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110 Cards in this Set
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Originally known as a palmwine music, what is the name for 1950's dance band style of music from West Africa? |
Highlife |
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What is the classification for an "mbira"? |
Idiophone |
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What is the current name for "a capella" music in South Africa? |
Iscathamiya |
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What is the name of the rattle that sometimes accompanies an "mbira" ensemble? |
Hosho |
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In most African cultures, what almost always accompanies music? |
Dancing |
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What is the distinctive African singing style that combines a breathy delivery with a growl-like tone? |
Whisper singing |
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A drum that can imitate the rhythm and common pitch levels of speech is called what? |
Talking drum |
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Which of the following is NOT an idiophone? |
Barrel drum |
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Which of the following is NOT represented in West African popular music? |
Polyrhythms |
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Which of the following is a small drum that is sometimes added to an "mbira" ensemble? |
Ngoma |
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Chanting of the "Qu'ran" is known as what? |
Tilawah |
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What is the name for the ballad-type folksongs that emerged from the Sephardic tradition? |
Romancero |
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What is the name for the modal construct found in Arabic music? |
Maqam |
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Which of the following is NOT a feature of Klezmer music? |
Vocal oriented improvisation |
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How many pitches per octave are found in Arabic music? |
24 |
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How many pipes does the single reed "arghul" have? |
2 |
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What is the name for the goblet shaped drum that is played with fingers, and found in most Arabic countries? |
Darabukkah |
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What is the typical texture for Middle-Eastern music? |
Heterophony |
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Which of the following is NOT an accepted form of religious music? |
Improvised dance music |
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What is the classification of a "tar"? |
Plucked long-necked lute |
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Which of the following is NOT a feature of epic songs? |
Ensemble accompaniment |
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What are the most elaborate folk rituals in Bulgaria? |
Weddings |
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What is the name given to dance houses? |
Tanchaz |
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Which of the following is a genre of sentimental parlor songs from the 19th century? |
Magyamota |
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Which of the following is a characteristic of Bulgarian music? |
Narrow pitch range |
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Art in service of the state goes under the heading of what? |
Socialist realism |
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What is the generic name for circle dances? |
Horo |
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Which of the following is an asymmetric meter? |
3+2+3+2 |
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of old Hungarian folk songs? |
Use of diatonic modes |
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic feature of traditional Eastern European folk music? |
Harmony and counterpoint |
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Rapping ones fingers on the body of a guitar is a technique of flamenco, and is know as: |
Golpe |
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Unaccompanied, typically nonpulsatile singing, originally known as keening is now known as: |
Sean nos |
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The concertina is the English version of the musical instrument known as: |
Accordian |
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The typical Spanish opera is known as: |
Zarzuelas |
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Handclapping that accompanies flamenco, and is a critical source of complicated rhythms is known as: |
Compas |
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The binary form found in many Spanish folk songs is typically identified by its stanzas, also known as: |
Coplas |
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A simple duple meter dance that is the most common of Irish dance forms is the: |
Reel |
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What is the slide? |
A faster tempo jig |
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A person who was a combination poet, composer, and musician was a: |
Bard |
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Unfolding the fingers as one's wrist moves down across the strings of a guitar is a technique known as: |
Rasqueado |
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A lyrical slow cuban song is also known as a: |
Bolero |
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Bass patterns in Cuban music called________ frequently accent just before the beat, creating a distinctive syncopation. |
Tumbao |
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Which of the following is NOT an African drum used in Latin Music? |
Djembe |
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What is the term for the combination of meters in Siquisiri? |
Sesquialtera |
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What instrument is the leader of the samba ensemble? |
Repinique |
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What are fandangos? |
Large celebrations |
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Which of the following is NOT part of the "son" form? |
Single line text delivery |
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A repeated assymetrical pattern derived from timekeeper bells of West Africa is a: |
Clave |
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What is "zapateado"? |
Foot tapping couple dance |
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The _______ is a double iron bell that is played during samba and capoeira performances. |
Agogo |
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Which of the following is NOT an element of Rock and Roll? |
Large ensembles |
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Which of the following is NOT an African-American genre? |
Bluegrass |
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_________ is a Texas-style music featuring the pedal steel guitar. |
Honky-tonk |
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A __________ is a one-phrase transition section in a march. |
Bridge |
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What was the new name for English and Irish reels when they came to America? |
Hoedowns |
