Music Appreciation Module 2 Chp 7-12

What are the characteristics of popular music in india?

- Cassette culture referred to distribution of popular music in cassette form - lata mangeshkar was a legendary playback singer

What instruments would you expect to hear in a piece of Latin American music?

- Reed flutes, ocarinas, and panpipes - Drums, marimbas, castanets, and maracas - jaranas lutes and harps

What influences on music in South America, Mexico, and Caribbean came primary from Europe

- The use of European styles of art music - The music of the Christian Church

What were the reasons that people came to the united states?

- To escape political or religious persecution - for hopes of a new and better life - for the adventure of something new and different - to flee the rapidly changing societies in their homeland

in places where the government attempts to control traditional and popular music (as has often happened in eastern Europe) what methods of favoring approved music are available

- Tours -Recordings

What are the instruments of the zydeco band

- electric guitar and electric base - accordion - drums - wash or rub board

What are the functions of the raga in classical indian music

- it serves as the pitch organization for a performance - it is an established melodic pattern, and is not the same as a western scale

If a style of music had been influenced by the music of North Africa, primarily derived from Asia musical sounds, what features might this style of music have?

- less use of drums playing strong rhythms - delicate melody with ornamentation

which of the following statements describes a koto

- may include slides, scrapes, striking a string, and other effects - a large 13-stringed instrument

what factors caused the decline of the traditional music in eastern Europe

- migration - urbanization - industrialization

When listening to a performance based on the raga bhimpalasi, what might the listener hear

- the character and mood of the raga - the combined sounds of sitar, tabla, and tambura - alternating passages of free rhythm and rhythm that adheres to the tala - Melodic embellishments performed by the sitar, including slides and bowing

Which describe membranophones in the music of sub-Saharan Africa?

-A drummer exercises skill in striking the drumhead, using fingers, thumbs, and the heel of the hand - Membranophones may have stretched skin at both ends

Which instruments and performers are part of gamelan music?

-Dancers - Singers - Metal mallet instruments - drums - gongs

Which are facts about the film industry in India?

-Film directors are publicized as much as the actors -Hundreds of films are produced annually -The film Industry is centered in Mumbai

Which important events occurred in the career of The Chieftains?

-Subject of the file The Chieftains in China -Won their first Grammy award -Recorded a one time album for Claddagh Records

What attitudes toward music are held by young people in sub-Saharan Africa today?

-Young people are not much interested in traditional African music - Popular music from the west, particularly America, is favored by young Africans - popular music that blends African traditional music with western popular music

Many instruments of sub-Saharan Africa are comparable to instruments in the Western symphony orchestra

-fiddle - violin -mbira - piano -drums of varying sizes - tympani - flute - flute -flute vertical - clarinet -rattle - triangle

Match the descriptions with the corresponding characteristic of traditional Japanese music.

-narrow range- dynamics - pentatonic- scale - nonexistent- harmony - regular- rhythm - delicate- nuances of timber - little or no- improvisation

Listen to the audio clip. Which characteristic appears first?

A singer singing a verse in Gaelic

The popular songs, " The Girl from Ipanema", is an example of

Brazillian Bossa Nova

Listen to the clip. Which one of the following statements best describes what is heard in theis excerpt.

A sitar improvises on the raga Bhimpaiaisi then is joined by the tabla the sitar is the lead instrument, the tabla is the percussion instrument and the tambura is the drone instrument sita presents in free rhythm, with pitch and intended character, many slide pitch-bending alterations Enterance of the tabla creates distint pulse and more active rhythm

Musical Influences received by Africa: Jazz soul reggae samba

African popular music known internationally: Highlife Afrobeat griot juju

Salsa is a latin style of dance music which blends

African rhythms and Spanish-influenced cuban music

What is true about the Irish group Solas

5 Members; Commitment to expand the traditions Acoustic quintet Perform Irish music 3 from US, 2 from Ireland Multimentralist (flute, tim whistle, low whistle, nylon-string guitar, four-string banjo, mandolin, bodhran, and uilleann pipes) 2 Button accordion 2 vocalist 8 CDs

What would a native American song sound like?

Everything but there would be no dancing and the audience would remain silent until the end of the performance

Drums - the most common Singing - an important as playing

Fiddles - has one string Mbrias - have eight to thirty metal reeds

what types of music can be found in India?

