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Compare several classification systems for musical instruments
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Ba yin- metal-bell-chimes stone- stone-chimes ski- drums vegetable- mouth organ bamboo- flutes wood- mouth organ silk- zither earth- ocarinas
associated with cardinal directions and seasons
India- vibrating body, vibrating membrane, vibrating string, and vibrating column of air
European- strings, winds, percussion, and keyboard
Mahillon/expanded by sach and hornbostal- idiophone, membranophone, chordophone, aerophone, and corpophone
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1. Discuss several examples of musical instruments that have gender associations.
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Bulgaria- Men play instruments Powwow- no women because they are already being cleansed every month |
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Identify the sound ideal of several types of musical ensembles. |
steel band- trinidad berimbau- brazilian- spirit of rebellion and resistance; capoeira
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Discuss several examples of musical instruments with spiritual associations. |
Kpelle- west africa; pottery and flutes to resemble voices of the gods
Buddhism- conch shell voice of buddha Western- violin-devil; harp-angel Mevlevi Sufis- ney (flute) in rituals Hindu- mrdangam- associated with Ganesh |
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Identify the sound ideal of several types of musical ensembles. |
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Heterogeneous |
combining instruments of different timbres |
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homogeneous |
ensemble with similar timbre |
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Concertina |
free-reed aerophone in irish music |
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kabuki |
Japanese theater |
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kalimba |
south african idiophone (thumb piano) |
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mrdangam drum |
South indian barrel drum representing the Ganesh god in hinduism |
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ney |
arabic flute |
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pipa |
chinese lute chordophone |
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qanun |
middle eastern box-zither chordophone |
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siku |
peruvian flute aerophone (pipe looking thing) Perú |
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sikuri |
peruvian ensemble of sikuri |
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sitar |
North Indian lute-type chordophone |
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sizhu |
Chinese ensemble of string and winds |
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steel band |
trinidad with metal pans |
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syakuhati |
Japanese flue aerophone |