Asos3 world rhythms Flashcards

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๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ 

Irregular metre and accents

A

When the number of beats in a bar is an odd number

Eg 5/8

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๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ 

Mode/Modal

A

A type of scale

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๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ 

Bouzouki

A

A stringed instrument

Plays the melody in Greek folk

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๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ 

Homophonic texture

A

When there is a main tune with other instruments playing a very similar tune

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๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ 

Famous singer

A

Yannis Parios

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๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ 

Melisma

A

When one syllable is sung over many notes

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๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ค

Venue

A

Carnivals and festivals

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๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ค

Steel pans

A

Tuned percussion

Timbre described as metallic

Plays the melody

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๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ค

Tonality

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Major key

Stepwise Melody

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Apito

A

A whistle

Used by the leader of the baterรญa

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Baterรญa

A

The instrumentalist of samba

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Polyrhythm

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Several rhythms playing over eachother

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Cross rhythms

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When different rhythms clash

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Syncopation

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Rhythmic pattern with emphasis on the weaker off beats

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Call and response

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One instrument plays a beat then others answer it back with a rhythmic phrase

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Venue

A

Festivals

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Where?

A

Brazil

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๐—•๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ

Bhangra dance is ________

A

Improvised

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๐—•๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ

Dhol

A

Double headed drum

Plays the chaal

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๐—•๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ

Chaal

A

A dotted rhythmic cycle

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๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ค

Where?

A

Trinidad

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๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ค

What plays the melody?

A

Steel pans

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๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ

3 African drums

A

Djembe
Donno
Dundun

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๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ

The word for many rhythms playing at the same time

A

Polyrhythm

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๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ

The word describing accents on the weaker beats

A

Syncopated

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๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

Raga

A

Indian classical scales

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๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

Sitar

A

Indian classical melody instrument

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๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

Tabla

A

The pair of Indian classical drums

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๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

Tala

A

Rhythmic cycle played by the tabla

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๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

Tala

A

Played by the tabla

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๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

Stringed instrument that plays the drone

A

Tambura

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๐˜ฝ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–

Dhol

A

And Bhangra dum

33
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๐˜ฝ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–

Name of the rhythmic cycle

A

Chaal

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Name two samba drums

A

Repinique

Surdo

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

The group of samba drummers

A

Baterรญa

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Typical time signature

A

2/4 or 4/4

37
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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Apito

A

A whistle

38
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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–

Where is samba music from?

A

Brazil

39
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๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ค

Where is it based

A

Trinidad

40
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๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ค

Tuned drum that plays the melody in Calypso

A

Steel pans

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๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™  ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™  ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

Greek drum

A

Toubelki

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๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™  ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™  ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

Melody instrument for Greek folk

A

Oud

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๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™  ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™  ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

What is a mode

A

A scale

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๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™  ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

A Palestinian drum

A

Doumbek

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๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™  ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

Melodic intervals smaller than a semi tone

A

Micro tone

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๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™  ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

One note per syllable

A

Melisma

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๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™  ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

High pitch vocal scream/trills

A

Ulutations

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๐™‹๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™  ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜

Horah

A

Irsraeli dance