Music Test 1

Front 1

branch of psychics that deals directly with sound. disturbance radiates sound into the eardrum which responds moving bones of the hammel, anvil, stirrup turning it into the cochlea which goes to the brain causing sound.

Back 1

Acoustics

Front 2

string instrument

Back 2

Chordophone

Front 3

electro magnetic field being manipulated. electric guitar.

Back 3

Electronophone

Front 4

stretched membrane; drums

Back 4

Membranophone

Front 5

sub vibrations.

Back 5

Overtones (partial vibrations)

Front 6

same thing as tone. steady frequency small things vibrate faster, big things vibrate slower. faster something virates equals higher the pitch. measured in vibration per second, which are hertz(hz).

Back 6

Pitch

Front 7

voice on an instrument

Back 7

Timbre

Front 8

relationship between voices & ensemble.

Back 8

Texture

Front 9

any group of musicians

Back 9

ensemble

Front 10

everything equally competing; multiple voices.

Back 10

Counterpart

Front 11

chordal/ harmony ex. "Nkosi Sikelelli Africa"

Back 11

Homophonic

Front 12

simultaneously variations. ex. kindergarten class singing Happy Bithday; fiddle/banjo music.

Back 12

Hereophonic

Front 13

loudness; volume; amplitude.

Back 13

Dynamics

Front 14

classical music genre

Back 14

Fixed Pitch

Front 15

Speed of vibrations; 40 mph = A = 440 cycles per second.

Back 15

Frequency

Front 16

Study of musical instruments

Back 16

Organology

Front 17

Bells

Back 17

Idiophone

Front 18

Beat

Back 18

Pulse

Front 19

1 of 2 necessary parts of an instrument (other is vibrator).

Back 19

Resonator

Front 20

All aspects of msuic deal directly with time.

Back 20

Rhythm

Front 21

Speed at which music is played.

Back 21

Tempo

Front 22

Way melodic material is organized into a larger piece of music.

Back 22

Form

Front 23

Short complete musical idea.

Back 23

Phrase

Front 24

Break/pause between phrases or at the end,

Back 24

Cadence

Front 25

Paddy Keenan Irish uillean pipe, Andy Cahane 4 string banjo, Hobart Smith W. Virginia Fiddler

Back 25

AABB

Front 26

2 parts

Back 26

Binary form

Front 27

repeating phtase

Back 27

Ostinato

Front 28

ending bit in music; italian for tail

Back 28

Coda

Front 29

Shape; descend/rise - melodic shape

Back 29

Contour

Front 30

1960s Anthropologist- N.V.C. used non-verbal communication. People like to synchronize

Back 30

Edward Hall

Front 31

possession ceremony using a spirit

Back 31

Bira

Front 32

man instrument of Shona - thum

Back 32

Mbira

Front 33

Electric guitar player- plays american style music mostly; starts working on liveration plans with Mugabe. Feels music isnt true to himeself. Forms new band called "Black Unlimited" which has 3 electric guitars, electric bass and drummer relating to mbira and hosho.

Back 33

Thomas Mapfumo

Front 34

steady pitch with a low drone ex. Indian music

Back 34

Melody & drone

Front 35

3 parts

Back 35

Ternary form

Front 36

Speed at which music is played

Back 36

Tempo

Front 37

contains: density, interlocking parts, polyphonic, polyrhymtic, call & response, fuzzy timbres, ground & elaboration parts, HIGHLY PARTICIPATORY

Back 37

African Music Traits

Front 38

fast run-on guitar - banjo answers. musical question, musical answer

Back 38

Call and Response

Front 39

Acitively engage in African music.

Back 39

Highly Particpatory