Music Final Exam

In this excerpt, the instruments enter in which order? Select one: a. tanpura - vibraphone - zither - conch shell b. tanpura - conch shell - zither - vibraphone c. tanpura - zither - vibraphone - conch shell d. tanpura - zither - conch shell - vibraphone

D

The distinctive sounds, settings, and significances of music make up a ________.

Soundscape

Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project ultimately led to the creation of a Silk Road Ensemble, a Grammy-nominated CD, new compositions, and educational efforts featuring musicians and artists from a variety of countries. Select one: True False

True

Tarab

ecstasy. Objective of Arabic song -- to enchant the audience. Danielson states: "the pleasure of listening to a wonderful singer all night; the excellence of the singer who could enchant her audience until dawn"

For this class, I can use ___________ style for formatting and citations.

MLA

Adhan

Muslim call to prayer

The lyrics of this excerpt discuss Select one: a. Changó's military prowess. b. the Tibetan exile. c. the birth of Christ. d. the Muslim invasion of Ethiopia in the sixteenth century.

C

The orchestra that accompanies capoeira is called a (n): Select one: a. agogô. b. pandeiro. c. bateria. d. ginga. e. roda.

C

This excerpt is associated with Select one: a. martial arts in Salvador, Brazil. b. harvest festivals in Angola. c. harvest festivals in rural Punjab. d. martial arts in Argentina.

C

This excerpt is influenced by Select one: a. Mongolian folk song. b. Mongolian horse galloping. c. All of the answers are correct. d. Mongolian biphonic singing.

C

This song Select one: a. celebrates the crushing of the Apartheid regime. b. is a tribute to Walter Sisulu. c. symbolizes reconciliation in South Africa after the end of the Apartheid regime. d. is about the life of Nelson Mandela.

C

What aspects of a soundscape form its setting? Select one: a. the meaning that performers and listeners perceive in its sounds b. the volume and quality of the sounds produced there c. everything from the venue to the behavior of those present d. whether or not the sounds created in the soundscape are made by humans

C

What is the Timkat Festival celebrating? Select one: a. the birth of Jesus b. Christmas c. Jesus' baptism d. the birth of Buddha e. Freedom from slavery

C

What is the name of the popular musical style that contains several streams influence from Ghana's musical past? Select one: a. gamelan b. angsel c. highlife d. atumpan

C

What trait of Balinese gamelan is imitated in this excerpt? Select one: a. kotekan b. pencak c. beating tones d. All the answers are correct.

C

Which term literally means "separation," and refers to the official laws of racial segregation enforced in South Africa until 1990? Select one: a. thena b. nduah c. apartheid d. mento

C

A distinctive pattern of pitches organized into a beginning, middle, and end is called a (n): Select one: a. interval. b. melody. c. range. d. register. e. rhythm.

B

According to our textbook and lecture, which of the following would not be considered a ritual? Select one: a. a funeral b. brushing your teeth c. a sporting event d. a quinceañera e. a wedding

B

Although many people around the world would consider this excerpt "music," the Inuits considered this genre primarily Select one: a. imitations of animal sounds. b. a game. c. a sacred ritual. d. wedding music.

B

In this instructional recording, how is the teacher's basic pedagogical technique? Select one: a. He gives the traditional Ethiopian musical notation to the students. b. He teaches orally one melekket at a time. c. He teaches orally one word at a time. d. He gives the Western staff notation to the students.

B

The goal of Santería worship is: Select one: a. None of the above b. to establish a relationship with orishas and seek their help. c. to achieve spiritual enlightenment through meditation. d. to develop a richer understanding of the afterlife. e. to scare away evil spirits, jinn, and other demonic forces.

