Music Appreciation Test 2

Test 2 (course track 12a,12b)- Raga Jog 1. What is the title of this piece? 2. Who is playing the sitar in these examples? 3. Where are these examples from? 4. What is the genre of these examples? 5. What is the metric foundation?/What is the translation for meter?

1. Raga Jog 2. Ravi Shankar 3. India (North) 4. North Indian Classical or Hindustani 5. Tala (tintal)

Test 2 (course track 35)- Rumba 1. Genre 2. Country of Origin 3. Timeline pattern

1. Rumba 2. Cuba 3. Clave

Test 2 (Course track 36)- Salsa Y Sabor 1. Title 2. Composer/Artist 3. What instrument does this artist play? 4. Genre 5. Timeline pattern

1. Salsa Y Sabor 2. Tito puente 3. Timbales 4. Salsa 5. 2/3 Clave

Test 2 (course track 19)- Carnatic Music- adi tala 1. Where is this example from? 2. What is the metric foundation?/What is the translation for meter?

1. South India 2. Tala (aditala)

Test 2 (course track 10)- - 1812 Overture 1. Who is the composer of this composition? 2. From what country does this piece originate? 3. What is the genre of this work? 4. What style period in Western Art is this from? 5. What is the title of this work? 6. What two beats of a 4/4 measure are being emphasized?

1. Tchaikovsky 2. Russia 3. Concert Overture 4. Romantic 5. 1812 Overture 6. 1 and 3/Downbeat

Test 2 (course track 32)- The Stars and Stripes Forever 1. Title 2. Composer 3. Genre 4. Metric Grouping 5. Country of Origin 6. Style Period

1. The Stars and Stripes Forever 2. John Philip Sousa 3. March 4. Duple with downbeat emphasis 5. USA 6. Late Romantic

Test 2 (course track 33)- Waltz in C Sharp Minor 1. Title 2. Composer 3. Genre 4. Style Period 5. Rhythmic technique 6. Country 7. Instrument

1. Waltz in C sharp Minor 2. Chopin 3. Piano Waltz 4. Romantic 5. Rubato 6. France/Poland 7. Piano

Test 2 (course track 37)- West End Blues 1. Title 2. Country 3. Genre 4. Performer 5. Rhythmic emphasis

1. West End Blues 2. USA 3. New Orleans Jazz 4. Louis Armstrong (Trumpet) 5. 2 and 4/Backbeat after the free intro

Waltz

European courtly dance in triple meter

Ostinato

a constantly recurring melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic motive

Colotomic Meter

articulation of the metric grouping by one or more instruments

Rhythm

element of music that deals with the arrangement of sounds and silences in relation to time

Pulse

equal length durations

Beat

in rhythm: combination of long and short or strong and weak equal length durations

Rhythmic Mode/Iqa

metrical structure that also bears expressive qualities

Polyrhythm

multiple rhythmic patterns performed simultaneously

Meter

regular grouping of beats

Syncopation

rhythmic emphasis where it is not expected

Recitative

singing that imitates the natural flow of speech

Rubato

speeding and slowing down the pace of the background pulse

Downbeat

strongest beat in a measure/beat 1

Test 2 (course track 5)- - (El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez) 1. What is the title of this example? 2. What is the genre of this example? 3. Define Corrido: 4. What is the story that this example relates to the listener? 5. In what country does this story take place? 6. What is the metric grouping?

1. "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez" 2. Corrido 3. Mexican and Mexican-American narrative song genre 4. This story took place in the early 20th century in Texas. It tells the story of the Cortez's flight from the law after shooting an officer. The shooting was the result of a misunderstanding that caused the officer to shoot Cortez's brother. The story represented the cultural struggles of many in the region. Cortez's ability to evade capture was celebrated by many Mexicans/Mexican-Americans. 5. America 6. Compound 6/8, some phrases are rounded out with an extra beat making them 9/8

Test 2 (course track 3)- (Amazing Grace) 1. What is the title of this song? 2. What country is this song most closely associated with? 3. What is the metric grouping?

1. Amazing Grace 2. USA 3. Triple = 3/4

Test 2 (course track 6)- - (The Times They Are-a Changin') 1. What country is this song from? 2. Who composed this song? 3. What is this song about? 4. What is the title of this song? 5. What is the metric grouping?

1. America 2. Bob Dylan 3. It is a protest anthem that gave strength to the changing political and social movements in 1960s America. In particular, Dylan wrote it about the civil rights movement. 4. The Times They Are a-Changin' 5. Triple = 3/4

Test 2 (course track 34)- Ana Fi Intizarak 1. Title 2. Performer 3. Rhythmic foundation 4. Country

1. Ana Fi Intizarak 2. Oum Kalthoum 3. Rhythmic mode/Iqa 4. Egypt

Test 2 (course track 4)- - (Agbekor) 1. Which West African people are performing this example? 2. What country is this example from (Hint=Africa is not a country)? 3. Which rhythmic concept is best represented by this example?

1. Anlo-Ewe 2. Ghana 3. Polyrhythm

Test 2 (course track 31)- Symphonie fantastique 1. Composer 2. Style Period 3. Composition 4. Genre 5. Is this a homogeneous or heterogeneous sound ideal? 6. What is the ensemble called? 7. Does this have a downbeat or backbeat emphasis?

1. Beriloz 2. Romantic 3. Symphonie Fantastique, Mvt. 4 4. Program Symphony 5. Heterogeneous 6. Symphony Orchestra 7. Downbeat

Test 2 (course track 25)- Cantonese opera 1. Where is this example from? 2. What genre is this example from? 3. How does the timbre of this singer differ with the vocal quality of the singer in Track 26?

1. Cantonese = China 2. Cantonese Opera 3. The Cantonese aesthetic cultivated a more nasal vocal quality when compared with the European bel-canto aesthetic

Test 2 (course track 26)- Carmen 1. What is the title of the opera that this example comes from? 2. Who composed this example? 3. What is the genre of this work? 4. From which style period in Western Art Music? 5. From what country? 6. Which rhythmic technique is used in this example?

1. Carmen 2. Bizet 3. Opera 4. Romantic 5. France 6. Recitative, In the habanera/aria the tresillo rhythm is heard

Test 2 (course track 30)- Take Five 1. Who is performing this example? 2. What is the title of this example? 3. What is the instrumentation of this example? 4. Is this a homogeneous or heterogeneous sound ideal? 5. What is the genre? 6. What country? 7. Is the subdivision of the background pulse duple or triple? 8. What is the metric grouping/meter/grouping of the background pulse?

1. Dave Brubeck Quartet 2. Take Five 3. Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums 4. Heterogeneous between all of the instruments, homogeneous between bass and piano left hand 5. Cool Jazz 6. USA 7. Triple = Jazz = Swing 8. Five (5/4)

1. European 2. African American/American Pop 3. North and South Indian Classical Music 4. Southeastern Asia 5. Middle East 6. Africa 7. Latin American Music/Caribbean

1. Emphasis on Downbeats (1 and 3) 2. Emphasis on Backbeat (2 and 4) 3. Organized measures called Tala 4. Colotomic meter 5. Rhythmic Mode/Iqa 6. Polyrhythmic music, timeline patterns (rhythmic ostinato) 7. 3/2 or 2/3 rumba clave

Test 2 (course track 8)- - Ketawang Subakastawa 1. What country is this example from? / Where is Bali? 2. What is the kind of ensemble or genre heard in this example? 3. What is the metric foundation for this example called?

1. Indonesia 2. Gamelan 3. Colotomic Meter

Africa Diaspora

African cultural elements that are reestablished outside the continent of Africa (dispersion of a population from their native land)