Music History #2 Flashcards
Gamelan
Indonesian instrumental ensembles, mostly metalophones (steel or cast bronze)
Slendro
5 notes in an octave (evenly spaced)
Pibroch/ piobaireachd
A genre of slow solo bagpipe music that consists of a set of elaborate variations on a theme, lamentation
Muyu
Songs about life
- transmitted orally or an be written down
- some short, others take days to perform
- divided into sections according to their story lines
- fixed from 7 syllable lines
- can add vocable a
- performed on a variety of occasions
Kotekan
An Indonesian term for the interlocking parts heard in Balinese Gamelan music
Pelog
7 notes to the octave, but generally only uses 5 of 7 notes
Piob Mhor
Great pipes, “great sound”
Diaspora
People living outside their historic homeland who maintain memories of, and attachments to, there place of origin
Jinshaun
The gold mountain
Ud (oud)
5 stringed middle eastern instrument with short neck and a large body,, brings health benefits to its players and listeners, strings are associated with cosmological concepts (seasons, zodiac)
Mawwal
Traditional form, alternates sections in free rhythm vs regular rhythms
Ca Hue
Vietnamese chamber music
Guru and Shishya
Master and student
Dan Bau
A Vietnamese zither with a pitch bending bar
Corrido
A type of ballad, usually strophic, that commemorates important events and memorable individuals in Mexican and Mexican American History
Pizmon
Hymns sung by Syrian Jews, feauturing sacred Hebrew text set to popular Arab melodies
Sebet
A Sabaath afternoon songfest of unaccompanied Pizmonim held by Syrian Jews to celebrate special occasions
Contrafacta
A song in which new text is set to a pre existing melody
Post modernism
More positive optimistic outlook, global, mix cultures and styles
Bricolage
French for tinkering, creation of a work
Subculture and micromusics
small subgroups within larger musical cultures
Spirituals
A genre of song that emerged from African American Slaves as they were converted to Christianity
Ukulele
Small 4 string Hawaiian chordophone
What is the make up of a gamelan (tuning, rhythmic organization, etc) and how is gamelan viewed by Indonesian society?
Gamelan is an Indonesian instrumental ensemble made up of mostly metalophones. Uses hand played drums, can involve bamboo flutes and rebab. Has no standardized pitch, all instruments are tuned to each other. Uses cosmic rhythm cycle.
What is the social significance of Piob Mhor (in terms of affective memory and communication etc.)?
It is significant because bagpipes have a very strong, emotional, and powerful sound that has been and is still very often used at funerals and other situations to commemorate people. This is also significant to affective memory because when someone hears bagpipes, a majority of people will associate the sound with funerals and commemoration.
What is jinshan and how is it related to Muyu?
Jinshan is known as the “gold mountain” and can relate to Muyu because Muyu is songs about life, and people could write songs about the gold mountain and how they hoped to get gold from there and thus get money that way.
What is the Ud and what is its significance within middle eastern culture?
It brings health benefits to its players and listeners and it is associated with cosmological concepts (seasons and zodiac)
What happens in a jazz funeral?
hymns, Processions past places important to the deceased, mourning, and celebration
How has the concept of musical borrowing affected the Syrian Jewish Pizmon?
It could have effected it in several different ways. It depends on what type of melody was borrowed and where it was from, as well as what style of music it was, for the particular song.
How have modern neuroscientists used music to help various patients recover from lost memory?
They take certain songs from the persons past that they liked and listened to during a certain time in there life, this way it can bring back memories from that specific time.