B

The lead instrument in this excerpt is a(n) _____________ called the ______________. Select one: a. aerophone...ukulele b. chordophone...lap steel guitar c. idiophone...ukulele d. idiophone...lap steel guitar

B

The new, combined South African national anthem has lyrics in all of the following languages EXCEPT: Select one: a. English. b. German. c. Sesotho. d. Afrikaans. e. Zulu

B

The presence of _______________ makes this excerpt different from traditional Cajun music. Select one: a. drums b. a rub board/ washboard c. a fiddle d. a button accordion

B

The tune is named after _________________, and it is in ___________ time. Select one: a. a town in the Punjabi region of India...triple b. a town in China's Yunnan Province...quadruple c. a town in Mongolia...triple d. a town in Iraq...quadruple

B

What are fieldnotes? Select one: a. the paper materials distributed and collected through mail surveys b. an observer's notes about what has occurred during or shortly after an encounter or musical performance c. the process of making notes about relevant information collected through archival research d. the raw, unedited material as originally filmed with a video camera

B

What does it mean when music is described as having a heterophonic texture? Select one: a. It has two or more parts that move together in harmony, creating chords. b. It has two or more parts that play the same melody but with slight deviations. c. It has two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody. d. It consists of a single melody without accompanying harmony.

B

What does the term canntaireachd refer to? Select one: a. a type of bagpipes that produce a loud sound and are suitable for playing outdoors b. a vocal style that uses vocables and imitates the sound of the bagpipes c. rapid bagpipe grace notes in the lower part of the chanter's range that sound like the squawk of a breaking voice d. a type of bagpipes that produce a quieter sound and are therefore more suitable for playing indoors Feedback

B

What is the meaning of the term ethnic group? Select one: a. a group of people within a larger society who have similar facial features b. a group of people within a larger society who have (or think they have) a common ancestry c. a group of people who may have racial or ancestral differences but currently have the same nationality d. a group of people within a larger society who have similar skin color

B

This pizmon contains a residue of dual Arab and Jewish identity because Select one: a. it was written for a Jewish bar mitzvah in Syria. b. it contains an old Hebrew melody and Arabic lyrics. c. the first melody in the excerpt is derived from an Egyptian film song and the second melody is derived from an Israeli film song. d. it contains a melody from an Egyptian film song and a highly symbolic Hebrew text.

D

What factors contribute to the timbre of a sound produced by an instrument? Select one: a. the details of its construction, such as the materials from which it is made or aspects of craftsmanship b. the intensity with which the instrument is plucked, strummed, blown, struck, bowed, etc. c. Each answer shown here is correct.

D

What is the universal definition of music? Select one: a. organized sound that has rhythmic organization b. organized sound that has a tune or a melody c. organized sound that includes human vocalization d. It is impossible to give a universally acceptable definition of music

D

What music do ethnomusicologists study today? Select one: a. music outside the boundaries of the Western classical traditions, and focused on styles transmitted by oral tradition b. music of their own countries c. music on recordings made in the past, or descriptions of older musical practices d. any and all musical phenomena in a variety of places

D

What technique allows the ensemble in this excerpt to play continuous fast passages? Select one: a. interlocking melodic performers. b. tala. c. pelog. d. kotekan.

D

What was the intercultural conflict that shaped the genre of the corrido? Select one: a. the conflict between Mexicans and the Spanish b. the conflict between Arabs and Jews c. the conflict between African Americans and white Americans d. the conflict between Mexicans and Anglo-Americans

D

Which of the following is true about this pizmon? Select one: a. It was written for a wedding. b. It is based on the groom's high school song. c. Because Syrian Jews have come to know the origin of this tune, they rarely sing this pizmon today. d. All of the answers are correct.

D

Which term refers to the regular pulse of much Western classical music and its divisions into regular groupings of two, three, four, or six beats? Select one: a. measure b. melody c. tempo d. meter

D

Capoeira performance takes place in a ring called a (n): Select one: a. bateria. b. pandeiro. c. agogô. d. ginga. e. roda.

E

Dance can communicate: Select one: a. stories from literature or mythology. b. historical narratives. c. challenges to social conventions. d. a variety of emotions. e. All of the above

E

Singers of Santería chant are valued for all of the following qualities EXCEPT: Select one: a. their ability to engage listeners. b. their power of communication with the orishas. c. their ability to be heard over the drums. d. their success in creating communitas. e. the beauty of their voices.

