Las músicas no occidentales forman parte del cambio producido en la música en todos sus parámetros. Entre estas puede hablarse del gagaku japonés, de las músicas chinas asociadas a las tradiciones yayue y suyue, y de las ejecutadas por etnias africanas como los pigmeos.
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Has escuchado
Japon. Gagaku. Etenraku. Ono Gagaku Kaï Society, intérpretes. Ocora (1987)
Cameroon. Baka Pygmy Music. Hut Song. Grabaciones de campo de Patrick Renaud y Simha Arom. Auvidis (1990)
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