Music History

Question 1

Ethnomusicology

Answer 1

A field of study that joins the concerns and methods of anthropology with the study of music

Question 2

Soundscape

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The distinctive sounds, settings, and significances of music

Question 3

Culture

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The collection of beliefs, concepts, arts,crafts, skills, ideas, customs, and practices held jointly by a group of people

Question 4

Idiophone

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Instruments that produce sound by being vibrated. (Bells, gongs, clapping)

Idiophones are further classified by the way they are caused to vibrate: concussion, struck, stamped, shaken, scraped, plucked, or rubbed

Question 5

Organology

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The study of musical instruments

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Raga

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The Indian system for organizing melodies according to their distinctive pitch content, ornaments, and range of associations

Question 7

Khoomii

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Biphonic tuvan throat singing, originally from rural inner Asia.

Question 8

Types of Khoomii include..

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sygyt, kargyraa, and ezengileer

Question 9

Katajjaq

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An Inuit form of throat music, literally “vocal game”

Question 10

Highlife

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West African popular music combining indigenous melodies and instruments with the influences of western rock and jazz

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Mariachi

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A Mexican instrumental ensemble that includes the guitarron, vihuela, violin, and trumpets

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Ceilidh

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A social or musical event dating back to the 18th century and associated with Celtic traditions

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Enculturation

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The process of learning culture by experience, observation, and instruction

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Cymatics

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Visible sound

the study of sound and vibration made visible, typically on the surface of a plate, diaphragm or membrane.

Question 15

Aerophones

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Instruments that sound by means of vibrating air

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Mode

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A flexible term that can refer, depending on the context, to a musical system or a particular series of pitches

Question 17

Kargyraa

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A style of Khoomii characterized by text sung in a low register

Question 18

Agbadza

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An Ewe dance performed at social gatherings and funerals

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Quinceanera

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A traditional Latino celebration marketing he passage of 15 year old girls into adulthood

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Coladiera

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Cape Verdean traditional vocal form with verses and refrain

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Membranophone

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Instruments whose sound is produced by a membrane stretched over an opening

Question 22

Maqam

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The system governing pitch and melody in Arabic music

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Sygyt

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A type of Khoomii that is sung in a high register with clear overtones that sound like whistling

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Atumpan

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Large drums, the central instrument in ensembles used in Asante ceremonies and state occasions

Question 25

Canntaireachd

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Vocal music that imitates the sound of the bagpipe and is a form of notation for pipe melodies transmitted orally

Question 26

Ballad

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A song genre commemorating important events and individuals, usually in strophic form

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Bollywood/Masala

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Indian film songs

Question 28

Cultural Conditioning

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the social process in which authority figures such as parents, professors, politicians, religious leaders, peers, and the media define our cultural values, beliefs, ethical systems, and ultimately the way we perceive ourselves in the world

Question 29

Sargam

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The Indian system of solfege

Question 30

Samaii Bayatti (listening)

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2. From middle eastern Egypt 3. Instrumental piece 4. No text applicable 5. Performed before a suite or for pedagogical purposes 6. Violins, lite, zither, drums, or can be played by a soloist 7. 4 parts, each part is separated by a refrain 8. Maqam

Question 31

Agbadza (listening)

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2. Accra Ghana 3. Song and dance 4. The text and topics change frequently, not sure if it is improv or planned out 5. Performed at funerals or social gatherings 6. Idiophones, mambranophones, vocals, clapping, high and low pitched drums 7. Uses polyrhythms (2+2+2+3+3), has 4 parts

Question 32

Atumpan (listening

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1. Atumpan 2. Southwestern Ghana 3. . 4. Explains a short narrative of the denkra state 5. The text glorifies the performer and his/her lineage 6. Voice, Atumpan 7. Call and response

Question 33

Jay Ganesh (listening)

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2. India 3. Worship service to atone for any mistakes made 4. Praise Ganesh 5. Used for services and particular festivals 6. Basically traditional instruments (lute, zither, drums) 7. Repeating praise Ganesh

Question 34

Ballad of Buddy McLean (listening)

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1. Ballad of buddy McLean 2. Boston Irish 3. Folk 4. Tells the story of a dock worker who was killed by the mob 5. To tell a story 6. Vocal, guitar, banjo, accordion 7. Strophic ballad with refrain

Question 35

Fado Lisboeta (listening)

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1. Fado Lisboeta 2. Lisbon, Portugal 3. Ballad 4. Tells of loneliness and sadness 5. Entertainment, personal reflection 6. Voice and guitars 7. Uses verses and refrains

Question 36

Riberhonzina (listening)

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1. Riberhonzinha 2. Cape Verde 3. . 4. Calling out to ancestors and relatives. Fear of drought 5. For social gatherings, events, celebrations, dances 6. Guitar, drums, vocals 7. Strophic form with verses and refrain

Question 37

Araro Ariraro (listening)

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1. Araro Ariraro 2. South India 3. 4. Talks of everything the woman want through to conceive her child 5. Lullaby 6. Voice 7. Free rhythm

Question 38

What might an instrument signify beyond just music?

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- referring to the materials could show where its origins are - gender - wealth - culture identity - behavior or morals - economic value - political entities

Question 39

Who lives in Accra?

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Dutch, Danish, English, Portuguese

Question 40

Who lives in Mumbai

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Muslims, Portuguese, British

Question 41

Who lives in Boston

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English, French, Irish, Vietnamese, Indians, Koreans, Mexicans, South Americans

Question 42

What are the concerns of HIPP

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- partial notation and improvisation - performance pitch and tuning systems - pronunciation of text