E

If I find a source through the library, I don't need to conduct a CRAAP test on it. Select one: True False

False

Qasa'id

Genre of Arabic poetry, frequently set to song

Bhangra is an accessible dance style with historical roots in: Select one: a. Bhutan. b. Bangladesh. c. Nepal. d. Punjab. e. Sri Lanka.

D

For what purpose was the modern intertribal powwow begun? Select one: a. to protest forced migrations instigated by the United States military b. to enact a healing ceremony for the people of multiple tribes c. to pray for rain for the coming year's crops d. to be a symbol of "Indianness" in twentieth-century America

D

In Shoshone singing, "push-ups" enable singers to: Select one: a. sing in a higher range. b. sing more loudly. c. None of the above d. lengthen their performances. e. draw attention to themselves.

D

In a jazz funeral in New Orleans, this type of lively march is usually played Select one: a. during the funeral ceremony at the church. b. during the procession from the church to cemetery. c. at the cemetery. d. during the return from the cemetery.

D

In the film Chulas Fronteras, in what settings did you see the music performed? Select one: a. At weddings and anniversary celebrations b. Outdoors on ranches and in yards c. In dance halls d. All of the above

D

In this excerpt, the singer, who is called the _________________, sings about _______________. Select one: a. capoeirista...the history of Angola b. mestre...the steps the dancers will perform c. capoeirista...the steps the dancers will perform d. mestre...the history of Afro-Brazilians

D

Musical performances and repertories that embed political messages through metaphorical or coded terms are called: Select one: a. All of the above b. national anthems. c. iterative forms. d. hidden transcripts. e. public transcripts.

D

Reggae has been popular with which group of people due to its themes of resistance? Select one: a. Irish Americans b. Japanese Americans c. Italian Americans d. Native Americans

D

The "living man" in the lyrics in this excerpt refers to Select one: a. God. b. Bob Marley. c. Malcolm X. d. Haile Selassie.

D

The texture in this excerpt is initially _______________, then becomes _____________ at the very end. Select one: a. heterophonic...polyphonic b. homophonic...biphonic c. polyphonic d. monophonic...biphonic

D

The texture of this excerpt is Select one: a. polyphonic. b. heterophonic. c. biphonic. d. homophonic.

D

The tune originated in _________________ and the instrument you hear is a _______________. Select one: a. eighteenth-century Iran...santur b. nineteenth-century China...santur c. eighteenth-century Iran...pipa d. nineteenth-century China...pipa

D

This excerpt exemplifies a genre that Select one: a. is associated with Creoles in Southwest Louisiana. b. emerged after World War II. c. is heavily influenced by African American and Creole musical traditions. d. All of the answers are correct.

D

According to the discussion in our textbook and lecture slides, for something to be considered a ritual, it needs to have all three of the following elements: 1) series of prescribed actions; 2) community connection; and 3) a transformation. Select one: True False

True

As a result of migration and colonialism, the accordion spread from Europe to Latin America and Africa. Select one: True False

True

Identity can be expressed through music because music can signify race, ethnicity, class, gender, and nationality. Select one: True False

True

Music enhances memory because it helps us recall aspects of our life experience. Select one: True False

True

Musical performances were often part of the displays of Native Americans and other ethnic cultures at nineteenth-century fairs, festivals, and expositions. Select one: True False

True

Musicians may vary the intensity of music depending on the music's setting and function. Select one: True False

True

We can emphasize or de-emphasize certain aspects of our identity. Select one: True False

True

This excerpt discusses Select one: a. life in Hong Kong. b. the singer's imagined return to Taishan. c. life under the Communist government in Taishan. d. life in New York.

B

This excerpt is an example of a genre that originated in _________________. Select one: a. Bali b. Vietnam c. China d. the Middle East

B

This excerpt is unusual for this genre because Select one: a. it features an accordion. b. it features a bandleader who happens to be a woman. c. it contains lyrics in French. d. it uses a repeating chord progression.