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Which of the following is NOT a region of Indigenous Americans? |
Gulf Coast |
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What genre includes danceable up-tempo tunes, sometimes known as jump blues? |
Rhythm and Blues |
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What is a powerful sounding theatrical rock genre that is performed in large venues? |
Heavy metal |
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What type of notation is used in the Sacred Harp songbook? |
Shape-note |
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________ is the current term used for music that draws its inspiration from around the planet. |
Worldbeat |
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Producing two or three tones by a single performer is called________. |
Multiphonic singing |
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What is the name for the Mongolian short song? |
Bogino duu |
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________ is a form of secular theatre that perfirms epic songs. |
Ihamo |
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What is Tibet's indigenous relion that uses music to meditate between the spiritual forces of people and the earth? |
Bon |
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What is the name for a series of accelerating strikes on a cymbal? |
Brdung |
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What is the name for the books of esoteric religious teachings that are central to Tibetan Buddhism? |
Tantras |
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What is the name for sacred Tibetan dancing? |
'Cham |
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What is "nangma"? |
Art music of Tibet |
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What are "tuul"? |
Epic songs sung by professionally trained singers |
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Which of the folloeing is a Monolian jaws harp? |
Khomuz |
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What is the name for the teacher of a music student? |
Guru |
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What is "sam"? |
The first beat of the rhythmic cycle |
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How are "tala" counted by audience members during performances of classical music? |
Hand gestures |
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Paintings depicting certain scenes that illustrate the mood of a raga and provide insight into its emotional and symbolic associations are called what? |
Ragamala |
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What is the name for the syllables used as a mnemonic device to memorize drum patterns? |
Bols |
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Hindustani music was classified into a system of 32 seven-note scales called what? |
That |
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Students of Indian music will learn to improvise by first doing what? |
Learning a raga's precomposed themes |
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What is the name for pitch Indian music? |
Svara |
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Who are the religious musicians that combine Hindu mysticism and Islam with notions of living simply? |
Bauls |
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What is the name for the principal tone, which performers tend to dwell on during a performance of a raga? |
Vadi |
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What is the name for the song written by reformers after the fall of the empire in 1911? |
Song for the Masses |
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What is the name of the slow beat that is appreciate for expressive introspection and high emotion during an opera performance? |
Manban |
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How are most Beijing Opera text organized? |
In couplets |
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Which of the following was NOT an innovation in Chinese music during the communist takeover? |
Development of new religious music |
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The texture of most Chinese music is what? |
Monophonic or heterophonic |
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What is the genre name for traditional bowed lutes? |
Huqin |
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What is the name of the fretted, pear-shaped lute used for program music? |
Pipa |
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The mystical and inward-looking philosophy that also includes rituals, and was the first major religion in China is what? |
Daoism |
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What is the name for refined art music used during rituals or in courts? |
Yayue |
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What is the system of notation that specifies how a piece is to be played on the guqin? |
Tablature |
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What kind of songs are utaimono? |
Shamisen accompanied lyrical songs |
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Narrative songs that use the shamisen for accompaniment are called what? |
Katarimono |
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What is the name of the giant cylindrical bell thay announces the start of a Buddhist service? |
Densho |
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What is the general name for Shinto music? |
Kagura |
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What is a "gdayu"? |
A narrator of puppet theatre |
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Which of the following is NOT a general feature of Japanese music? |
Fast tempos |
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What is the refined and stylized theatre form that is characterized by subtle gestures and simple sets? |
Noh |
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What is the general name for court music? |
Gagaku |
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What is an elaborately staged theatre form that utilizes four music ensembles? |
Kabuki |
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What are the names for music of the right and music of the left? |
Komagaku; Togaku |
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What is the "balungan"? |
Core melody |
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What is the "barong"? |
Mythical dragon-like animal |
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What is a five note tuning system? |
Slendro |
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What is the term for beat? |
Keteg |
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What is the name of the mask dance that is accompanied by gamelan gong kebyar? |
Topeng |
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What is the lead instrument of the melodic instruments? |
Rebab |
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What are the cymbals that reinforce the drum patterns? |
Ceng-ceng |
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What is a seven note tuning system? |
Pelog |
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What are cengkok? |
Known patterns played by the elaborating instruments |
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What is the name of the empty beat within a cycle |
Wela |
