Chapter 60 - Listening Guide Quiz 54:
Listen to each excerpt from "Noche de Jaranas." Then place the corresponding card on the appropriate place in the diagram.
Excerpt X (thirds) (0:2:28), Excerpt W (3+3+2) (0:50), Excerpt Y (fortissimo) (0:16), Excerpt Z (fade out) (0:50)
Listen to the following excerpts and click on the corresponding cards in the order in which they appear in "Noche de Jaranas" from La noche de los Mayas by Silvestre Revueltas.
Excerpt X, Y, W, Z
Listen to each excerpt from "Noche de Jaranas." Then place the corresponding card on the appropriate place in the diagram.
Excerpt Y, Excerpt X, Excerpt Z
Listen to each excerpt from "Noche de Jaranas." Then place the corresponding card on the appropriate place in the diagram.
Excerpt Z (0:50), Excerpt X (0:31), Excerpt Y (0:16)
Listen to the following excerpts and then click on the corresponding cards in the order in which they appear in "Noche de Jaranas" from La noche de los Mayas by Silvestre Revueltas.
Excerpt Z (thirds), X (modified rondo), Y (fade out)
Which of the following statements describe this excerpt from "Noche de Jaranas" and which do not?
Correct Answers: A 3+3+2 metric pattern is established in the xylophone and trumpet. It is the first statement of the B section. The French horns offer a new melodic idea.
Which of the following statements describe this excerpt from "Noche de Jaranas" and which do not?
Correct Answers: The dynamic level is very loud. This is the C section. This melody appears only once in one piece.
Which of the following statements describe this excerpt from "Noche de Jaranas" and which do not?
Correct: It features latin american percussion. It is the first statement of the rondo theme. The strings play the theme first, in thirds.
Which of the following statements describe this excerpt from "Noche de Jaranas" and which do not?
Correct: The excerpt begins with a transitional passage in the low brass and percussion. The dynamic level decrescendos. It is the final statement of the rondo theme.
Which of the following statements describe this excerpt from "Noche de Jaranas" and which do not?
Correct: The harmony is relatively unstable. There are mostly snippets of melody. The full orchestra is playing.
Noche de Jaranas is a traditional son.
False
Which of the following describe the rhythm of this movement of La noche de los Mayas?
Heavily syncopated
Drag and drop the appropriate words that describe the excerpt from "Noche de Jaranas" from La noche de los Mayas.
In this excerpt, the addition of piccolos highlights the main rondo theme.
What form is most closely approximated in Revueltas's "Noche de Jaranas?
Rondo form
Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in this excerpt from Revueltas's "Noche de Jaranas":
Texture: Homophony alternating with polyphony Rhythm: Syncopated Harmony: Tonal and chromatic
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This excerpt features flutes, strings and rhythmic punctuation from percussion.
Drag and drop the appropriate words that describe the excerpt from "Noche de Jaranas" from La noche de los Mayas.
This excerpt from the B section features a new theme in the horns and trumpets as well as a 3 + 3 + 2 rhythmic grouping.
Drag and drop the appropriate words that describe the excerpt from "Noche de Jaranas" from La noche de los Mayas.
This excerpt is the final section that features the rondo theme and the instruments slowly decrescendo in volume.
La noche de los Mayas uses Latin American percussion instruments alongside orchestral instruments.
True
