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62 Cards in this Set
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ethnomusicology
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the study of why people make music. combination of anthropology and music
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acoustics
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scientific study of sound
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pitch
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1. frequency of vibration, a steady tone
faster vibration=higher pitch slow vibration= lower pitch large things vibrate slow/small vibrate fast |
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what determines pitch?
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frequency of vibration
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loudness
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amplitude (dynamic level), force behind the vibration
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overtones
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sub-vibration
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Timbre
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"voice" of an instrument
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organology
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study of musical instruments
1. vibrator 2. resonator (amplifier) |
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Pa Yin
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worlds oldest, still existing, instrument classification system
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aerophones
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wind intruments
(harmonica, horn) |
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chordophone
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string instrument
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membranophone
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a stretched skin that vibrates ex. drum
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ideophone
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a rigid instrument where the whole thing vibrates ( a bell)
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electronophone
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main vibration where electric field is being disturbed (electric guitar)
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melody
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a coherent succession of pitches
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fixed pitch
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a steady vibration ex. piano
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sliding pitch
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frequency changes
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rythym
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musical elements that directly engage TIME
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PULSE (rhythm)
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basic division of time- the BEAT
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METER (rhythm)
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the way the pulses are grouped the beat
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TEMPO (rhythm)
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speed of pulse
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texture
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describes relationships b/w instruments/voices.
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pulse
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beat
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type of texture
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monophonic: single voice/ 2 instruments playing same thing
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polymetric "polymeter"
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multiple meters played at the same time
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polyphonic
(type of texture) |
multiple voices
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parallel harmony
(type of texture) |
multiple voices, same contour but different pitches (like chopsticks)
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heterophonic texture
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everyone singing together but slightly out of sync
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melody and drone
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long held note and melody played at same time
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form
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the way melodic material is organized into larger pieces of music
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Cadence
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pauses in music (like a comma or period in writing)
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egalitarian
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social organization where everyones voice gets heard (rock bands)
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flow
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s state of mind produced by an optimal experience
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sign
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something that reps something, to someone it has significance
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semiotics
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study of significance/meaning
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3 types of sign
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index- sign of association
icon- sign of resemblance symbol- arbitrary sign |
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bira
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spirit possession ceremony of Shona people
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mbira
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thumb piano played by Shona people
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colonialism
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control of a country by an outiside political authority
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culture
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a collection of shared habits of thought and behavior
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dynamics
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loudness and softness
amplitude |
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Dzavudzimu
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large mbira, 3 rows
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ensemble
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a group of people making music
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frequency
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the rate of speed at which the vibration goes
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homophonic
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harmony, all voices have same rhythm
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monophonic
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single voice
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hosho
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Shona rhythm style, fast 3 beat rattle
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icon
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sign of significance
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inside the house
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serious part of the bira
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non-verbal communication
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all communication that doesnt use words
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outside the house
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informal part of Bira
party |
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phrase
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musical idea that ends with a pause (cadence)
like a sentence |
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Shona
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group of people from Zimbabwee
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resonator
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part of instrument makes sound louder
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song form
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AABA- most common in US music
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spirit medium
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ancestors speak through medium at bira
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vibrator
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the thing on instrument that vibrates
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Theramin
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an electronic instrument that
also the inventors name |
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contour
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shape of sound
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music context onion model
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sound, musicians, audiences, community, history
(suck my ass cunt ho) |
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spirit possession ceremony
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ancestoral spirits invided in to posess someones body
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onion model song
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"smokestack lightening"
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