Final

Question 1

Fado

Answer 1

Portuguese; means fate; gives voice to nostalgia for the country left behind.

Ex: Fado lisboeta

Question 2

Saudade

Answer 2

Feeling of longing or yearning

Question 3

Mexican American corrido

Answer 3

Ex: Gregorio Cortez (hero corrido)

Ballad that conveys memories of places, people, and events.

Question 4

Gregorio Cortez

Answer 4

He shot and killed the sheriff and basically rebelled against law enforcement

Question 5

Khoomi

Answer 5

Tuvan threat singing

Question 6

Kagyraa

Answer 6

Lower throat singing

Question 7

Sygyt

Answer 7

Higher throat singing

Question 8

Katajjaq

Answer 8

Inuit vocal game; strong pulse

Question 9

Agbadza

Answer 9

Ewe song and dance; Accra Ghana

Question 10

Atumpan

Answer 10

Drum used in agbadza in Accra Ghana

Question 11

Apartheid

Answer 11

Literally separation; the official laws of racial segregation enforced in South Africa until 1990

Question 12

Bar mitzvah

Answer 12

Held when a boy turns 13 and officially becomes an adult - related to the Pizmon

Question 13

Bateria

Answer 13

Instrument ensemble used to accompany capoeira

Question 14

Berimbau

Answer 14

Musical bow used to accompany capoeira

Question 15

Capoeira

Answer 15

Afro Brazilian dance that combines elements of martial arts

Question 16

Contrafactum

Answer 16

A song in which new text is set to a borrowed or preexsisting melody

Question 17

Cultural revolution (china)

Answer 17

Decade of social and political upheaval initiated by Mao Zedong

Question 18

Diaspora

Answer 18

People living outside their historic homeland who maintain memories of and attachments to their place of origin

Question 19

Ge’ez

Answer 19

Ethiopian Christian liturgical language or a mode in Ethiopian Christian ritual music

Question 20

Indian days

Answer 20

Annual Native American intertribal gatherings that feature social and competitive events during the days and powwow ceremonies in the evenings

Question 21

Layali

Answer 21

In Arab vocal music an improvisation to introduce a song and establishes the maqam in the rest of the piece

Question 22

Melekket

Answer 22

The notational signs in Ethiopian Christian chant derived from ge’ez language characters, each representing a short melody, can refer to one sign or to the entire language

Question 23

Muyu

Answer 23

Genre of traditional Chinese vocal music whose text deals with the concerns of everyday life

Question 24

Ululation

Answer 24

A vocal sound of joy or celebration commonly produced by women in Africa and the Middle East

Question 25

Vihuela

Answer 25

Small strummed folk guitar, used in the mariachi ensemble

Question 26

Ru

Answer 26

Vietnamese lullaby

Question 27

Bandoneon

Answer 27

Type of accordion used in tango

Question 28

Pipa

Answer 28

Chinese plucked lute

Question 29

Erhu

Answer 29

Chinese bowed lute

Question 30

Tabla

Answer 30

2 piece North Indian membranophone

Question 31

Long song

Answer 31

Mongolian song and its vocal style with a dramatically wide range