Music 152 Exam #1

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binary form

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AABB

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acoustics

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branch of physics about sound

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african music traits

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descending, polyphonic, rhythmic, call and respond, overlapping and interlocking, buzzy timbres, "mbira"

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Bela Fleck

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banjo player, searching for african historical influence/heritage

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binary form

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two parts

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ternary form

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three parts

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bira

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spirit possession ceremony performed by the shona (Zimbabwe)

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cadence

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any pause or break

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call and response

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dialogue in music

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chordophone

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stringed instrument

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colonialism

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foreign political occupation for the extraction of resources

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contour

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culturally linked "go up, go down"

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counterpoint

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type of texture "polyphonic" each voice is of equal importance

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dynamics

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loudness (volume)

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Edward Hall

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anthropologist (non verbal communication) a basic human drive is to synchronize

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electronophone

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"electric stuff"

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fixed pitch

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piano, mbira, harp

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flow

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the sense of well being during optimal experience (attainable but challenging)

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form

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the architecture of a piece of music (AABB)

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frequency

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determines pitch (speed of vibration)

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ground and elaboration

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african texture, "the way instruments interact" (repeating phrase - ground) (improvisation - elaboration)

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heterophonic texture

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kindergardners singing "out of sync" simultaneous variations

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homophonic texture

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singing in harmony

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icon

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a type of sign (something meaningful)

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resemblance

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rhyming at the end of a phrase

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index

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association

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mbira

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ideaphone "rigid" spirtual tool (looks like a small wooden piano)

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melody

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coherent succession of pitches

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melody and drone

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texture "melody in relation to one solid tone"

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membranophone

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stretched membrane "drum"

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meter

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the grouping of pulses "organization"

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tempo

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the speed of the piece

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monophonic texture

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one voice

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the onion

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created by Jeff Titon

Inner core: musical elements
1st layer: musicians
2nd layer: audience
3rd layer: community
4th layer: history

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organology

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the study of musical instruments

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overtones

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timbre (the voice of an instrument) partial vibrations

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1. Participatory vs
2. Presentational

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1. invites participation
2. plays for audience

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phrase

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a short musical idea (made out of cadences)

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polyglot

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someone who speaks multiple languages

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pulse

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beat

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resonator

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the thing that amplifies the sound

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rhythm

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things that directly relate
1. meter
2. pulse
3. tempo

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semiotics

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study of significance "signs"

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sign

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something that has significance
icons: resemblance
symbols: arbitrary
sychronizing: the human drive to be "together and understanding"

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turn and reform

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AABBCC

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Thomas Mapfumo

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guitarist from Zimbabwe, brought the mbira to his rock band

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timbre

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voice of the instrument

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vibrator

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thing that vibrates