1. Introduction: global musicianship and global musicology
pt. I The Afro-Eurasian Old World Web, c. 3500 BCE-1500 CE
2. Precedents to the Silk Road
3. The first pivotal convergence: the Silk Road, c. 200 BCE-900 CE
4. The second pivotal convergence: Al-Andalus, Byzantium, and the European coming of age c. 700-1500 CE
pt. II The New World Web, the third pivotal convergence, and the acceleration of fusion, c. 1500-1920 CE
5. A musical Columbian exchange
6. The rise of transcultural musics in the United States
7. Expanded acceleration: empires and exoticism
pt. III The Global Web and continuous transformation, since c. 1920 CE
8. The full flowering and influence of the American musical convergence
9. Technology, convergence, and the age of instantaneous exchange
10. Conclusion: global music history-intercultural or transcultural?