B

This excerpt uses Select one: a. irregular meters. b. a nasal vocal timbre. c. sudden dynamic contrasts. d. an aerophone.

B

This song is associated with Select one: a. the Akan people of Ghana. b. the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo. c. Hindus in Mumbai. d. Irish Americans.

B

This song originally appeared in a(n) ___________________. Select one: a. Ghanaian film. b. Bollywood film. c. American film. d. American television show.

B

This vocal style originated from Select one: a. sub-Saharan Africa. b. Tuva. c. Britain. d. Native Americans.

B

Today, this excerpt Select one: a. is performed in concert around the world. b. All of the answers are correct. c. is performed as part of a religious ritual. d. serves as a symbol of the cause of Tibetan independence.

B

How were spirituals transformed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Select one: a. They began to be transmitted more widely, becoming influenced by Western classical music. b. They were transmitted to the slaves' native African homelands and incorporated into the musical traditions there. c. They no longer were written down, and therefore lost their standard form. d. They began to be strongly influenced by other vocal music styles from around the world.

A

In this example, I hear: Select one: a. Voice and a Membranophone b. Voice and an Idiophone c. Aerophone and an Idiophone d. Aerophone and a Chordophone

A

Record companies created the genre of ethnic recordings to: Select one: a. appeal to ethnic groups united by shared linguistic, racial, or other backgrounds. b. sell large quantities of 100,000 copies or more. c. replace outdated world beat recordings. d. None of the above e. provide a less controversial alternative to "race records."

A

The performers of the first excerpt learned this song by ________________, and the performers of the second excerpt learned this version of the song by ________________. Select one: a. oral transmission...written transmission b. written transmission...oral transmission c. written transmission...written transmission d. oral transmission...oral transmission

A

What best describes the texture of the voice and instruments in this excerpt? Select one: a. heterophony b. polyphony c. biphony d. monophony

A

What is the name of the Vietnamese instrument that consists of a single string, a resonating chamber, and a small bamboo shaft that is played by plucking the string with the right hand while moving the bamboo element with the left to determine and bend the pitch? Select one: a. dan bau b. phach c. ho d. qanun

A

Which of the following best describes this excerpt? Select one: a. strophic form and syllabic text setting b. strophic form and melismatic text setting c. through-composed and syllabic text setting d. through-composed and melismatic text setting

A

Which of the following statements about music in the twenty-first century is true? Select one: a. Music in this century has great diversity. b. Setting no longer plays an important role in music's meaning. c. Soundscapes tend to interact less than they did in the past. d. Soundscapes have become more static than they were in the past. e. Western popular music has become the dominant tradition.

A

Which statement best describes this excerpt? Select one: a. All of these statements are true. b. This vocal style is associated with traditional spiritual practices. c. This vocal style is used to imitate or depict the sounds of nature. d. This vocal style has influenced musicians on different continents.

A

Maqam

Arabic modes or scales -- the pitch building block of Arabic music.

Both excerpts are examples of Select one: a. seascapes. b. environmental soundmarks. c. sounds associated with religious rituals. d. carillons.

B

The melody of this excerpt is played by Select one: a. one siku b. two sikus that interlock with each other c. two sikus that play in unison d. ten sikus, each of which can only play a single note

B

The texture of this excerpt is _____________ and the name of the genre is ______________. Select one: a. heterophonic...ru b. monophonic...muyu c. heterophonic...muyu d. monophonic...ru

B

What best describes the texture of the voice and instruments in this excerpt? Select one: a. monophony b. heterophony c. polyphony d. biphony

B

What is an 'ud? Select one: a. a Middle Eastern chordophone, trapezoidal in shape, with twenty-six sets of three strings each b. the principle plucked chordophone in the Arab world, with a short neck and a large body with a rounded back c. a Middle Eastern end-blown, reed aerophone with five or six finger holes and one thumb hole d. a Middle Eastern bowed chordophone with two or three strings

B

What is an 'ud? Select one: a. a Middle Eastern chordophone, trapezoidal in shape, with twenty-six sets of three strings each b. the principle plucked chordophone in the Arab world, with a short neck and a large body with a rounded back c. a Middle Eastern end-blown, reed aerophone with five or six finger holes and one thumb hole d. a Middle Eastern bowed chordophone with two or three strings

B

What is the function of this piece? Select one: a. It is the national anthem of India. b. It is a lullaby. c. It is a song that is sung at funerals. d. It is a birthday song.

