World Music: Midterm (Listening)

Match the treatment of the melody in this selection to one of the following.

. no harmony or chords b. all of the given answers c. unison d. monophony

Which of the following time characteristics is not evident in this selection?

a. 3:2 within a 4- and 6-time feel

The form of the stanzas in this selection is mostly

a. A A B.

Which message or theme is conveyed in the lyrics of Agbekor songs?

a. All of the given answers. b. Our enemies cannot defeat us. c. Teamwork is essential to victory. d. The time for action is now

Name the genre of this selection.

a. Eskanye

The melody of this selection contains

a. a mixture of two note-durations—one long, the other short.

The lyrics in this selection relate to

a. a universal "Robin Hood" theme.

Which two instruments parts in this selection are very similar in musical function and musical design?

a. all of the given answers b. gankogui and axatse c. kidi and kagan d. totodzi and klotobo

In this selection, the vocal uses

a. changes in timbre. b. all of the given answers. c. blue notes. d. signifying.

How long are the phrases in this selection? (Hint: count along with the music.)

a. four bars/measures

Which musical devices are not used in this selection?

a. homophony and duple meter

This selection contains a melody that ___.

a. lacks meter and/or measures

The melody in this excerpt from a Zaffah procession at a Casablanca wedding (0:55-1:20) is ___.

a. melsimatic and ornamented

In this selection, unity occurs through repeating ________.

a. ostinato patterns

This selection illustrates

a. pop fusion. b. muzka Podhala. c. reggae. d. All of the given answers.

Listen to selection A followed by selection B. With reference to the texture, the treatment of the melody in a body of sound,

a. selection B is polyphonic; selection A is heterophonic.

The instrumental accompaniment in this selection is created by

a. shell shakers.

The feature that marks this selection as a work song is

a. the systematic recurrence of chopping axes.

A prominent feature of the music in this selection is

a. vocalized yells or shouts.

In this selection the lyrics (words to the song) make up how many verses?

b. 4

The drummed chorus phrase in this selection

b. alternates with the sung verse part.

The timbre of this selection is that of

b. an unaccompanied male choir.

The lyrics of this song

b. are sung from the point of view of a prostitute.

The timbre (instrumentation) of this selection includes

b. bagpipe, flute, and drum.

The function of this selection is probably that of:

b. dance music.

Match "Hustlin Blues" with one of the following.

b. duple/quadruple meter

The singing in this selection illustrates ___.

b. free rhythm

The African stylistic features you hear in this selection are

b. improvisation and varied timbre.

The quality of the female singing in the first 25 seconds of this selection

b. is tuneful and melodious.

In this selection, instrumentation consists of

b. kora, percussion, and voices.

How is the beat divided in this selection?

b. long-shorts or three quicker notes on each beat

The tempo of this selection is:

b. slow.

From what region of the continent might this example originate?

b. the Northern Plains

With reference to the timbre or instrumentation in this selection,

b. the soloist self-accompanies himself on guitar.

A prominent feature of the vocal part in the music of this selection is

b. the sound of the call of a leader answered by a group.

In this selection, the timbre results from

b. the sounds of voice and musical instruments.

A striking vocal feature of this selection is

b. yodeling.

The violin part in this selection illustrates

c. a repeating riff-like melody.

The meter of the music in this selection is

c. asymmetrical: 1 2 1 2 1 2 3

Comparing Lucas' vocal style in selection A to the singer in selection B,

c. both use call-and-response texture.

This selection illustrates the following type of texture.

c. call and response

What activity does this music typically accompany?

c. circle dancing and falling into trance

During the vocal sections in this selection the guitars play:

c. consonant, stable harmony or chords.

Listen to selection A followed by selection B. The technique of call-and-response is

c. evident in selection A and absent in selection B.

In this selection, Ma Rainey's singing

c. exhibits the rhythms of ordinary speech.

The instrument in this selection is playing in a musical texture that is ___.

c. homophonic

The pitch combinations or harmony in this selection

c. is dissonant to most Western listeners.

The vocal part and accompaniment parts on this selection illustrate: (poor boy)

c. more than one rhythm/meter at the same time.

Throughout this selection, the guitar

c. responds to every vocal line with ostinatos called riffs.

With reference to time characteristics, in this selection we hear

c. rhythm/meter determined by flow of words.

Listen to selection A followed by selection B. With reference to meter,

c. selection B is in a clearer meter than selection A.

Listen to selection A followed by selection B. With reference to tempo,

c. selection B is in a more strictly measured tempo than selection A.

The lyrics of this song describe

c. some of the complexities of First Nations identity.

What is the meter of this example?

c. triple meter

The meter in this selection is

c. triple.

The time characteristics in this selection are

c. variable; the words determine the rhythm.

The example in this selection probably accompanies a

c. wedding dance.

With reference to timbre, in this selection we hear the Native-American flute

c. with synthesizer.

A prominent feature of the instrumentation of the music in this selection is

d. a lead singer with a singing group.

The context of this song is

d. a social dance for couples.

Which of the following musical features is not found in this example?

d. asymmetric (additive) meters

This selection is performed by ___.

d. chordophone only

The instrument heard in this selection is a(n):

d. chordophone.

Concerning the meter of the music, this selection is

d. duple meter.

The harder, louder drumbeats heard during this performance are called

d. honor beats.

The music comes from what tradition?

d. muzyka Podhala

The music in this selection probably is

d. part of a dance suite.

The pulse of the music in this selection is

d. steady but slows when the singer enters.

This music is associated with

d. the Red Power movement.

In this selection, with reference to the drums,

d. the pitch is changed by squeezing cords.

The lead singer is improvising his vocal phrases while the chorus of singers responds with pre-composed melodies.

False

The multilayered sound in this selection is created by ________ interlocking parts.

two

The music in this selection during the first minute has a different _________ than the music in the last minute of the track.

Tempo

The instrumentation in this selection results from

The mbira

Certain syllables are accented or emphasized more than other syllables.

True