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Guqin is

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Considered a well studied Ancient Chinese instrument. The Guqin is a 7-stringed bridgless Zither

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Erhu is

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A Chinese two-stringed fiddle. Consists of a round or hex-shaped wooden resonator with python skin covering one face. A long stick serves as the neck with two rear tuning pegs at the top. Two strings run the length of the instrument.

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Khöömei (Overtone or throat singing) is

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A Mongolian form of singing. In throat singing, the singer produces a fundamental and then produces different patterns of overtones.

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Gagaku is

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A Confucian-derived ritual court ensemble from Japan; literally means “elegant music “. Consists of wind instruments, strings, and percussion.

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Kabuki is

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Pop music theatre form developed for Japan’s middle class in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Medieval spans from c.

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500-1400

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Renaissance spans from c.

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1400-1600

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Baroque spans from c.

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1600-1750

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Classical spans from c.

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1750-1820

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Romantic spans from c.

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1820-1920

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20th century spans from c.

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1920-2000

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Two pieces that are in Sonata Allegra form are

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Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nacht Musik and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony: 1st movement.

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One piece that spans from Ancient China is

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“Drunken Madness”, performed by Lou Feixin and believed to be composed by Ruan Ji (210-263).

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One piece spanning from the Baroque era is

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Handel’s “Rejoice Greatly” from Messiah.

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One piece spanning from the classical era is

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Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nacht Musik

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Four pieces spanning from the Romantic era are:

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Beethoven’s fifth symphony: 1st movement, Schubert ‘s Erlkönig, Grieg ‘s Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt, and Bizet’s Habanera from Carmen.

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Two pieces spanning from the 20th Century are

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Duke Ellington’s Take the A Train, and Penderecki’s Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima.

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Schubert’s

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Erlkönig

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Greig’s

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Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt

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Bizet’s

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Habanera from Carmen

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The Sonata Allegra form

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Is developed during the Classical period and is used often by Mozart and Haydn. Sonata is expanded from ABA form is contains 4 sections: The exposition, development, recap, and Coda.

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Jali

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A poet/praise singer and oral historian from Mandinka west Africa.

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Kora

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A plucked chordophone played by a Jali. Consists of two sections known as the Birimintingo(Virtuosic solo section) and Kumbengo (Accomp. singing section)

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JuJu Music

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Nigerian pop music derived from traditional Yoruba percussion.

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Akadinda

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Music of a large, heavy log xylophone from Uganda that uses interlocking patterns.

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Talking Drums

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Speech-substitute in the context of music performance. Imitates the rising and falling inflections of the voice.

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Mbira

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Tones are produced through the plucking of flat metal strips of various lengths. A lamellophone, a sub-class of Idiophones

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Pygmy Music

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Unique polyrhythmic vocal style, Mtubi Pygmy employs a call and response organization. Few instruments are used.

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Fela Kuti

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The founder of Afro-Beat, another form of Nigerian Pop music.

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Blackings definition of music

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Humanly organized sound,

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Ethnocentrism

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The assumption that one’s own cultural patterns and understandings are normative and those that differ are abnormal.

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Postmodernism

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“Truth is relative; instead of describing facts, emphasis is on interpreting texts.

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4 stages of Ethnomusicological inquiry includes

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Prep, fieldwork, analysis, and dissemination

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Timbre

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The tone quality or color of a musical sound. Allows us to distinguish between intsruments.

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Pitch

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A tone’s specific fq level, measured in hertz.

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Rhythm

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The length, or durations, of sounds as patterns in time

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Dynamics

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The volume of a musical sound

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Organology

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The study of musical instruments

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Sachs-Hornbos-Tel System

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Standard classification system for musical instruments created by Curt Sachs, and Eric Hornbostel.

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Aerophone

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Defined as instruments producing sounds through the direct vibration of air

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chordophone

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Sound is produced by (a) vibrating string(s)

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Lute

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Has a long neck along which the strings run. can be plucked, fretted or fretless.

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Zither

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Strings are parallel to the sounding body and run almost the entire length; the whole instrument becomes a resonator. Generally plucked or hammered.

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Lyre

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Strings are attached to a yoke, has two arms and a bar

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Harp

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Strings run perpendicular to the resonating body

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Idiophone

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An instrument the whole of which vibrates to produce a sound.

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Membranophone

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A membrane is stretched over a frame.

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Pitch

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A tone’s specific freq level measured in hertz

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Tuning system

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All the pitches common to a musical tradition

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Scale

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a collection of notes that of a musical reason have been grouped together

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Melody

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Organized succession of pitches forming a musical idea: Tune, phrase

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Syllabic

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Music with one note per symbol

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Melismatic

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Music with many notes per symbol

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Monophony

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Same pitches and rhythm.

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Polyphony

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Overlapping of multiple lines of music

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Homonophy

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Multiple lines of music expressing the same idea.

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Dynamic

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Relative loudness or softness of music

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Crescendo

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Gradual increase in volume

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Decrescendo

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Gradual decrease in volume

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Form

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Overall pattern or structure of a piece of music as it unfolds in time

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Etic

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Perspective of the cultural outsider

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Emic

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Perspective of the cultural insider

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5 ways music is used

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Emotional response
Physical response
Aesthetic enjoyment
Entertainment
Communication
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Ballad

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A song that tells a depressing story, was orig. British and was popular in Appalachia

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Lined Hymn

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Scottish psalm singing

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Shaped-note

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Derived from line singing, Uses Fa-soh-La

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Bluegrass

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Style of American folk music characterized by virtuosic instrumental performance, & the high-lonesome vocal style, in which a harmony line is sung above the main melody

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A-A spiritual

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Congregational singing inspired by the old-testament

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A-A gospel

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New-testament inspired with “Get Happy” texts. Melismatic ornamentation.

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Country Blues

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Secular folk music tradition originated in the A-A community in Southern U.S

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Nuyorican salsa

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Combo of Euro bass instruments & the piano with African percussion instruments. Notable artists Tito Puertez & Celia Cruz

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Cajun Music

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“French Jig”. Simple melody two-step rhythm. Sub-genre includes Zydeco (uses washboard, Frothier)

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Inuit

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Formerly refered to as Eskimos. Performed in throat-singing.

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Powwow

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Native-American cultural festival, feat. traditional music, dance, regalia, and food.

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