B

What is the texture of this excerpt? Select one: a. monophony b. biphony c. heterophony d. polyphony

B

If you sang a line of an African American spiritual alone and the rest of your class answered you as a chorus, you would be performing in which of the following styles? Select one: a. Polyrhythmic b. Heterophonic c. Call-and-response d. Fugal e. Biphonic

C

In this excerpt, four separate synthesized sounds enter in succession. In order of entry, the four sounds imitate Select one: a. a membranophone - an aerophone - a chordophone - an aerophone. b. an idiophone - a chordophone - a membranophone - a chordophone. c. an idiophone - a chordophone - an aerophone - a chordophone. d. a membranophone - an idiophone - an aerophone - an idiophone.

C

This singer learned this song through ___________________, and it is an example of the ___________________ music soundscape in Boston. Select one: a. written transmission...folk b. written transmission...early c. oral transmission...folk d. oral transmission...early

C

What best describes the rhythmic organization of this excerpt? Select one: a. free rhythm b. duple meter c. adi tala d. triple meter

C

What does the term melismatic text setting refer to? Select one: a. singing one pitch per syllable of text b. singing a Chinese text so that the melody accommodates the tones of the Chinese language c. singing several pitches (including ornaments) per syllable of text d. singing a text only on the strong beats of the musical meter

C

What is one significant reason that Vietnamese people in refugee camps in Hong Kong and the Philippines mainly sang sad songs and love songs? Select one: a. Sad songs and love songs were the only songs not prohibited by the Vietnamese Communist party and were therefore the only songs that they knew. b. Although they were happy to leave Vietnam, they sang those songs in an effort to convince the refugee camp organizers that they were distressed. c. Because the Vietnamese Communist regime had prohibited singing love songs and sad songs before 1975, doing so in the refugee camps was a political act. d. Many members of their community died at sea on the journey from Vietnam, and those songs expressed the community's feelings of loss for those people. Feedback

C

What is the mode of this excerpt? Select one: a. major scale b. pentatonic scale c. raga nilambari d. maqam huzam

C

What trait of Balinese gamelan is imitated in this excerpt? Select one: a. kotekan b. pencak c. beating tones d. All the answers are correct.

C

Why do people who have experienced forced migration often maintain their native music traditions? Select one: a. They are nostalgic for the past and maintain their music as part of their shared identity and, they find it difficult to integrate into the musical life and cultures of their new homelands. b. Governments that expel them often force them to take their traditions with them. c. They are nostalgic for the past and maintain their music as part of their shared identity. d. They find it difficult to integrate into the musical life and cultures of their new homelands.

C

Select all of the traits below that can be used to describe traditional Arabic music. Select one or more: a. There is no interaction between the performers and audience. b. Because Arabic music is so focused on the texts, it is typically not accompanied by string or wind instruments. c. Melodic and improvisation material is taken from a set of modes known as Maqām. d. Performances typically bring together metrical and non-metrical, vocal and instrumental, pre-composed and improvised music. e. Arabic music is linear and does not use much harmony, it relies instead upon melodic invention and modulation. f. Quality texts (religious or poetic) are chosen and words must be treated with care.

C, D, E, F

How does this excerpt address contemporary Vietnamese identity? Select one: a. use of a catchy melody, which makes this a good karaoke song throughout the Vietnamese diaspora. b. use of lyrics that discuss travel c. use of tango rhythms, which is a legacy of French colonialism in the Vietnamese musical imagination. d. All of the answers are correct.

