World Music

Western rural musical styles developed in the:

1930's

Musicians started to travel outside India from around:

1950

Thugz Mansion" was released after the death of:

2Pac (Tupac)

How many measures does the most common form of American popular song have?

32

After WWII, the two competing record formats were the 33 LP and the:

45 "single"

In a dundun drum ensemble, the following music example represents:

A cyclic pattern that accompanies the improvisations of the iyaalu.

Native American songs often come to life through:

A dream or vision

The tradition of Korean p'ansori is:

A musical journey that spans from the oral cultural to the modern age

Most Native American dance songs have:

A steady pulse

The Orixas originated from over 100 ethnic groups brought to the New World during the slave trade. The Orixas are:

African deities

The word term "samba" originally referred to the choreography of certain circle dances from:

Angola and the Congo

In 2000, among the states with the largest Native American populations were:

Arizona and California

To which people does the adowa, a West African skin drum, belong?

Ashanti people of Ghana

The cumbia is from the:

Atlantic coast of Colombia

Which early rock and roll band had a song in the hit movie "Blackboard Jungle"?

Bill Haley and the Comets

Which of the following elevated the string band performances of Appalachian music into a virtuosic instrumental style called bluegrass in the 1940s?

Bill Monroe

Who established the singing style known as "crooning"?

Bing Crosby

The Folk Music Revival was spearheaded by:

Bob Dylan

The fans of Frank Sinatra were called:

Bobbysoxers

Name one country from Southern Africa

Botswana

The African presence in Latin America has been most strongly felt in:

Brazil

The Kinks, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles are just a few of the groups that formed the:

British Invasion

The largest of the yuka drums (pictured above) is called the:

Caja

One of the main purposes of the exchange of energy between the master drummers in Brazil, the dancers, and the audience is to:

Call on the Orixas for their blessings.

A vernacular genre typical of Uruguay is the:

Candombe

The so-called "Nashville sound" was developed in the 1950s by:

Chet Atkins

During which dynasty did Korean folk rituals, performing arts, and artists fall to an outcast existence?

Chosôn

Which of the following is NOT a design element of country music?

Cinquain

The Chindo Sikkim-kut (shamanic ceremony) is intended to:

Cleanse a deceased soul

The Cuban son:

Combines African and Hispanic elements

Pow-wows can be grouped into two broad divisions of:

Competition and traditional events

Which of the following countries is usually seen as the cradle of Afro-Latin music:

Cuba

Which of the following composers alludes to the novel Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez in one of his operas:

Daniel Catán

Name one country from Central Africa.

Democratic Republic of Congo

What American city was the original home to Motown Records?

Detroit

Which television show presented both Elvis Presley and The Beatles?

Ed Sullivan Show

When Khyāl was first introduced to the Mughal court, it made a striking contrast with dhrupad because Khyāl placed more emphasis on:

Emotional pathos

One reason we know that many types of Indian music have remained unchanged is that beginning in the 1880s:

Ethnologists began fanning out across North America.

What is the common thread between the merengue, salsa, rumba, samba, calypso, soca, and reggae?

European harmony,Kongo/Angola rhythm, and Entertainment

Opera by Latin American composers during the 18

European in outlook

According to the course text, the atsimevu (pictured above) is played by the:

Ewe people

According to a National Endowment for the Arts survey, country music became America's most popular music in the 1980s

False

Africanisms account for continuity and change in folk and dance-hall music in the Caribbean.

False

Arnold Richardson was arguably one of the most famous ethnologists who traveled across North America interviewing and recording elderly singers.

False

Country Music is mainly derived from ballads, comedic stories, and songs like "Oh! Susanna" by Stephen Foster.

False

Cowboy songs from the 1930s and 40s were not yet influenced by jazz harmonies and rhythm

False

In Lakota (Northern Plains) society, a man would play flutes during courtship to convince the woman's parents that he was capable of supporting her.

