Midterm II Flashcards
(41 cards)
Japanese instrument, Silk Road cousin of the Chinese Pipa
Biwa
Japanese instrument that is a Silk Road cousin of the Gu Zheng
• movable bridges to bend frequencies
Koto
Japanese music genre where there is no rhythmic pulse, just free rhythm
Gagaku Court Music
Japanese music for zen Buddhist meditation
ZEN SHAKUHACHI MUSIC
Buddhism originates from ___ but travelled to ___
India, Japan
A bamboo end blown flute, which previous samurai warriors would carry around and play
Shakuhachi
The Japanese concept of space being important in life and art
Ma
A word meaning emptiness monks, roaming samurai w/ nothing to do
Ronin
Order of Japanese caste system:
1) Samurai
2) Farmers
3) Craftsmen
4) Merchants
popular music theatre from developed for Japan’s middle class in the 18th century
Instruments - vocalists, shamisen, various drums
KABUKI
The only genre of Japanese music meant for performance/entertainment
Kabuki
Brazil’s national style of music
Samba
__ music from ___ Nwas sped up to become Samba
Semba, Bahia
Samba instrumentation includes:
• , cavacaynio guitar, shaker, bass drum,
- Cavaquinho (plucked lute)
- Surdo (bass drum sound, membranophone)
- Pandeiro (tambourine, membranophone idio hybrid)
- Chocalho (shaken idiophone)
- reco reco
- agogo
- cuica (Brazilian membranophone)
Capoeira elements include:
- drums, percussion
• C&R singing
• Berimbau (struck cordphone, zither)
Instruments in calypso
banjos, guitars, trombones, trumpets, clarinets
In the 1960s artist Lord Shorty wanted to use calypso rhythm but make it more danceable and doubled its speed w/ dembow rhythem and created
SOCA
SOCA meaning soul of the __ rhythm, has a high snare on beats on 4 & 7
Dembow
3 types of marimbas:
- marimba de tecomates
• Marimba sencilla
• Marimba doble
The official instrument of Guatemala
Marimba