MUS 205 Final

according to the propositions presented by Michael Bakan, what is music?

a human phenomenon

one of the simplest types of polyphonic textures is ___

a melody accompanies by a drone

according to Ravi Shankar's "An Introduction to Indian Music", a raga is..

a precise melody form

instruments that are not amplified electronically are..

acoustic

a didgeridoo is classified as a...

aerophone

who was the founder of the maihar ghanara and guru to ravi shankar

allaudin khan

when we speak about dynamics in music we are referring to music's levels of

amplitude

the conch shell is..

an aerophone

the best known traditions of gamelan music come from these two islands in Indonesia

bali and java

the underlying pulse of music is known as the

beat

a well known scale influenced by African scales is the ___ scale

blues

a constantly recurring melodic, rhythmic,or harmonic motive is called

ostinato

the multitrack recording process of layering many separate musical tracks is called..

overdubbing

the "shimmering" quality of the instruments in gamelan gong kebyar is due to ___

paired tuning of instruments

the 7 note scale used in gamelan music is called

pelog

a systematic pitch set that uses five pitches is called...

pentatonic

Culture

the collective worldview shared by its members

the influence of"pianistic" style in zheng music led to

the development of more technically demanding pieces

lavish movie musical that depicts the history of the communist party of china under Mao Zedong

the east is red

the contest musical style called kreasi beleganjur become popular in..

the mid 1980s

when a piece of music contains sections of newly composed music without any repetition is called...

through composed

a rhythmic pattern that is repeated three times in succession at the conclusion of a performance is called a..

tihai

___ is the character or quality of a musical tone

timbre

differences in ___ allow us to distinguish between vocal tones, brass tones, and woodwind tones

timbre

the main goal of a group competing in a beleganjur contest (lomba beleganjur) is..

to impress the judges and audience by balancing tradition and innovation within the context of a virtuosic performance medium

In cremation ceremonies, beleganjur music is used as a "weapon"

to intimidate and drive away evil spirits as bhutas and leyaks

Koto

traditional instrument from japan

the four ancient sanskrit scriptures of hinduism, believed to be of divine origin

vedas

Result of Valerie Naranjo's fieldwork in Ghana where she leaned to play the gyil

women are now allowed to play the instrument

The Koto is a type of chordophone called a...

zither

The single row xylophone of the Dagara and Lobi people of Ghana and Burkina Faso is called what?

Gyil

the two "great traditions" of indian classical music discussed in the chapter are

Hindustani and Karnatak

this country is made up of thousands of islands between Asia and Australia and has the world's largest Muslim population

Indonesia

Merging of formerly distinct styles of music into new forms of expression

Musical syncretism

This swedish saxophonist used youtube videos from around the world as the basis for a recording project called "Cinemascope". The project combined elements of improvisation, world music, and jazz and is an example of musical syncretism

Nils Berg

What is a group of persons regarded as forming a single community of related, interdependent individuals?

Society

call and response is ____

a back and forth alternation between different parts

the word banjar refers to ___

a balinese neighborhood organization

the zheng is best described as

a board zither chordophone

an instrument in which the sound is activated by the vibration of strings over a resonating chamber is..

a chordophone

an instrument in which the vibration of the body of the instrument itself produces the sound is...

idiophone

To compose in the moment of the performance is called...

improvisation

unity in diversity is the national motto of..

indonesia

when a single melodic line is divided note by note between two or more performers this is called

interlocking

when a single melodic or rhythmic line is divided note by note between two or more performers this is called ____

interlocking

Which musical element can be heard in this example of kotekan from Bali?

interlocking melody

the distance between any two notes is called an..

interval

Qur'anic recitation...

is not music from orthodoc Muslim perspectives but does exhibit qualities that make it sound musical to non-Muslims

what is the capital city of indonesia

jakarta

this pitch located a half step below the tonic and is used to create a feeling of going towards the tonic is called..

leading tone

number of beats in a measure defines the music's

meter

when meters are longer and more complex we use the term..

metric cycle

pitches that are smaller than a half step apart are called..

microtone

People who share a sense of homeland but do not have political autonomy over that homeland

nation state

the first well known Western composer to become fascinated with gamelan music was...

Claude Debussy

The name of a funeral song played on the xylophone from Ghana

Darkpo

What is the best way to figure out whether something is music?

Determine whether there are people who intended it to be music or who perceive it as music

standard features of a tala

-basic, skeletal rhythmic pattern in the drumming part -specific pattern of relatively stronger and weaker beats -strong first beat called sam

in what types of music are you likely to find backbeat accents?

-blues -funk -rock

similarity between javanese and balinese gamelan music

-common historical foundation in hindu religious cultures -related types of instruments -based in cyclical musical form

Tuning of Gamelan instruments

-instruments tuned in pairs sound out of tune creating "waves" in the sound -balinese tuning is not set to a standard -two different tuning systems are used (5 note and 7 note scale)

in indian classical music, these two elements are most important

-melody -rhythm

characteristics of the beijing opera in the traditional style

-minimal use of stage props -combining speech, song, dance, acting, and acrobatics -highly stylized (not realistic) stage action

what are the two types of chordophones discussed in class?

-zither -lute

the ____ created when the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of a scale are sounded together is known as the tonic

chord

when two or more different pitches are sound simultaneously this yields a..

chord

a pipa is classified as a...

chordophone

the sitar often used in north indian instrumental music is classified as..

chordophone

when two pitches are played at the same time and produce a pleasing sound they are called..

consonant

the "musical elements" you perceive during a performance of John Cage's piece "4'33" in a concert hall might include

creaking seats in the audience

A people defined by shared identification with a "homeland" where they themselves do not reside

diaspora

in tonal music, the 5th pitch up from the tonic is called the...

dominant

rhythm is most closely related to

duration

a theremin is best classified as...

electrophone

____ draws on musicology, anthropology, and other disciplines in order to study the world's musics

ethnomusicology

___is the element of music that pertains to the large scale dimensions of musical organization

form

when music is nonmetric we say it is in...

free rhythm

pitch is most closely related to...

frequency

____ is the generic term for mainly percussion based ensembles of Bali, Java, and other islands of Indonesia

gamelan

decresendo describes a tone that ___

gets lower in amplitude

the large instrument used in gamelan music to signal the end of the rhythmic cycle is called...

gong ageng

every tone is actually comprised of multiple pitches called partials or...

harmonics

which of the following features is NOT a part of traditional indian classical music

harmonized melody

pitches that are sounded together

harmony

The ways in which people think about and represent themselves and one another through music

identity

____ describes music in which two or more distinct parts are performed simultaneously

polyphony

the musical texture of multiple rhythmic patterns performed simultaneously

polyrhythm

the pattern of movement in time describes...

rhythm

the term for the first beat of a rhythmic cycle in Indian classical music is called ___

sam

playback singers are famous in india for ____ in bollywood films

singing, but not appearing

the term monophonic refers

single line textures

the 5 note scale used in gamelan music is called

slendro

what was the traditional occupation of the kalbelia

snake charmer

the basic property of all music

sound

an accented note that falls between beats is called...

syncopation

when there is an accented beat that falls in between the regular recurring beats it is called...

syncopation

Raga

system used in north indian classical music to classify pitches into modes that are only played at certain times of the day or during a particular season of the year

term used for india's system for organizing measured musical time

tala

the rate at which beats pass in music is called...

tempo

_____ is the element of music that pertains to how the different vocal and/or instrumental parts in a piece of music relate to one another

texture