World Music Final

Front 1

Music that has a texture in which all parts perform the same basic melody, but in versions that differ in ornamentation or rhythm, is called

Back 1

Heterophonic

Front 2

Which of the following statements is not true with regard to the music of sub-Saharan Africa

Back 2

The music is mostly monophonic in texture

Front 3

Most of the music of the sub-Saharan Africa features

Back 3

All of the above

Front 4

Drums in sub-Saharan Africa are often considered

Back 4

All of the above

Front 5

Vocalist in Africa often use the __ to accompany themselves

Back 5

Mbira

Front 6

A performance style in which the phrases of a soloist are reportedly answered by those of a chorus is known as

Back 6

Call and response

Front 7

The mbira may be described as a(n)

Back 7

Melodic idiophone with tongues of metal or bamboo attached to a sounding board

Front 8

The name of a large Japanese zither is

Back 8

Koto

Front 9

The most prominent melodic instruments in gagkau are

Back 9

Flutes and oboes

Front 10

In kabuki

Back 10

One might hear several kinds of music in different scenes

Front 11

The name of a three-stringed lute is

Back 11

Shamisen

Front 12

Japanese musical notation can be characterized as follows

Back 12

It consists of several systems, different instruments and genres of music having different notations

Front 13

During the Nara period, gagaku was regarded as

Back 13

A symbol of imperial authority

Front 14

The sho is best described as

Back 14

A kind of mouth organ

Front 15

In bunraku you would expect to see

Back 15

Puppets,

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Front 16

The samurai are particularly associated with

Back 16

Noh theater

Front 17

The Japanese bourgeoisie patronized

Back 17

Kabuki and bunraku

Front 18

In Japan, the generic term for an ensemble of flute and drums is

Back 18

Hayashi

Front 19

The musical style of gagaku is characterized by

Back 19

Smoothness abd serenity

Front 20

In Japan, Buddist chant is called

Back 20

Shomyo

Front 21

Dance is a very important element in

Back 21

Kabuki

Front 22

As a sign of good breeding, modern Japanese girls play the

Back 22

Koto

Front 23

Some pieces in Chinese music

Back 23

Depict scenes or events

Front 24

The pipa is most like the

Back 24

Oud

Front 25

A great deal is known about the music history of China because

Back 25

Chinese musicians and music scholars have been writing treatises about music for centuries

Front 26

Songs for the Masses are

Back 26

Propaganda songs with a patriotic theme

Front 27

A string and wind ensemble popular in the Shanghai area is

Back 27

Jitangnan sizhu

Front 28

The most prestigious Chinese instrument, associated with the literati, is the

Back 28

Qin

Front 29

In Jiangnan sizhu music

Back 29

All the instruments play the same basic melody but add their own embellishments (heterophonic)

Front 30

A Chinese bowed string instrument is

Back 30

Erhu

Front 31

Qin pieces always

Back 31

Close with a section in harmonics

Front 32

In Peking opera, characters

Back 32

Consist only of stock types

Front 33

The qin should be played

Back 33

Under a pine tree

Front 34

The two main types of arias in Peking opera are

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Xipi and erhuang

Front 35

Jiangnan sizhu music is learned primarily

Back 35

By sitting in tea houses

Front 36

The Sheng is a kind of

Back 36

Mouth organ

Front 37

The yanqin is most like

Back 37

A santour

Front 38

Which of the following statements is not true with regard to sub-Saharan Africa

Back 38

The most common type of instrument is the chordophone