Final: Week 8 Flashcards
Diaspora
ethnic group displaced from their homeland, a dispersion of people that were formerly concentrated in one place, their traditions are dispersed beyond boundaries of the region
Karaoke
First appeared in Japanese bar in Kobe in 1972, first machine (8-track) was put on market in 1976, initially all audio but video was introduced in late 1970s, Kara meaning empty and oke meaning orchestra
Karaoke Boxes
First introduced in 1988, today it has a scoring system to help improve one’s performance
Vietnamese American Karaoke
a good portion of any Vietnamese American music store is given over to karaoke, Japanese equipment dominate the market, venue preferred in Vietnamese restaurants, public extensions of home
Hatsune Miku
Humanoid persona voiced by a singing synthesizer application developed by Crypton Future Media in 2007, her voice is sampled from Japanese Voice Actress Saki Fujita, amateur fans can upload original songs onto Crypton’s site
Takht
Ensemble that plays traditional Arab music on stringed instruments
‘Ud (oud)
short-necked, pear-shaped, fretless lute, usually with 11 strings arranged in five double courses
Ney
An end-blown reed flute, blown into at an angle
Maqam/Maqamat
system of melodic modes
Qafla
a cadential or final figure (falling or coming down)
Taqasim
Art of improvisation, often in unaccompanied and in free meter
Tarab
ecstatic feeling associated with listening to and playin music
Muezzin
a man who called muslims to prayer from the minaret of a mosque
Thick Description
What could a wink mean? Different circumstances with different perspectives really mess up ideas, popularized by Clifford Leertz that relies upon detailed accounts of field experiences and places social interactions into context
Rahim Alhaj
Iraqui American oud composer and musician
