Music Flashcards
What South American indigenous culture is known for music in hocket?
Quechua culture
How are the various syncretic Latin dance musics distinguished?
Clave and bell patterns
How do the Quechua categorize their instruments?
They categorize them by male and female instruments
What are two things you found interesting about pre-Columbian Aztec musics?
The Huēhuētl and Teponaztli drums most important instruments. and that they were also treated as idols or living bein.
What is unique about the rhythms in Puebloan musics?
They have patterned pauses and frequently changing meters
Name two musical cultures that influenced flamenco.
Cuban rumba and guaracha
What are two things you found interesting about East Coast indigenous musics?
Drums are (comparatively) less central to the songs and dances and sometimes use special vocal effects
What is one difference between Northern Plains musics and Southern Plains musics?
North has the Shawl dance and South has the Kiowa Gourd Dance
What are two things you found interesting about Alaskan indigenous musics?
They use a 19th centry whistle and have different vocal patterns.
What are two uniquely African American musics that contributed to the development of jazz?
African Diaspora and Ragtime
Briefly summarize how capoeira evolved.
played in row of instruments called bacteria. Uses martial arts, dance, acrobatics and music. Often presentaional today or takes a form of a game.
Name two musics from the Caribbean and their culture/place of origin.
Rumba from Havana and Reggae from New Orleans
What instruments are used in a Mariachi ensemble?
violins, guitars, trumpets and bass guitar
What are two characteristics of Reggae music?
Has Jamaican ska and is a style of R&B