False

In the 20th century, Indian classical music came to be seen as a product of what had become a moribund and decadent Mughal, therefore Muslim, court culture.

False

In traditional Native cultures there is an overarching concept of "music," i.e., they classify songs in terms of "music for flute" or "music for social dancing."

False

Korean shamans are exclusively female.

False

P'ungmul is one of the few Korean musical traditions that has been able to escape being politicized

False

Part of the larger Iroquoian musical category called "Earth Songs," Eskanyeh are danced by both men and women.

False

Religion and music were strongly connected in ancient Korea. However, only instruments, not the songs themselves, were believed to possess spiritual power.

False

The advent of European settlement was the major force that triggered the start of pow-wows.

False

The brothers Haddu and Hassu Khan, court musicians of the mid-19th century were descendants of India's greatest musician.

False

The contemporary intertribal pow-wow has become a major force to maintain intact the music and dance traditions among today's Indian populations.

False

The instruments of Indian classical music are ancient instruments of purely Indian origin that have been preserved unchanged for centuries.

False

To this day, it is still fairly easy to draw a precise distinction between dhrupad and khyal styles in Indian music.

False

When did the musical cultures of Central Asia, along with Buddhism, enter Korea, catalyzing active musical exchanges between Korea and her neighbors?

From the fourth century

Which of the following American music traditions was initiated by James Brown's music?

Funk

Which of the following does NOT represent a famous southern exponent of rockabilly music:

Gene Autry

The gentle and peaceful tones of Korean music are attributable to the use of instruments made with natural materials. From the following, choose the material that does not belong in this group.

Gold

Which of the following musical traditions did Aretha Franklin come from?

Gospel

In a dundun ensemble, there is one drum that has a pot-like shape and is played with two leather string beaters rather than with a wooden stick. This drum is the:

Gudugudu

Which of the following singers is NOT representative of the "countrypolitan" style that became the mainstream Nashville sound through the 60s, 70s, and beyond?

Hank Williams

The most vibrant manifestations of African-derived culture in the Caribbean follow the principles of the West African soundscape. From the following, select an element that does NOT belong to the African soundscape as reflected in Caribbean music:

Harmonic Structure

Select the feature that is NOT characteristic of Indian Classical Music.

Has a written source

North Indian Music is also known as:

Hindustānī music

The African-derived religion of Brazil takes the names of Candomble in Bahia, the Macumba in Rio, and Batuque in the northeast. Candomble means:

House of drums

What kind of cultural function does country music provide for its audiences?

Identity, expression of values, and life lessons

1920s rural southerners performed in a style that...

Included folksy nasal singing often accompanied by string instruments.

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were a time of major economic, social, political, and cultural transition in Korea. The formation of a bourgeois class meant:

Increased visibility and support for artists and musicians.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of ghāranā?

It has institutional origins with clear rules and regulations.

Which of the following statements about the the Catholic rite is NOT correct?

It is musically simple and straightforward.

Why were hardcore twangers, rockers, honky-tonkers, folk singers, traditionalists, and other roots-oriented musicians and audiences upset with Nashville as it became "Music City"?

It's too suburban softshell

One of the reasons why the mbira has been very popular in the United States, and indeed in many Western countries, is that:

Its melodic phrases outline harmonic patterns that sound similar to those of Western music

Which of the following is NOT true of the corrido:

Its texts deal solely with the Mexican Revolution

Southern African music is particularly noted for

Its well-developed vocal styles.

What event hindered Koreans' construction of cultural and performance identities in the first half of the 20th century?

Japanese colonization

What are some of the "tangled" cultural roots of country music?

Jazz, the blues, and hispanic sounds

What 1960s artist led the way in manipulating the sound of the electric guitar by using feedback, distortion, and other electronic sound-changing devices?

Jimi Hendrix

Which of the following traditions are present in the Brazilian Macumba:

Kongo-Angola, Yoruba, Amerindian, and Roman Catholicism.

