musc quiz 1 Flashcards
units 1 + 2
Paul Simon released his album Buena Vista Social Club in 1986, this album collaborated with a number of South African musicians.
False
A Capella
is singing without musical accompaniment
true
polyphony
is a music type made up of several distinct lines that play simultaneously together.
true
mbube
is a popular a capella singing tradition from south africa
true
vaporwave
is an online microgenre of music that emerged in the early 2010s
true
named after an Eminem song, a fandom refers to a “stalker” or obsessed fan
false
pitch
is a sound associate with a particular frequency (hertz)
true
happy birthday is a popular melody
true
the aspect of music relating to degrees of loudness
dynamics
___ is the speed at which a song is performed
tempo
_____ is a coherent succession of notes that have an organized and recognizable sound pattern.
melody
a form of recorded background music played in public spaces (hotels, shopping malls); referred to as elevator music
muzak
who was the singer, actor, civil rights activist exiled from south Africa due to their stance against apartheid?
miriam makeba
which is not a characteristic (sonic/visual) of VAPORWAVE?
attending a live concert of your fav. vaporwave concert - they don’t have concerts
___ is the distance between two notes
interval
which is not an example of timbre?
nice
when the melody of a song actually reflects the meaning of the words
word painting
that sounding of the same note by two or more musicians or singers at the same time
unison
Ladysmith black Mambazo specializes in what singing tradition from south Africa?
mbube
which is not a criticism faced by Paul Simon and the Graceland album.
he brought light to the atrocities of apartheid in south Africa
the study of music in its social and cultural context; this discipline examines music as a social process to understand not only what music is but what it means to a practitioners and audiences
ethnomusicology
a person who has a “positive, personal, relatively deep emotional connection with an artists or a brand”
fan
a symbol or visual representation of a musical sound
note
an example of a Schizophonic performance
playing guitar hero, it requires a person to play with a virtual instrument
positive about world music industry
allows an artist to create music that expresses themselves, their culture and craft
superfan
someone who is more invested in an artist than the average person
(buys merch, goes to shows, follows them on social media)
negative about music industry
some record labels will try to control their artist and force them to confine to a specific niche/aesthetic.
