Final: Listening Examples

Question 1

Little Fugue In G Minor

Answer 1

Example of polyphony

Question 2

Rosie

Answer 2

Field Hollers in free rhythm where metrical rhythm comes from axe, work song, participatory, Blues

Question 3

Krzesany po Dwa

Answer 3

recognized as reggae genre but raises World Music issues as it’s classified as world beat music since it has Podhale (no drums) origin with drums, from Poland with fusion style from Jamaica, example of globalization, tradition versus modernity

Question 4

Nag Biegu

Answer 4

From Africa, uses Lunga drums, Dagbamba song that features lunga and lunsi drumming, a Praise Name Dance, history from a hand to hand duel

Question 5

Muyu Muyari Warmigu

Answer 5

A Sanjuan music from Ecuador that is isorhythm and reptetive with double couplets and features Diatonic Harp

Question 6

Playon “Lasem”

Answer 6

a song in the puppet theatre, this is a piece that generates excitement , since these songs are either relatively calm, somewhat excited, or very excited, features bells and gongs (gamelan), from Indonesia, called Wayang Kulit (puppets)

Question 7

Bai Tango Cho Em (A Tango for You)

Answer 7

Vietnamese-American Music, karaoke bar in OC (diaspora), derived from Japan, playing a song from Argentina in Vietnam happening in OC, Sung in Vietnamese but driven by tango rhythms, romantic lyrics, tangos made their way from Argentina to European night clubs, to colonial outposts like Vietnam, to the Karaoke of Vietnamese immigrants, tango can evoke a particular past as well as create immigrant Vietnamese present

Question 8

Al Shaghal

Answer 8

Arab World, thick description, think week 8

Question 9

Tanko Bushi

Answer 9

MInyo, communal dance music inspired by labor practice, mining with movements inspired by coal miners

Question 10

Bambutsu no Tsunagari (All Things Connected)

Answer 10

Fandangobon genre, a fusion /hybrind, communal dancing, became a hit and was brought into local Obon Festivals