A mudang is a:

Korean female shaman

The instrument pictured above is a:

Korean kayagûm

After independence in 1825, Bolivian musical life

Lacked both resources and an educational infrastructure

In the nineteenth century, the verses of the corridos came from:

Large fliers that transmitted the news of the day

The first opera in the New World was produced in:

Lima

Which artist below is renowned for a continuously changing image and provocative music videos?

Madonna

In the 1920s and 30s, sales of southern rural music became artificially segregated because:

Marketers didn't recognize the extent of the southern musical culture.

Which of the following dances goes back to colonial times in Dominican Republic?

Merengue

Khyāl originated as a classical genre in the:

Mid-17th century

What major record label was started in Detroit by Berry Gordy?

Motown

From around the first century BC, in the kingdom of Silla, leaders were first groomed as hwarang, the "flower youths," who were trained in:

Music Affairs of the nation and martial prowess Poetry and dance

The image above represents a musician who was regarded as a legend in his own lifetime, and remains the most famous singer in the history of North Indian classical music. His name is:

Mīyān Tānsen

In which Korean tradition do the instruments pictured above produce a shrill cry and its answer?

Nongak

The Peruvian huayno can also be heard in other Latin American countries. Which of the following is NOT a country in which the huayno would be heard:

Northern Venezuela

Pow-wow singing is always in one of two styles. What are they?

Northern and Southern

Plains pow-wow music uses a three beat-pattern AA' BC BC form with each phrase grouping ending with a formulaic cadential pattern of genre-specific vocables. This form is called:

Omaha form

The music example above represents:

One of the first polyphonic pieces published in the New World

Instrumental performances in West Africa are dominated by:

Percussion instruments

The amadinda is an example of what type of musical instrument?

Percussion instruments

Who was the producer of Michael Jackson's Thriller album?

Quincy Jones

Entering the nineteenth century, in order to adjust to the rising expectations of patrons and audiences p'ansori singers had to:

Revise the existing p'ansori narratives to be worthy of the newfound venues

Macumba constitutes a direct link to

Samba

The classic form of samba used in the Brazilian carnival is the:

Samba de morro

The kkwaenggari (small gong), changgo (hourglass drum), ching (big gong), and puk (barrel drum) have been combined in a newly emerged type of Korean chamber percussion ensemble called:

Samulnori

The ritual music of Cuba lived through the _____________, a religion that combines Yoruba spirituality with Catholicism.

Santeria

What film gave the Bee Gees a long run on Billboard top charts?

Saturday Night Fever

Exuding a truth captured in a momentary awakening and improvisational in nature, sijo was:

Sijo was a poetic-musical commentary on life; a reflection of the aesthetic sensibilities of upper class Koreans who had access to education and time for contemplation; and an equally potent confessor of love.

African influences in Latin America have long been felt. Choose the element that is uncharacteristic of African music:

Simple rhythms

What system is in place today that measures the sales record of music?

SoundScan

The first "professional" songwriter in the U.S. is:

Stephen Foster

The endingidi is an example of what type of musical instrument?

String instrument

The mbira is one of the most sophisticated melodic instruments in:

Sub-Saharan Africa

The base drum that leads the ensemble and other percussion instruments in carnival is called:

Surdo

According to the course text, the akadinda xylophone (pictured above) is played by

The Baganda people of Uganda

A hardcore twang performer is:

The Carter Family

What dance did Chubby Checker introduce to American audiences on American Bandstand?

The Twist

The system of court patronage, whereby classical music was supported by local rulers who employed musicians on a permanent basis, had virtually come to an end in India by:

The end of the 19th century

The repetitive pattern in the following music example represents:

The isaaju

The musical ancestors to today's pow-wow repertory are:

The song-forms of the Omaha and Ponca Nation's Heluska War Dances

The Gwalior style of khyāl of the Khan brothers, recognized as being unique and definitive, has been preserved to the present day by:

Their many Hindu disciples

From the following choices, select the nation that does not belong in the Indian sub-continental area that is referred to as South Asia.

