music Flashcards

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in generally is usually upbeat,lively,and festive! But there is more to the fun music

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African-American music

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2
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Is used for communication

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talking drum

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3
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An ancient carnival tradition from north-eastern brazil

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Maracatu

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4
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We’re believed to attract water during dry seasons

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Rain sticks

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5
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We’re passed down orally from generations of slavery

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Spiritual

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“Jamming” is like playing or singing music on the spot with a group of people

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Blues

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7
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Africans use a variety of vocal timbres

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Soul

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Emerging from African-American churches in Memphis and Tennessee

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Gospel music

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9
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A pair of small open-bottomed drums of different sizes

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Bongos

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10
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An empty gourd with a ragged surface that produces a rasping sound when scraped with a stick

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Guiro

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11
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An ancient vessel flute consisting of 4-12 finger holes and a mouthpiece projecting from its body

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Ocarina

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12
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A tall, narrow, singled-headed drum staved like barrels

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Conga

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13
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A pair of short wooden sticks that produce a bright clicking noise when stuck together

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Claves

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14
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A pan-flute made up of a series of cane tubes bound together open at one end and closed at the other

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zampona

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15
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Music in colombia started as a courtship dance performed among the slavecommunities and was later combined with European instruments

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Cumbia

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16
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is a ballroom dance developed by the urban lower classes in Argentina and Uruguay

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tango

17
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Originated from the word rumbear which means good times, going to parties, and dancing.

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rumba

18
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is a lively, flamboyant, and flirtatious Cuban social dance

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Cha-cha

19
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Originated in Rio de Janeiro, brazil, it fused jazz elements with indigenous Brazilian music

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Bossa nova

20
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Started when Jamaican musicians heard New Orleans RnB through transitor radios

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Reggae

21
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began in the theater houses in new york

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Foxtrot

22
Q

Californian vaudeville actor __________ was doing trotting steps to ragtime music it was referred to as “fox’s trot”

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harry fox

23
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The choreography of ___________ is based on the character of the torero (bullfighter) and his cape (the woman)

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Paso doble