MUS 2018 Final

Tango originated among the people in the port region of ______.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

In what European country has the tango gained popularity during the past 30-40 years?

Finland

Why was Verka Serduchka's performance as a drag queen remarkable?

S/he represented a homophobic country.

What is the social position of mbira performers?

They are highly respected, believed to have been "called" to perform with this instrument.

Why was the kobza eventually expanded in shape to become the bandura?

Ukrainian musicians wanted to be able to play music with more complexity than was required for folk songs.

Among Adolph Hitler's rules for music were that it be joyful, in major keys, and no faster than _____________.

allegro

A distinctive feature of the Ukrainian bandura is its _______-shaped body.

asymmetrically

How is the word "piphat" pronounced?

bee-pot

When a kora performer improvises a melody in the high strings, above the continuously repeated pattern in the low strings, he/she is playing the ____________.

birimintingo

In our discussion of circular breathing, what method was suggested as a way of learning how to do it?

blowing bubbles through a straw into a drink

Our most complete understanding of the musics of other cultures is most likely gained by studying ______________.

both the traditional and contemporary musics

What objects are attached to the mbira with the intent to add a buzzing-type of sound to its music?

bottle caps

How is the mbira played?

by plucking

How is the location of each year's Eurovision Song Contest determined?

by the nationality of the previous year's winner

The airline that shuttled Americans between Miami and Havana prepared the vacationers for a good time by providing them with ________________.

champagne and a night club entertainer

The Chinese classification of instruments into the categories of "silk" and "bamboo" are the equivalent of _________ and ____________ in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of organology.

chordophone, aerophone

Which of the following is classified as an aerophone?

clarinet

When you snap your fingers, you are vibrating as a(n) _________.

corpophone

Australian Aboriginal musicians must be able to circular-breathe in order to play the __________ effectively.

didjeridu

If we wanted to know what it's like to perform in a marching band, it would be a good idea to ask a current member of the band because he/she/they would have the ____________ perspective.

emic

A person who is a cultural outsider has a(n) ______ perspective.

etic

Of the five basic elements, which one do the Chinese associate with creativity and inspiration?

fire

Japanese __________ music originated in ancient court settings.

gagaku

Which of the following is classified as a chordophone?

guitar

After she began her Eurovision performance, the lights gradually brightened to reveal that Conchita Wurst __________.

had a beard

A single melody with harmonic accompaniment has a ____________ texture.

homophonic

A(n) ______ "itself" vibrates to produce a sound.

idiophone

The claves are classified as a(n)

idiophone

The way in which gumboots are played logically lends them to identification as _____________.

idiophones

The instruments played in samba are mostly ____________.

idiophones and membranophones

The sankyoku ensemble is comprised of these three instruments: _____________, _____________, and ______________.

koto, shamisen, shakuhachi

The repeated, basic rhythmic figures that a kora performer plays to accompany improvisation in the higher strings is called ________.

kumbengo

What kinds of dance moves would you expect to see in samba?

lots of energetic hip action

The Hawai'ian pahu is classified as a(n) ____________.

membranophone

Who are the performers of Balinese kecak?

men and boys

In the early stages of tango development, prostitutes were known as ____________.

milongueras

Which of the following is the only aerophone played in the takht ensemble?

ney

One of the issues addressed in the section "Music and the Environment" is _______ pollution.

noise

An important issue in the discussion of transmission and pedagogy is _______________.

oral tradition versus written notation

We watched a short clip in which Bobby McFerrin demonstrated the _______ as familiar to audiences wherever he performs.

pentatonic scale

The balalaika is classified as a _______________.

plucked, long-necked, fretted, triangular lute-type chordophone

West African music is firmly grounded in _________________.

polyrhythm

The primary melodic, idiophonic instrument in a Thai piphat ensemble is the _____________.

ranat ek

We watched part of the film "The Overture," in which the main character was a(n) ___________ prodigy.

ranat ek

Regardless of their cultural contexts, all musics have timbre, pitch, __________, and dynamics.

rhythm

Bunraku performance is accompanied by a singer/narrator and a musician, who plays the ____________.

shamisen

The ______________ is the only aerophone that contributes to Jewish worship.

shofar

What technique was Umm Kulthum renowned for doing so well?

singing with clear diction

Recently deceased, Ravi Shankar was, arguably, the most internationally-renowned ___________ player of all time.

sitar

The two predominant chordophones that characterize the Hawaiian instrumental sound are the ukelele and the ___________.

slack-key/steel guitar

We agreed to define music as

sound that is produced by people within a specific cultural context

The more skilled the _______________ is at praising the host of the party, the more successful the juju band is.

talking drummer

The wai khru ceremony honors _____________.

teachers

Prior to 1949 in China, which type of musician was wealthier than the other, and therefore held the higher social status?

the amateur

What instrument is literally the "key" to Cuban music?

the claves

What instrument is associated with the drinking of palmwine?

the guitar

What Western instrument gained prestige in China during the first half of the twentieth century?

the piano

"Nueva trova" is Cuba's version of ______________.

the protest song

The word "highlife" is a reference to _____________________.

the sense of elitism that was associated with people who could afford to participate

What part of the dancer's clothing serves as an important idiophone in both flamenco and pasodoble?

the shoes

Organology is _________.

the study and classification of musical instruments

One full cycle of bols in a tala is known as a _________.

theka

How does the general overpopulation in Sub-Saharan Africa show up in the music?

through the desired aesthetic of "busy-ness"

One method of exploring the concept of ______ might involve playing the same pitch on a piano, trombone, and tenor saxophone.

timbre

Why do people compose and sing corridos in Mexican culture?

to honor and commemorate people who sacrificed their lives for family and friends

What was an important function of bagpipers in the military?

to signal maneuvers for the soldiers

For what population was kecak originally created?

tourists

Which of these instruments is not played in a Middle Eastern takht ensemble?

trombone

Two different instruments usually share the melody in a typical mariachi band: the violin, and the _________________.

trumpet

Which of the following would be considered an ethnocentric statement?