D

In a jazz funeral in New Orleans, this type of lively march is usually played Select one: a. during the funeral ceremony at the church. b. during the procession from the church to cemetery. c. at the cemetery. d. during the return from the cemetery

D

The melody of this excerpt is a quotation of Select one: a. an Argentinian tango popularized by Carlos Gardel. b. an Anglo-American ballad. c. an enka by Masao Yoneyama. d. a piece by nineteenth-century European composer Franz Liszt.

D

This excerpt demonstrates that Select one: a. an atumpan drummer plays a pair of drums, which reflects the interdependence of men and women in Akan society. b. this type of drum can replicate the tonal contours of the Twi language. c. drums are involved in telling historical narratives in Asante society. d. All of the answers are correct.

D

This is an example of Select one: a. igil performance. b. a voice manipulated by electronics. c. klezmer. d. khoomii.

D

This pizmon contains a residue of dual Arab and Jewish identity because Select one: a. it was written for a Jewish bar mitzvah in Syria. Incorrect b. it contains an old Hebrew melody and Arabic lyrics. c. the first melody in the excerpt is derived from an Egyptian film song and the second melody is derived from an Israeli film song. d. it contains a melody from an Egyptian film song and a highly symbolic Hebrew text.

D

This prayer Select one: a. praises the Hindu god of learning and auspicious beginnings and his parents. b. is traditionally sung at the end of a worship service. c. traditionally atones for inadvertent errors committed during a ritual. d. All of the answers are correct

D

What is the major reason that the National Road song cycle is significant to members of the Vietnamese diaspora community? Select one: a. Most of them first heard it in Vietnam before they migrated to other parts of the world, and it therefore reminds them of their homeland. b. It describes and portrays the fall of Saigon in 1975. c. It was used as a form of political resistance in Vietnam before 1975. d. It arouses memories and nostalgia by recreating sounds and texts of traditional Vietnamese music.

D

What traditional traits of tango are heard in this excerpt? Select one: a. the accordion b. melancholic lyrics c. tango rhythms d. All the answers are correct.

D

Which of the following factors is a variable that can influence the sounds, settings, and significances of immigrant musical life? Select one: a. Whether the migration was forced or voluntary b. The date of an individual's immigration c. The immigrant's age, gender, and ethnic or religious identity d. The immigrant's economic situation and educational background e. All of the above

D

Tajwid

Qu'ranic recitation, uses elements of music.

Musiqi

The art and science of music

All the case studies we have examined in the textbook have surveyed soundscapes that emerged from different places across the globe but are also present in the United States today. Select one: True False

True

Music can help individuals travel virtually to times and places in their past. Select one: True False

True

Music can reenact the migration process. Select one: True False

True

At what kinds of events do mariachis typically play? Select one: a. They play at a range of musical occasions, including private parties, at restaurants, in outdoor plazas, and at funerals. b. They play primarily at quinceañeras. c. They play primarily at funerals. d. No longer popular within the Mexican community's everyday life, they primarily play only at Mexican restaurants in the United States.

A

Ethnomusicology is: Select one: a. a field that joins the study of music with the concerns and methods of anthropology. . b. a field that joins the study of musical acoustics with the study of human physiology and psychology. c. a field that joins the study of music with the concerns and methods of semiotics. d. a field that joins the study of music with the concerns and methods of sociology.

A

The Ethiopian Sunday School song Kasamay waradat (He Descended from Heaven) is in: Select one: a. strophic form. b. call-and-response style. c. verse-refrain form. d. A B form. e. A B A form.

