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56 Cards in this Set
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AABB |
(binary) type of form, common to British Isles (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England) |
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Acoustics |
Scientific field of study (sound), is a branch of physics |
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African music traits |
about 10 traits |
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Amplitude |
Power, Loudness, Volume |
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Bela Fleck |
From the movie "throw down your heart) |
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Binary form |
2 sections |
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Cadence |
a pause between to phrases of music |
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call and response |
-A sort of texture, quality, element of African Music - You sing a line and then there is a response to it form the chorus or an instrument |
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chordophone |
String instrument (main vibrating thing is a string) ex: piano, guitar, etc. |
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Colonialism |
All modern countries of Africa are former colonies, external political control, Extracting resources. |
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Contour |
Shape of melody |
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Counterpoint |
a type of polyphonic texture, multiple voices, each voice is equally important |
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Descending melodic Countours |
a melody that starts at a high pitch then works its way down, this is culturally determined |
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Edward Hall |
-An anthropologist, who did work with nonverbal communication -made films from the roof a school and noticed how humans kind of do a dance all together |
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Egalitarian Society |
- A society where everyone participates equally in important decisions - Opposite is a stratified society, different levels of power and control |
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Electronophone |
electro magnetic field is the vibrator |
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Ensemble |
More than one musician Ex: a band, symphony, etc. |
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Ethanomusicology |
Scholarly field that combines the study of music and culture |
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Evelyn Glennie |
from the movie "touch of sound" |
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Fixed pitch |
frequency of the vibrator doesn't change(piano) ex: "well tampered clavier" |
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Flow |
The state of mind brought on by an optimal experience( an optimal balance is something that walks the line between what is achievable and what is a challenge, something that gages your attention, promotes a sense of psychological well being) |
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Form |
Architectural structure of music - the skeleton of music
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Frequency |
The speed at which something vibrates - (A= 440 beats per second (BPS=Hz=Hertz)) |
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Griot |
A west african historian or storyteller passes cultural information through songs -Gustafa from the film Throw down your heart |
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Ground and Elaboration parts |
Texture and a feature of African music, repeating ostinato ( ground or riff) with melody over it |
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Heterophonic Texture |
Simultaneous variations |
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homophonic texture |
everyone doing the same rhythm but on different pitch levels (harmony) |
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Loudness |
amplitude, volume |
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Marimba |
a kind of instrument that 6 musicians play, like a xylophone but with wooden keys |
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Melodic Contour |
Melodic shape |
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Melody |
coherent succession of pitches |
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Melody and Drone |
a type of polyphonic texture - drone steady held pitch -bagpipe music |
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membranophone |
membrane is the vibrating part (drums) |
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Meter |
the organization of pulses in music |
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Monophonic Texture |
a single voice or everyones voice doing the exact same thing |
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Optimal experience |
a sense of flow, well being, varies radically from person to person |
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ostinato |
riff or ground part, repeating phrase |
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overtones |
partial vibrations -produce timbre |
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participatory music |
invites you participate bodily or physically |
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phrase |
short complete musical idea |
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pitch |
steady vibration (the faster something vibrates, the higher the pitch) |
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polyglot |
someone who speaks multiple languages |
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polyphonic texture |
texture where you have multiple voices |
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polyrhythm |
multiple meters simultaneously |
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Presentational music |
an orchestra playing on a stage and you watch |
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pulse |
the base of the beat |
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resonator |
part of a musical instrument, the part that propels sound (same as amplifier) |
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Rhythm |
aspect of music that deals with time (speed, tempo,pulse, meter-grouping of pulses) |
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Riff |
ostinato, repeating phrase |
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sliding pitch |
a trombone has a sliding pitch |
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stratified society |
different levels of power, has a hierarchy |
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Tempo |
perceived speed of music |
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Ternary form |
3 parts(AABBCC) |
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textural density |
if something is more dense, then there is more sound or voices present |
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Timbre |
the voice of an instrument - linked to partial vibrations
A banjo and guitar play the same note but don't sound the same |
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vibrator |
the part that vibrates on an instrument, different for different types
makes the sound |