"We're number 1!"

Klezmer music was created through the combination of ____________.

Ashkenazic music with American jazz

In what major city would you be likely to find performances of pasodoble?

Barcelona

Why did the authors of our textbook compare and contrast classical and folk musics in this chapter?

Because Western European music is historically learned through notation on sheet music.

Curt Sachs and Erich von Hornbostel worked in ______________.

Berlin, Germany

The "_________" is an annual competition between bhangra teams.

Bhangra Blowout

______________________ was a talented, highly respected mbira player who suffered an untimely death.

Chiwoneso

"____________" refers specifically to the Australian Aboriginal creation story.

Dreamtime

We watched a video of a Zimbabwean musician teaching students at __________________ the art of making and playing the mbira.

Duke University

"Highlife" music existed long before European colonization in West Africa.

False

Because flamenco performances are formal occasions, they usually take place in large theaters so that a lot of space can be maintained between the performers and the audience.

False

In order for sound to be recognized as music, it must be made on actual instruments, such as the flute, trombone, xylophone.

False

Ladysmith Black Mambazo has never visited Boone, North Carolina.

False

Men no longer play the female roles in kabuki.

False

Santeria is no longer practiced in Cuba.

False

The actors in Bollywood films record their own voices for the songs.

False

What was the result of the first meeting of the Dutch explorers with the Maori people in 1642?

Four Dutch sailors were killed.

The name of Appalachian State's gamelan means _____________.

Gamelan Club of the Place in the Mountains

The two West African countries we focused mostly on are ____________ and _________________.

Ghana, Nigeria

"Oye Mi Canto" is a music video by ___________________ that incorporates Santeria imagery.

Gloria Estefan

What locale in Cuba did the Spanish choose for their home base as they set about colonizing the Caribbean and southern U.S.?

Havana

The Mexican mestizo population shares ancestry comprised of indigenous bloodlines combined with those of the Spanish soldiers, who were led by ________.

Hernan Cortes

The cyclic nature of the tala is a direct reflection of aspects of ____________.

Hinduism

The official anthem of the Nazi party was named for the author of its text, ___________.

Horst Wessel

Which Tom Hanks movie incorporates samba music in the background?

Joe Versus the Volcano

_______________is the all-male choral ensemble that is internationally-renowned for representing South African music and culture.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

In the 1950s, Americans treated Havana as a playground/getaway much as they do ____________ today.

Las Vegas

______________________ is the band best-known for spurring the popularity of the ________________.

Los Tigres del Norte, narcocorrido

According to ethnomusicologists, why is music considered to be universal, but not a universal language?

Musical activity is found in every human culture, but the meanings are often interpreted differently from culture to culture.

Hawai'i is part of the ___________ islands.

Polynesian

What is the name of Appalachian State's gamelan?

Sekaa Gong Mandala Giri

_________________ is the famous Nueva Trova singer who recorded "My Blue Unicorn."

Silvio Rodriguez

Which Canadian university is internationally renowned for its pipe bands?

Simon Fraser University

The video clip we watched in class of pasodoble being danced is from the Baz Luhrmann movie entitled __________.

Strictly Ballroom

A notable similarity exists between the Thai khong wong yai and the Balinese reyong: both are racks of "pot gongs." But they differ in shape and in number of players. Which of the following is correct?

The khong wong yai is circular and played by one person.

What is the inherent problem of studying music by joining the people who are making it?

The musicians being studied are likely to be affected by the presence of the scholar, which, in turn, may affect how they perform their music.

_____________________ is one of the most well-known kora performers today.

Toumani Diabate

Although mbube began with male singers, it has evolved into performances that involve both men and women.

True

Australia is one of the countries that participates in the Eurovision Song Contest.

True

During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, opera was transformed into a propaganda tool to educate the masses.

True

In contrast to Chinese music, silence is an important component of Japanese music.

True

Joseph Goebbels organized a swing band called "Charlie and His Orchestra."

True

The belief that music has the power to affect a person's behavior began with Plato in ancient Greece.

True

The instrumentalists often double as singers in marachi bands.

True

The two types of scales played in Balinese gamelan are known as "slendro" and "pelog."

True

The beloved Chilean composer/guitarist and singer who was ultimately tortured and murdered was _____________.

Victor Jara

The human voice can be classified as either a(n) ___________ or a(n) _______________.

aerophone, corpophone

Santeria is a form of worship that resulted from the combination of ____________ with ______________.

West African polytheism, the Catholic church

What is the basis for the relationship between the African National Congress (ANC) and "Nkosi sikelel iAfrika"?

When the ANC was first established, it was the hymn they sang at each of their meetings.

What is a pizmon?

a commemorative song

When we attend a performance of Indian classical music, what are we likely to see on the stage?

a large rug for the performers to sit on

Who are/were the Shpilyasti Kobzari (Cocky Kobzars)?

a small ensemble of young men who have performed on "Ukraine's Got Talent" and Ukraine's version of "The Voice"

______, ______, ______, and ______ are the four basic classifications of instruments in the Sachs-Hornbostel system.

aerophone, chordophone, idiophone, membranophone