A

The Omaha Indian Music Recordings housed in the Library of Congress were made using what recording material? Select one: a. On wax cylinders using an Edison machine b. On vinyl with a stylus c. On magnetic tape d. As MP3s through a computer

A

The agbadza dance music is played using which instruments, and has which musical texture? Select one: a. idiophones and membranophones playing in a polyphonic and polyrhythmic texture b. chordophones playing a heterophonic texture c. idiophones playing a homophonic texture d. aerophones and membranophones playing a polyphonic texture

A

This genre of music combines Select one: a. Nigerian practices and aspects of Catholicism. b. Cape Verdean practices and aspects of Shinto. c. Andean practices and aspects of Tibetan Buddhism. d. Polynesian practices and aspects of Lutheranism.

A

To what other song genre is the narco-corrido sometimes compared? Select one: a. gangsta rap b. punk rock c. the blues d. heavy metal

A

What circumstances contributed to the widespread adoption of this type of choral singing in the Ethiopian Diaspora? Select one: a. All of the answers are correct. b. the growing role of women in the Ethiopian Church c. the advocacy of Father Tsehai Birhanu d. practical issues that made performance of traditional liturgy difficult during Ethiopian Revolution

A

What does the acronym CRAAP stand for? Select one: a. Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose b. Creativity, Rhetorical, Academic, Approved, and Popular c. Currency Rhetorical, Academic, Approved, and Popular d. Creativity, Relevance, Academic, Accurate, and Purpose

A

What does the reggae term riddim refer to? Select one: a. All of the above b. An emphasis on the second and fourth offbeats c. The tempo d. The relationship between the bass and rhythm instruments e. Repeating patterns in the bass and rhythm instruments

A

What is the defining characteristic of an idiophone? Select one: a. It is self-sounding; the material of which it is made is set into vibration. b. It has one or more vibrating strings as its sound source. c. Its sound is produced or modified electronically. d. Its sound is produced by enabling an enclosed column of air to vibrate.

A

What is the literal meaning in Japanese of the word karaoke? Select one: a. "empty orchestra" b. "from the orchestra" c. "drunken singing" d. "amateur singing"

A

Which of the following is the best strategy for locating the most useful library databases for your research topic? Select one: a. Consult library research guides b. Locate the list of databases on the library website and use the first database listed c. Conduct a Google search for library databases d. Use Wikipedia

A

The form of this excerpt is best described as Select one: a. through composed. b. ternary. c. strophic. d. sonata.

C

What is the reason that Louis Massry, the composer of the pizmon Ramach Evarai, chose to borrow the melody of a song called The Wheat Song, which had been composed for an Egyptian film thirty-six years earlier? Select one: a. The Wheat Song was not very well known, but he loved it and wanted to increase its popularity. b. The melody was "catchy," and it carried memories of Middle Eastern life for Massry's Syrian Jewish community. c. The story in the Egyptian film for which the song was written reminded him of the boy for whose bar mitzvah Ramach Evarai was written. d. The Wheat Song is in a maqam that sounded similar to the major scale of Western music.

B

What is the setting of music of the powwow today? Select one: a. Although there is no rule restricting its transmission, because it has considerable spiritual significance, it is typically not performed outside of ritual settings at powwows. b. In addition to powwows, it can be heard in special performances at rodeos, football halftime shows, lecture-demonstrations on college campuses, and so on. c. Restricted by tribal law outside of reservations, it is limited to those authorized areas. d. It has gained broad popularity and is heard regularly on television and increasingly influences film and Western classical composers.

B

Which of the following best describes enka, the Japanese popular song genre that is closely associated with karaoke? Select one: a. a style which originated in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, consisting of a mix between jazz, pop, and synthpop b. a nostalgic style well known and especially meaningful to the generation of Japanese who grew up just after World War II c. a type of music characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century d. a style of popular music with a big city theme, particularly inspired by Tokyo

B

Which term refers to the rhythmic effect that provides an unexpected accent, often created by temporarily unsettling the meter through a change in the established pattern of stressed and unstressed beats? Select one: a. irregular meter b. syncopation c. free rhythm d. cadence

B

Who were the MacCrimmon family? Select one: a. the family of virtuosic singers of mouth music who standardized the vocal practice b. the family who developed the classical music of the bagpipe c. the family who developed an updated version of the Irish pìob mhór in the 19th century d. the first family of Scottish bagpipers to introduce the tradition to North America

B

Different instruments have different tone qualities because of the presence and relative strength of: Select one: a. frets. b. fundamental tones. c. particular partials. d. valves. e. keys.

