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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Ravi Shankar

Style/genre, nationality, prominence

A

Hindustani, India, composer of Hindustani classical music

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Tyagaraja

Style/genre, nationality, prominence

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Karnatak, India, greatest composer

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Lata Mangshkar

Style/genre, nationality, prominence

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bollywood, India, standardized female vocals as thin, light

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4
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Harry T. Burleigh

Style/genre, nationality, prominence

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jazz, black, arranged spirituals for choruses and voice and piano

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5
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Alan Lomax

Style/genre, nationality, prominence

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folk, american, recorded a ton of folk music

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Francis James Child

Style/genre, nationality, prominence

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ballads, British, collected Child ballads

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Reggie Rockstone

Style/genre, nationality, prominence

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hiplife, ghana, pioneered hip-life movement

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8
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sachs-hornbostel instrument classification

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idiophone, membranophone, chordophone, aerophone, electrophone

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9
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types of textures

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monophonic = one melody
homophonic = one melody + accompaniment
polyphonic = many melodies
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ostinato

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short repeating section of music

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11
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sesquialtera

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3:2 ratio

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12
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strophic

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verse-repeating. All verses are sung to the same music

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13
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raga & tala

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melody & cycle. 5-7 pitches per raga. most common tala is tintal, a 16-beat cycle

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14
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kriti

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“creation,” longer format of a karnatak song

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15
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agbekor & agbadza

:use of music, connect to culture

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battle prep, funerals, political events; Ewe

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16
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holi & ganesh chaturthi festivals

:use of music, connect to culture

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spring festival of colors & 10-day celebration of Lord Ganesh (end of august / early september)

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17
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jig & reel

:use of music, connect to culture

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jig = Irish folk dance, fast in compound meters
reels = indigenous to Scotland, fast dense meter, crossed Atlantic with Irish and British migration
18
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jazz funeral

:use of music, connect to culture

A

hymns (sacred songs for worship) & dirges (instrumental laments played at slow tempo)

19
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vedic chant

:use of music, connect to culture

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sacred spiritual texts of hinduism, closely associated with the royalty of India. Hindustani evolved from vedic chant

20
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tambura

:describe its use and connect to specific tradition/culture

A

provides drone sound in [karnatak?] music

21
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scottish highland pipes

:describe its use and connect to specific tradition/culture

A

outdoor, marching, war hype. Funerals for police & firemen who died in line of duty

22
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uilleann pipes

:describe its use and connect to specific tradition/culture

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irish, intimate, indoor settings

23
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mridangam

:describe its use and connect to specific tradition/culture

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double-headed drum. provides rhythmic accompaniment in karnatak music

24
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tabla

:describe its use and connect to specific tradition/culture

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pair of drums, important in hindustani music

25
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sitar

:describe its use and connect to specific tradition/culture

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20 stringed instrument, used in hindustani music

26
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atumpan

:describe its use and connect to specific tradition/culture

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pair of (big) drums, Akan

27
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gankogui

:describe its use and connect to specific tradition/culture

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double bell, Ewe

28
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axatse

:describe its use and connect to specific tradition/culture

A

gourd shaker, Ewe

29
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son (mexico)

:connect to ethnic group/culture & describe general characteristics

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huasteco; song dance, strophic form, sesquialtera rhythm

30
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highlife

:connect to ethnic group/culture & describe general characteristics

31
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qawwali

:connect to ethnic group/culture & describe general characteristics

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Sufism (mystical form of islam),

32
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karnatic

:connect to ethnic group/culture & describe general characteristics

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abrupt ornamentation, 50/50 improvised-composed

33
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hindustani

:connect to ethnic group/culture & describe general characteristics

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smooth ornamentation, mostly improvised

34
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spirituals (including jubilee & concert spiritual)

:connect to ethnic group/culture & describe general characteristics

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african-american: ring shout, hymnody

jubilee = closed harmonies

35
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field holler

:connect to ethnic group/culture & describe general characteristics

36
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work songs

:connect to ethnic group/culture & describe general characteristics

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black, call-and-response

37
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highlife

A

ghana, idfk

38
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corrido

:connect to ethnic group/culture & describe general characteristics

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mexico, ballad. strophic

39
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pibroch

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artistic venture of scottish culture, slow laments

40
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new orleans/dixieland jazz

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Drums provide beat while others take turn carrying melody, trumpet improvised solo

41
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kirtan

:connect to ethnic group/culture & describe general characteristics

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sikh; hymn form. most important way to achieve communion w/ the divide

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