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29 Cards in this Set
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dumbek
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An Arabic drum shaped like an hour glass. It is used to play rhythmic cycles. The name comes from the sound it makes.
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Griots
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African musicians who sing and play a variety of instruments. They are considered storytellers. They make political commentary and relate history with their singing.
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canon
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A rule. Commonly in music a canon occurs when a melody can accompany itself. For instance: Row, row, row your boat.
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aerophones
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Instruments where air makes the sound.
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mbira
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A thumb piano played by the Shona people of Africa.
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microtones
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Notes that lie between two adjacent notes of our western 12 note system.
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chordophones
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Instruments where strings make the sound.
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Bira
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A party thrown by the Shona people in which mbira music is used to channel ancestors for advice.
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membranophones
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Instruments where membranes make the sound, like drums.
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oud
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An Arabic instrument that is similar to the guitar but that lacks frets.
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polyphony
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When more than one melody is played simultaneously.
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ayoub
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An Arabic rhythmic cycle commonly played on the dumbek.
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Um Kulthum
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Very famous Egyptian singer. Her funeral was attended by millions of people and her coffin stolen from the procession and taken to her favorite mosque.
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harmony
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How each part relates to each other, in particular dealing with chords.
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hocket
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Alternating words or parts to make a whole song.
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rote
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Immediate and direct repetition.
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Hindustani
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A combination of Islamic and Hindi traditions.
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form
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A sequence of events - what happens when and what repeats after what.
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Baka people
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Pygmies, forest people, hunter-gatherers, one of the oldest indigenous peoples on the earth, and they have no tv.
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tintal
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16 beat cycle played on the tabla. A very common tala in Hindustani music.
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Cheb Khaled
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Famous Rai singer who is under death threat from Islamic fundamentalists. Sings Aicha.
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homophony
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Different melodies with the same rhythm.
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pentatonic scale
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Musical scale with 5 pitches per octave.
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drone
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A continuous note used as an accompaniment in many musical styles.
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tala
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A rhythmic cycle in Indian music.
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kora
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An African harp played by the griots.
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monophony
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Only one melody.
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bhairav
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A morning raag in which the second and sixth notes (re and dha) are komal (lowered).
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tivra
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The raising of a note in a raag.
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