Traditional Music Flashcards
music anywhere in the world world which was developed within a system of institutional patronage
Classical
music anywhere in the world world which was developed within a system of institutional patronage
Classical
Music developed by middle & lower classes in various cultures
• Played by middle/lower classes and amateur musicians as part of their cultures
ie. work music, chanting, farm work with rhythmic synchronization, celebratory music (harvest, festivals, wedding)
• played by musicians who are NOT being paid
Folk
Music performed for commercial purposes/monetary gain
Popular
Instruments that get the air column vibrating (wind instruments; flute, reed, trumpet)
- if air is not split properly when playing a flute it doesn’t work properly
- similar w/ trumpet they need a specific vibration
- whispering folds of your skin are not engaged, speaking that are
Aerophones
Stringed instruments; plucked, struck-piano, bowed-violin, acoustic guitar)
- also have categories based on :lute zither, harp, lyre)
- OUD instrument originates in Persia, used in Middle East ie/ Arabic, Turkish)
- plucked instrument, lute category
- defined by: main body hollow (similar to guitar), resonates and enhances sound, strings run from one end of hollow body and extend past it but are supported by a neck
Chordophones
Instruments with a membrane that is stretched and sings
- ie drums
Membranophones
A body of instrument vibrates: plucked, struck, shaken, scraped), Ie. wood block being struck and entire body vibrates, gong, cymbal, xylophone, maraca, etc .
Idiophones
