Final Exam

Question 1

___ music can best be defined as music that is learned informally, primarily through observation.

Answer 1

folk

Question 2

______ singing utilizes “more than one pitch per syllable” of sung text.

Answer 2

Melismatic

Question 3

The instruments heard in this example include ______ and ______.

Answer 3

idiophones

membranophones

Question 4

______ is defined as “simultaneous variations of a single line of music.”

Answer 4

Heterophony

Question 5

______ scholarship focuses on “relative truths” or “interpretation of text.”

Answer 5

Post-modernist

Question 6

____ describes the “insider” perspective to a cultural tradition.

Answer 6

Emic

Question 7

Popular music can best be defined as music that is ______.

Answer 7

disseminated through the media

Question 8

______ is a research approach in which an ethnomusicologist learns to perform the music they study.

Answer 8

Bi-musicality

Question 9

______ describes the quantity of pitches sounded within a specific length of time.

Answer 9

Rhythmic density

Question 10

______ is the assumption that one’s own cultural patterns are normative, while those that differ are “exotic,” “strange,” or “abnormal.”

Answer 10

Ethnocentrism

Question 11

Western art music notation is generally intended as an exact representation of a musical performance.

Answer 11

true

Question 12

______, ______, ______, and ______ are the musical equivalents of the four properties of sound.

Answer 12

Tone, timbre, dynamics, rhythm

Question 13

A(n) ______ pitch has a dominant frequency that is “singable.”

Answer 13

definite

Question 14

______ singing utilizes “one pitch per syllable” of sung text.

Answer 14

Syllabic

Question 15

Ethnomusicology has a canon of composers and works.

T/F

Answer 15

False

Question 16

A lamellophone is a type of ______.

Answer 16

idiophone

Question 17

A(n) ______ pitch has no single dominant frequency, but a cluster of frequencies that can best be imitated rather than “sung.”

Answer 17

indefinite

Question 18

Tibetan Buddhist chant notation is generally intended as an exact representation of a musical performance.

T/F

Answer 18

False

Question 19

A piano is an example of a ______.

Answer 19

zither

Question 20

Music is a universal language.

T/F

Answer 20

false

Question 21

_____ refers to the number of pitches per syllable of sung text.

Answer 21

text setting

Question 22

______ is a research approach embraced by ethnomusicologists that encourages the acceptance of differing cultural perspectives.

Answer 22

Cultural relativism

Question 23

______ scholarship focuses on “verifiable truths” or “facts.”

Answer 23

Modernist

Question 24

A guitar is an example of a ______.

Answer 24

lute

Question 25

The ethnomusicologist’s credo: Music is ______, not a universal language.

Answer 25

universal

Question 26

______ describes the assumption that one’s own cultural patterns are normative and that those that differ are “strange,” “exotic,” or “abnormal.”

Answer 26

ethnocentrism

Question 27

According to ethnomusicologists, why is music considered a universal, but not a universal language?

Answer 27

Musical activity is found in every human culture, but the meanings of such activity are interpreted differently from culture to culture, even person to person.

Question 28

A(n) ______ "itself" vibrates to produce a sound.

Answer 28

idiophone

Question 29

______, ______, ______, and ______ are the four properties of sound.

Answer 29

Pitch, tone quality, volume, duration

Question 30

______ refers to the mood or sentiment associated with a raga performance.

Answer 30

rasa

Question 31

The sarod is a fretless plucked lute ______.

Answer 31

with three sets of strings: melody, jhala (rhythm), and sympathetic

Question 32

The major religion associated with Pakistan is ______.

Answer 32

Islam

Question 33

The main melodic instruments in this example are ______.

Answer 33

metallophones

Question 34

A corroboree is a(n) ______.

Answer 34

nighttime ritual found among Australian aborigines

Question 35

The ______ is a skeletal melody used for improvisation in a Hindustani instrumental raga performance.

Answer 35

gat

Question 36

______ is the most common “world music” found in academic institutions throughout the United States.

Answer 36

Gamelan

Question 37

______ is a staple of the diet in Southeast Asia, as well as the major economic resource for most nations in the region.

Answer 37

rice

Question 38

The alap is best described as a(n) ______.

Answer 38

exploratory introduction

Question 39

The term bhajan refers to ______.

Answer 39

a devotional song performed by Hindu lay people

Question 40

______ is the major religion of Thailand.

Answer 40

Buddhism

Question 41

______ is the most famous female performer of Indian filmi music.

Answer 41

Lata Mangeshkar

Question 42

The major religion associated with India is ______.

Answer 42

Hinduism

Question 43

A distinctive feature of the Russian ______ is its triangular shaped body.

Answer 43

balalaika

Question 44

The yang qin is a ______ from China common to the sizhu ensemble.

Answer 44

hammered zither

Question 45

The Persian musical system (mode) used as the basis for composition and improvisation is known as ______.

Answer 45

dastgah

Question 46

The Rom (or Romani), colloquially known as “Gypsies,” originally came from ______ and are well-known throughout Europe for their music-making.

Answer 46

India

Question 47

Taiko ensembles are primarily associated with ______.

Answer 47

Japan

Question 48

The European medieval lute is thought to derive from the Middle Eastern ______.

Answer 48

ud

Question 49

The ______ is considered by some to be an ancestor of the modern piano.

Answer 49

accordion

Question 50

The ______ bagpipes are often used as a symbol of the British military.

Answer 50

Scottish

Question 51

______ denotes a kind of heightened speech that is between speaking and singing.

Answer 51

Cantillation

Question 52

The omnipresent being referred to as “God” by English-speaking Christians is called ______ by Islam.

Answer 52

Allah

Question 53

The pipa is a ______ from China common to the sizhu ensemble.

Answer 53

pear-shaped plucked lute