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What is Liberal Arts?

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Areas of study (such as history, language, and literature) that are intended to give you general knowledge rather than to develop specific skills needed for a profession.

(free man/ one not tied to a trade).

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What are Aesthetics?

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A set of principles about art, beauty, and taste

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What is Absolute Music?

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music with no extra-musical story or text.

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What are Vocables?

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song text syllables that have no meaning (i.e. Fa-la-la-la-la)

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Middle Ages/Medieval Period

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400-1450

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Renaissance Period

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1450-1600

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Baroque Period

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1600-1750

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Classical Period

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1750-1820

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Romantic Period

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1820-1900

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Twentieth Century Period

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1900-2000

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Twentieth-First Century Period

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2000-Present

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Second Sura of the Koran: Al-Baqara (‘The Qur’an’)

  1. What country is the performer from?
  2. This example is a recitation from what sacred
    Islamic book?
  3. Why present this example? Is this example called
    music?
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  1. Saudi Arabia
  2. Qur’an
  3. This example is recitation from the Qur’an. This is not considered music because the term for music may elicit negative associations of secular music practice.
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Gregorian Chant

  1. What is the genre of this example?
  2. What religion is this associated with?
  3. Is it appropriate to call this example music?
  4. What style period in Western Art is this from?
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  1. Plainchant, Gregorian Chant, or Chant
  2. Christianity (Catholic)
  3. Yes
  4. Medieval
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Amazing Grace

  1. What is the title of this song?
  2. What country is this song most closely associated
    with?
  3. Do people who listen to this tune value an aesthetic of reinterpretation or do they want to hear the song performed the same way by all artists?
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  1. Amazing Grace
  2. USA
  3. Reinterpretation through melodic and rhythmic
    variation
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Agbekor

  1. Which West African people are performing this
    example?
  2. What country is this example from (Hint=Africa is
    not a country)?
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  1. Anlo-Ewe

2. Ghana

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El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez

  1. What is the title of this example?
  2. What is the genre of this example?
  3. Define Corrido:
  4. What is the story that this example relates to the
    listener?
  5. In what country does this story take place?
  6. What is the meter?
  7. The chord progression uses two chords:
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  1. “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez”
  2. Corrido
  3. Mexican and Mexican-American narrative song genre.
  4. It tells the story from 1901 in which a poor translation led to conflict and then the fatal shooting of a sheriff by Cortez. He then fled and eluded capture by a posse of “Texas rangers” for several days. The corrido celebrates Cortez to those for whom he became a hero. It symbolized the ongoing border conflict.
  5. America
  6. Compound 6/8
  7. I and V.
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The Times They Are-a Changin’

  1. What country is this song from?
  2. Who composed this song?
  3. What is this song about?
  4. What is the title of this song?
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  1. America
  2. Bob Dylan
  3. It is a protest anthem that gave strength to the changing political and social movements in 1960s America. In particular, Dylan wrote it about the civil rights movement.
  4. The Times They Are a-Changin’
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Blue Horse Special

  1. What is the title of this example?
  2. Which Native American culture does this example come from? What are vocables?
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  1. Blue Horse Special
  2. Lakota
  3. Song text syllables with no linguistic meaning.
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Ketawang Subakastawa

  1. What country is this example from/Where is Bali?
  2. What is the kind of ensemble or genre heard in this example?
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  1. Indonesia

2. Gamelan

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We Shall Overcome

  1. What shall the people singing this song overcome?
  2. From what country does this originate?
  3. What is the genre?
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  1. Eventually= Injustice, racism, and prejudice of the 1960s in America.
  2. America
  3. protest song, gospel song
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1812 Overture

  1. Who is the composer of this composition?
  2. From what country does this piece originate?
  3. What is the genre of this work?
  4. What style period in Western Art is this from?
  5. What is the title of this work?
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  1. Tchaikovsky
  2. Russia
  3. Concert Overture
  4. Romantic
  5. 1812 Overture
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Liushui (Flowing Water)

  1. What is the title of this example?
  2. What is the instrument heard in this example?
  3. What country is this example from?
  4. Is this a wind, percussion, or string instrument?
  5. What is the extra-musical association with this instrument?
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  1. Liushui (Flowing Water)
  2. Qin or guqin
  3. China
  4. String
  5. It is associated with high cultural status. It is also associated with Confucious. It therefore is associated with intellectualism.
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What is music?

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Sound organized by humans

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Why do people make music?

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  1. to inspire
  2. relate
  3. joy
  4. passionate
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What is a Timbre?

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Particular quality of sound of an instrument

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Who was Pyotr Iich Tchaikovsky?

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Russian composer of music during the Romantic Period

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What is the Qur’an?

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Sacred Islamic text revealed to the Prophet Muhammed

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What are the five elements of music?

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  1. Harmony
  2. Rhythm
  3. Melody
  4. Form
  5. Texture
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What is a genre?

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Types of music/categories of music characterized by similarities

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What is Metaphysics?

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The science of things transcending what is physical or natural.

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