Film music, music for religious ceremonies, work songs popular dance and film music, music for religion and rituals, and both classical and traditional

The creators of the Cajun music of southern Louisiana were originally

French refugees from Acadia in Nova Scotia

The culture of India extends beyond music in America. Which additional areas are most familiar to Americans, especially since 1960?

Housewares, religion, philosophy

What is a mbira instrument

It is constructed of resonating box with metal reeds that are plucked

Which best describes the role of jewish music in various surrounding cultures

Jewish musicians preserve their own traditions and also assimilate into the host culture

Place each descriptive phrase in the category of kroncong music or dangdut music, as appropriate

Kroncong old generations indonesian films ukulele type istrument patriotism respectable, national popular music pop in 20th cent film Dangdut emerged in 1970 blend of music fom india, indonesiaa and West youth Muslim dancing, films, religious, protest

Why is Native American music treated as world music?

Music has a very different role in Native American society compared to American society Its music is based on completely different set of aesthetic ideas It is so different from other American music Native culture was not well assimilated into the European culture

What instruments are found in the sankyoku ensemble of Japan

Shakuhachi, koto, shamisen

Listen to the audio clip. Which can be said about the rhythm in this performance?

all but There is no rhythm

Listen. What key characteristics of the gamelan music can be heard?

all but tabla playing 2+3+2+4 rhythm

For working class Chicanos, Tex-Mex music is

an expression of their ethnic identity

The music of the Chicano subculture is called

Tex-Mex music

Which describe or are part of gagaku (Japanese Imperial court music)?

The sho, with 17 small pipes The hichiriki, a double-reed instrument Static, little forward movement

In the twentieth century, Mariachi music is

music for entertainment

The meter changes from which meter to which new meter in "Paajaro Campana"?

duple meter to triple meter

Which of the statements presented are correct definitions of kabuki music?

everything but kabuki has limited appeal so the theaters are very small

What are the functions of the tala in classical Indian music?

everything but organize internal subdivisions as dictated by the tala

What is gamelan music

everything but performed from music notation

What changes are taking place in sub-Saharan African music

everything but rhythm is losing its dominance in African music today as singing becomes increasingly earthy

What are common features of folk music in Japan, despite the distinctive styles represented by its many islands?

everything but trumpets and drums

Native American non-religious music was often

borrowed from the music of other tribes and European settlers

The indigenous peoples and mestizos learned the European classical traditions

from catholic missionaries who taught them gregorian chant and renaissance polyphony

What is gagaku

gagaku is the music of the Japanese imperial court.

the tonality of Tosh and Marleys get up stand up is established by the

guitar lines that resolve to the minor tonic

In the classical music of India, Harmony is the result of ____ between multiple melodic instruments rather than a conscious effort to use ______ progressions.

interaction, chord

What purpose did music have in Native American society

it accompanied rituals and ceremonies

two genres of popular music in indonesia are __________ and ____________

kroncong, dangdut

as one could expect from the emphasis on ________ classical music in Japanese schools and universities, tokyo offers an abundance of music in classical and popular genres from Europe and America

Western

Place each of the six descriptions of Celtic music with its correct category.

What is Celtic Music: -A diversified for of international popular music -Derived from traditional music of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales -Derived from traditional music of small regions of France and Spain What is NOT: -Music based on written form (notation) -A stable, well-preserved tradition -Authentic music of the Celtic people

In karnatic classical music, the _____ is a chordophone commonly used for playing the lead, and a common membranophone is the ______

vina, mridangam

The rhythmic pulse of native american music was

normally very simple

Whereas a western classical composer performer experiments, the Japanese classical performer manipulates traditional music elements and seeks to ________________ traditions

preserve

early recordings of traditional folk music from Europe provided immigrants with

recordings of their native folk music performed by trained musicians

World music can refer to music from distant, non-western exotic cultures but can also

refer to music from diverse cultures within our own society

Because of its theatrical nature, japanese music should be ______as well as heard

seen

which one of these traditional japanese instruments is an end-blown flute

shakuhachi

Which one of the following traditional Japanese instruments has three strings and is used in kabuki, sankyoko, and folk music?