C

How can outside observers of a particular musical culture become sensitive to insiders' understandings of their music's meaning? Select one: a. by carefully considering insiders' points of view b. by repeated exposure to the music c. All of the answers are correct. d. by discussing the music with musicians and other cultural insiders

C

How has the setting for Tuvan throat singing changed in the past several decades? Select one: a. In the past, it was taught in conservatories, but today it is largely a solitary pursuit. b. In the past, the Soviet Union helped to promote Tuvan throat singing around the world, but today, without that support, its performers cannot transmit it beyond the borders of the Tuvan region. c. In the past, it was mostly a solitary pursuit practiced by people in rural Tuva, but today it is taught in conservatories, performed in concerts, and transmitted via recordings around the world. d. In the past, it was performed in formal concerts abroad, but today it is practiced only as a part of daily life in rural Tuva.

C

How is the meaning of a piece of music determined? Select one: a. The composer determines the meaning. b. The performer(s) interpret(s) the composer's work and then determine(s) the meaning in how they choose to perform it. c. An individual listener interprets the meaning for him- or herself on the basis of prior experiences and personal idiosyncrasies. d. The meaning is created by cultural institutions and disseminated through approved music textbooks, such as SOUNDSCAPES.

C

In this dance Select one: a. the heroic actions of Native American soldiers are celebrated. b. some of the movements imitate traditional fighting movements. c. All of the answers are correct. d. some of the movements imitate a wolf stalking its prey.

C

In this excerpt, the drum pattern is often referred to as Select one: a. doubling. b. back beats. c. honor beats. d. a march.

C

Reflecting the influence of Western missionaries, the rendition of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika in the Listening Guide is performed primarily in what texture? Select one: a. Heterophonic b. Polyphonic c. Homophonic d. Polyrhythmic e. Monophonic

C

Tango music in the early twentieth century was usually performed by a(n): Select one: a. algoza. b. atabaque. c. orquesta típica. d. angoleiro. e. chula.

C

The composer Lei Liang has stated that the emphasis on meditation in a particular religious/philosophical practice has shaped his life and musical sensibilities, helping him to value a "profoundly deep silence upon which [he] seek[s] to inscribe [his] signature through sound." Which religious/philosophical practice is he referring to? Select one: a. Roman Catholicism b. Hinduism c. Mahayana Buddhism d. Shinto

C

The different drums heard in this excerpt Select one: a. produce a polyrhythmic texture. b. accompany chant that is performed in call-and-response style. c. All of the answers are correct. d. produce a conversation with the orisha being summoned.

C

________ is an Afro-Brazilian performance style that combines elements of martial art, dance, and music.

Capoeira

The legal protection of intellectual property is called ________.

Copyright

Why has Boston been an important center for the folk music world from the earliest days of the American folk music revival in the 1950s? Select one: a. Many professional classical musicians lived there who aimed to incorporate folk music into the classical music sphere. b. Boston had very few musicians of any kind, and so people enthusiastically embraced the folk-music trend to fill that void. c. Despite its lack of musical activity outside of Western classical music prior to 1950, Boston's young college students have cultivated the folk-music revival there. d. Boston has many ethnic communities with music traditions to draw on, as well as a liberal tradition and many young people at local colleges.

D

Bhangra is based on rhythms played on the ________, which is a two-headed Punjabi drum made of mango wood.

Dhol

As heard in the Listening Guide La Cumparsita, tango songs often used: Select one: a. syncopation. b. the minor mode. c. tempo changes. d. melancholy lyrics. e. All of the above

E

In Arab music, a mode or scale is called a ________.

Maqam

War Dance Song No. 9 is an example of a song text that is primarily comprised of meaningless syllables called ________.

Vocables