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30 Cards in this Set
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Mariza
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a famous contemporary singer of fado
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Amalia Rodrigues
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the most famous of all singers of fado, used for propaganda purposes by the Portuguese
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fado
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a style of popular music from Portugal with roots in South America
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rebetika
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a Greek style of popular music associated with cafes and hashish smokers
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heterometer
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meters that mix duple and triple meters, for instance 5/4 which can be interpreted as a 2 + 3 or as a 3 + 2
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Roma
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a name for language spoken by gypsies, also the proper name for gypsy peoples
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taconeo
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the percussive stamping of the heels in flamenco music
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bulerias
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a fast flamenco rhythm in 12 beats that can be broken down into a 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 heterometer
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fado cancao
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literally "song" fado. a more complex and composed style of fado
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gamelan
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literally a hammer - refers to either the predominant musical genre in Bali and Java or the collection of instruments used to play it
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alegrias
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a flamenco musical form which has many sections
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gong ageng
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the largest gong used in gamelan music. it is used to demarcate large sections of the form
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slenthem
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a musical instrument used in gamelan. it is similar to the vibraphone used in western music
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pelog
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a tuning system used in gamelan that has seven notes, of which only five are used at a time
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wuchang
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the martial portion of the orchestra used in Peking opera. largely made up of percussion instruments
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chou
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a stock character in Peking opera; a clownish character distinguished by his long beard
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sigit
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the higher pitched style of Tuvan throat singing
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Kangar Ol
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a leading performer of Tuvan throat singing who specializes in sigit
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diseuse
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a singer in French cabaret music whose style involves mixing talking and singing
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synesthesia
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a neurologically-based phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway
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pipa
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a chinese lute named after the plucking technique used to play it that alternates up and down strokes
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kecak
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the Ramayana monkey chant. a theatrical performance common to Bali developed by Walter Spies - a German artist
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weyang kulit
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shadow puppetry from Indonesia, often with gamelan accompaniment
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slendro
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a tuning system used in gamelan that has 5 notes
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xipi
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one of the styles that gave rise to Peking opera. a lively style
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sheng
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the male lead in Peking opera
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colotomy
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a musical style that uses the process of dividing rhythmic time into nested cycles
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rasa
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an aesthetic concept from India. it refers to the "essence" of an artistic experience
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Paul Pena
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a blind American blues singer who won the national Tuvan throat singing contest
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Ramachandran
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an Indian neurologist with fascinating ideas about art and consciousness
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