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Music App "Cultures of Music" Flashcards

0
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The customs, ideas, tastes, and beliefs acquired from a person’s background

A

Culture

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A style of “art” music as distinguished from folk, jazz, or popular music

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Classical music

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2
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Making up music on the spot

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Improvisation

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A popular style of music that developed in America during the late 1800s and early 1900s

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Jazz music

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4
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The distinct manner or character of musical expression

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Musical style

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The ability to discern musical characteristics and describe them

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Perceptive listening

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Who were the 2 classical composers listed in this chapter

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Franz Joseph Hayden

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Who made the first recording of authentic jazz

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Louis Armstrong

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Who started out as a classical musician, but switched to jazz music

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Wynton Marsalis

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9
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Who was the teacher of Louis Armstrong

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Joseph “King” Oliver

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Who is known as one of the greatest jazz singers of all time

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Ella Fitzgerald

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What are the characteristics of jazz music

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Exuberant spirit 
Improvisation 
Simple 
Heartfelt 
Dancelike 
Rhythmic
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12
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Name the places where jazz music developed

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New York
Chicago
Kansas City
East Texas

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13
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What are the three internal characteristics of music

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Means
Expression
Order

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14
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What are the two external characteristics of music

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Origin

Use

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15
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Why is America known as the “melting pot”

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Immigrants came to America from everywhere

We mix with people who come from different cultures than we do everyday

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16
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The quality of sound

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Timbre

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17
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Scientists who study characteristics and customs of a group of people

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Anthropologist

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18
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Professionals who study the music of different cultural groups

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Enthomusicologist

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Becoming familiar with and understanding sic of other cultures gives us an understand of someone else’s viewpoint

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Empathy

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Warrior dance with great rhythmic energy and subtlety expressed bravery, vitality, and brotherhood
Celebrated ability and skill in battle, self-confidence, and manliness

A

Lali

21
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Mixed culture

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Mestizo

22
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Musical group with several violins, 2 trumpets, a bass guitar called a guitarron, a short 5 string rhythm guitar called a vihuela, and a 6 strong guitar

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Mariachi

23
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A style of opera that combines an orchestra with speaking, singing, acrobatic martial arts, and pantomime

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Peking opera

24
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When performers sing/play the same melody but in their own way

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Heterophony

25
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Bass guitar

What culture is it from

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Guitarron

Mexican

26
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Small 2-stringed bowed lute

What culture is it from

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Jinghu

Chinese

27
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A thin guitar

What culture is it from

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Jarana

Mexican

28
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35 string harp

What culture is it from

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Arpa

Mexican

29
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Round plucked lute

What culture is it from

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Yuegin

Chinese

30
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Large 2-stringed lute

What culture is it from

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Jing erhu

Chinese

31
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Short 5-string rhythm guitar

What culture is it from

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Vihuela

Mexico

32
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4 string guitar

What culture is it from

A

Requinto jarocho

Mexico

33
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How do we become acquainted with the unwritten cultural traditions of other societies

A

Field recordings done by anthropologists

34
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Which tribe is associated with the Lali

A

Bamileke

35
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What are songs from the country in Mexico called

A

Cancion ranchera

36
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What is the most well-known sons jaliscienses

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“La Negra” which means “The Dark Woman”

37
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What are traditional songs of Mexico called

A

Sones jarochos

38
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What is one of the most famous sons jarochos

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“La Bamba”

39
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Where do the stories in Peking Opera come from

A

Chinese history or folklore

40
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What types of actors were in the cast

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Ancient bearded men
Flirtatious girls
Women warriors
Generals and kings are presented in a larger-than-life manner

41
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How were the singers accompanied?

The movements?

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Singers = string instruments 
Movements = cymbals, gongs, bright sounding drum, wood clapper
42
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What instrument accompanies males?
Females?
Both?

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Jinghu
Jing erhu
Yuegin

43
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Where did the ensemble sit?

A

On stage, in full view of the audience

44
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What were the different parts that made up this art form

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Speaking
Singing
Acrobatic martial arts
Pantomime

45
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Describe how the Peking Opera is different from the western opera

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Peking = shrill tone quality & higher vocal range

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