Music History #3 Flashcards
Mela
festival for artistic, cultural, or political purposes
-old vs new
Choreology
study of dance steps
Capoeira
dance and martial arts
Giddha
Woman’s dance
Debtaras
Church musicians
Zema
a pleasing sound, chant
- -attributed to Saint yarhed (6th c) under divine inspiration
- -text written down, but chant taught through oral tradition
- -notation, 16th c developed by 2 musicians during a Muslim invasion
- -3 categories of melody (associated with the trinity)
Syncretic
the combination of two or more different concepts or styles
Santeria
“Saint worshiping” Afro Cuban syncretic religion
- Yoruba people of nigera
- music, drumming, dance, seek divination and trance
Dhol
two headed drum made of mango wood
- -played by men
- -left head (dhamma) lower sound
- -right head (purha) higher sound
Toques
7 melodic/rhythmic patterns
Communitas
anthropology term for altered state of consciousness or trance
- —-sense of contact with a spiritual realm
- —-sense of physical or mental powers
- —-conditioned response to sights, smells, sounds
What is compadrito and how is it related to the tangos music and dance?
compadrito, the male dancer, an urban gaucho (a man who has come to less)
- –“lover and pimp”
- –tight black suit and heals
- –steps similar to knife duels
- –forward tilt “dominating the woman so that she is forced to retreat”
- syncopation
- quadruple meter
Bembe
Santeria religious feast/celebration
Bateria
instrumental ensemble
-berimbau, drums, scrapers, agogo
Morris Dance
English folk dance
- rhythmic stepping, belles attacthed to lower legs
- dances sometimes used props, sticks, handkerchief
- fiddles, bagpipes, accordions, penny whistles
- Druid to 15th c
- moorish dancing
- or poor people trying to make money
Quilombo
fugitive communities
Proxemics
the distance between two people as communication
Kathak
North Indian classical dance
- Hindu and Muslim cultural fusions
- Hindu castle of the kathaks (in Rajasthan)
- courtesans perfeomers for Muslim courts and wealthy patrons
Choreometrics
system to measure types of movement and posture (coordinated and rehearsed body movement)
Tango
- circular dance that moves counter clockwise
- mix of people/styles
Jhummar
traditional dhol rhythm
- -used for a night dance along river banks during the rain season
- -also used for Sufi rituals
Ginga
the “sway”
Habanera
Rhythm of Cuba
Bhangra
music/dance form, mixes Punjab traditional music with modern pop, rap, etc
- originally, the rhythms played by the dhol for country harvest festival
- -term later included men’s dance
Bandoneon
A button Accordian associated with the tango, “squeeze box”
Roda
ring around two competitors
