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11 Cards in this Set
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Africa
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-polyrhythm -responsorial forms (Call and Response) -ostinato -use of percussion -background shimmer - constant buzzing or rattling -close connection between music and language -the participatory nature of the arts -close connection between the performing arts |
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Middle East and North Africa
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-elaborate melodies and melismas -improvisation based on basic tones or melodies -heterophony -rhythms based on beat patterns -the use of quarter-notes |
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Eastern Europe
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-nonpulsatile songs -asymmetrical meters -repetitive dance rhythms -bright timbres -epic songs -socialist realism |
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Western Europe
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-use of harmony -use of notation -use of standard tuning system -use of diatonic modes -goal-directed phrases -regular phrase-lengths -strophic folk songs |
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Latin America
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-use of harmony -parallel thirds -paired phrases -distinctive dance rhythms -rhythm guitar |
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North America
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-rhythmic vitality -"blue" notes -alternating improvisations in ensemble music |
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Central Asia
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-epic songs -multiphonic singing -tone-contour melodies |
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India
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-melodic improvisation by a soloist -accompaniment by a drummer -improvisation based on raga -cyclic conception of meter - Tala -drone |
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China
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-monophonic, heterophonic textures -importance of ornamentation -timbre as a compositional element -variation form |
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Japan
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-scales with semitones -slow tempos -sense of space -prominent classical solo repertories |
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Indonesia
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-orchestras featuring bronze instruments -compositions guided by a core melody -polyphonic texture -colotomic structure -paired families of tuning systems -stress at the end of metrical cycles |