Tibet

The area between Broadway and Sixth Avenue on West 28th Street in New York City was fondly known as:

Tin Pan Alley

The first opera performed in the New World, La púrpura de la rosa (The Blood of the Rose) (1701), was composed by:

Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco

Among the Shona people of Zimbabwe, the sounds of the mbira are believed to have the power to break through the heavens to communicate with ancestral spirits

True

By and large, Indian music is taught and learned orally and is performed from memory and/or improvised in varying degrees.

True

In Indian music, tāla refers to metrical systems, as opposed to the melodic systems of rāga.

True

In Navajo ceremonies, male singers perform the parts of the female deities using a falsetto voice.

True

In Pow-wow music, Southern singing is generally done with a lower voice, and slightly slower tempo, while Northern musicians tend toward faster tempos and more active rhythmic structures.

True

In the 1920s and 30s, despite the fact that country music was marketed separately for many years, black and white southern music remained accessible to all.

True

In the 1930s, Western rural musical styles developed particularly in the new genre of western films.

True

Indian classical music is essentially a solo performance by a melodic soloist (vocal or instrumental), accompanied by other musicians who play a subordinate role in the performance.

True

Johnny Cash was influenced by African-American blues performers.

True

Navajo and Apache music use A/B, or binary form structure.

True

No single music or dance form represents the Caribbean ethos.

True

The Oklahoma Ponca share the same language and music with the Omaha.

True

The music used in Caribbean religious rituals retains African antecedents.

True

A Latin American protest singer who lost his life at the hands of a military dictatorship was:

Victor Jara

The most common translation of "Christmas carol" is...

Villancico

Who is the softshell performer in this list:

Vince Gill

One of the first musicians to take music out of the courts and into the public arena in India was:

Vishnu Digambar Paluskar

The concept of classical music concerts for the general public, with tickets sold at the door, was introduced in India by:

Vishnu Digambar Paluskar

What role and function does the 'yanvalou trilogy' play in the proceedings of Caribbean rituals?

Vodou, salute the Dahomean spirits

The essence of Haitian culture is:

Vodou.

What country music also uses jazz rhythms, harmonies, and other elements in its performance styles?

Western swing, country blues, and bluegrass

After 1888, the date of emancipation, Blacks began to enter the Brazilian carnival with bands known as "charangas," that played African instruments. One such instrument, pictured above, is known as:

Xequere

The dundun drum ensemble epitomizes:

Yoruba drum music

Syncretism is best defined as the...

blending of belief systems

The music example above represents:

buddhist chant

Please select the word pair that best completes the following sentence: The melodic patterns played on the instrument are outlined as series of _______ short repetitive phrases, each of which consists of ________ beats.

four/ twelve

The instrument depicted above is a:

hand drum

Nonghyôn is an important aspect of Korean musical performance. Its vibrato-like movements harmonize different musical qualities. Select the pair least related to the musical balancing of nonghyôn.

high and low

Much of our understanding of indigenous Latin American instruments comes from:

iconography, written accounts, and music notation by missionaries

The roots of samba can be found in:

lundu, marcha, and maxixe

One of the most important types of mbira is the:

mbira davadzimu.

The following music example titled Ifa Divination represents

music of the Yoruba people

One major difference between old-time events and the modern pow-wow is that contemporary pow-wows are:

open to any (including non-Indians) who wish to attend

Which of the following melodic modes is NOT typically used in P'ansori singing:

sincere (jinshillo)

In which of the following does the Benaras gharana, a network of Hindu families based in Benaras, specialize in?

tablā, pakhāvaj, sārangī, and dance

African modern popular music is a musical idiom that developed in:

the early part of the 20th century

Music that is intended to become popular is:

written and sold for profit, generally performed by a single person or small group, and targeted to the wides possible audience