shamisen

Listen to the audio clip. The rhythm of the voices and the rhythm of the drums are

synchronized with the same underlying beat

Listen to the audio clip. The lead instrument in this excerpt is

the accordion

The vernacular music of latin american comes from the culture of

the mestizo people of Spanish and indian descent

The role of Native American musical development is minimal in American music, especially compared to

the role of African music in American music

In world music, we will also study the relationship between the music and

the words

Listen to the audio clip. The role of the guitars in this piece is

to keep time

The harmony in Latin American music comes from

traditional European chords and scales

Mariachi music was originally

traditional Mexican folk music

Most Native American music was lost when the

tribes were destroyed by the rapacious expansion of the European colonies

What are the social setting and role of music in Sub-Saharan Africa?

v

the musical heritage of eastern Europe is rich because musical traditions

vary from one country to the next

Chordophones: Lutes, zithers, harps, fiddles The number of strings varies Usually plucked rather than bowed

Aerophones: Made of wood, ivory, reed, or animal horn May be played held in a vertical or horizontal position

Where can you hear Native American music today?

At public inter-tribal ceremonies and powwows

Match the instruments of Celtic music with their corresponding descriptions:

Bodhran - Large drum Fiddle - Orchestral violin Bouzouki - plucked string Greek origin Ullieann - bagpipe

Explain how Celtic muis and Irish music differ by placing each characteristic with its appropriate category

Celtic: Fans are a world wide virtual community Performances often include new styles Media driven Irish: Best heard in local village pubs in Ireland Instruments include only traditional instruments such as harp and bodhran

Idiophones - rattles, metal or wooden bells and gongs, shells, log drums, clay pot drums, xylophones, and mbiras Membranophones - drums with heads covered with stretched skin. played with sticks, hands or a combination of the two

Chordophones - Lutes, harps, fiddles. Number of strings and the tuning vary greatly from instrument to instrument. Most African stringed instruments are plucked rather than bowed. Aerophones - horns, trumpets and other instruments. made of wood, ivory, or animal horn, usually with no finger holes or valves. Vertical and horizontal flutes and reed instruments.

The Celtic group Altan began with two performers in the early 1980s, and gradually added performers and their instruments to the group over the next ten years. Place the instruments originally used, or later added.

Early 1980s: flute singer fiddle Mid-1980s second flute couzouki guitar

What are some of the common characteristics of Latin American music

European major and minor scales are the primary tonalities It is simple and repetitive Phrases are precise and regularly spaced Melodies are limited in range

Place each eastern European instrument in its appropriate category

Folk Instrument: bagpipe cimbalom double recorder Factory-Made: Button accordion Fiddle Flutes

Listen What sequence of performers is heard in this excerpt

Instruments solo choir

Which groupings show the correct match-ups of a region with its art music?

North India - Hindustani music South India - Karnatic music

Arrange the events in the history of the Celtic group Clannad in chronological order from earliest to latest:

Performed in family owned bar 1980s radio and recordings and concerts success began using electronic effects Bono sang a duet with Maire on a track that charted in 1986 and 1989 Recorded theme songs Won a Grammy

What defines the art of music of India?

Research, ancient traditions, and a well founded theoretical system

Listen to the audio clip. Determine whether each characteristic listed is describes the singing or the kato

Singing: melodic notes in high register slides nasal timbre speech rhythms Koto: plucked timbre steady beat ostinato

The influence of the American music tradition can be seen in world music in

The combining of American popular music sounds with the traditional sounds of another culture

What are the 3 aspects of music found in almost all musical traditions

The functions Performance practices The relationship between performer and audience

What is rasa

The power of music to express feelings, thoughts, and images especially those of the seasons, hours of the day, and states of life

What constitutes American ethnic music?

The retained folk songs and dances of immigrants from all over the world

What traits of world music are different than those used in western music

The use of gapped scales like pentatonic scale Complex rhythms not based on symmetrical meters used in the west Music where harmony is not important The concept of functional music which is not entertainment or fine art

What are some of the terms for musical elements in world music?

Unusual phrase grouping Pentatonic scales vocables modes

Listen to the audio clip. In this excerpt the bass line outlines

a closed cadence

Listen to the audio clip. The music in this excerpt is played by small band known as

a conjunto

What is melismatic singing

a single syllable in the text is sung to several notes

Vocable patterns

can identify a specific song or type of song

The two styles that led to reggae are

ska and rocksteady

bob marley became a reggae superstar due in part to

the developing of jamaican recording industry and distribution networks

listen to the audio clip. The keyboard and the horns can be heard playing harmony. What is the role of such harmony in this song?

the harmony adds color to the overall sound