Azzaroni (eds.), Musical Anthropology of the Mediterranean: Interpretation, Performance, Identity, Bologna, Edizioni Clueb – Cooperativa Libraria Universitaria Editrice, 2009. Marcello Sorce Keller, “Gebiete, Schichten und Klanglandschaften in den Alpen. Zum Gebrauch einiger historischer Begriffe aus der Musikethnologie”, in T. Nussbaumer (ed.), Volksmusik in den Alpen: Interkulturelle Horizonte und Crossovers, Zalzburg, Verlag Mueller-Speiser, 2006, pp. 9–18 External links Cultural anthropology Cultural geography