World Music Flashcards
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Features of Indian music
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- Based on a raga
- pitch bending is always used
- a lot of ornamentation
- a lot of improvisation
- drone is continuous, playing the tonic and dominant
- rhythms are based on tala
2
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Instruments of Indian music
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- melody is played by SITAR (plucked string instrument), SARANGI (bowed instrument), BANSURI (bamboo flute)
- drone is played by tambura
- rhythm played by tabla drums
3
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Features of Arab music
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- short melodic phrase with narrow range of notes
- repetitive and ostinato patterns
- no fixed pitch
- heavily syncopated
- heterophonic
4
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Instruments of Arab music
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- Rabab- bowed string instruments
- Ud- guitar/lute instrument (virtuosic and improvisatory)
5
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Features of Chinese music
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- pentatonic scale
- heterophonic texture (heavily ornamented)
- no chordal harmony, focus on melody
6
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Instruments of Chinese music
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- Chin- string zither (pitch bending)
- Dizi- bamboo flute (pitch bending)
- Erhu- two string bowed fiddle
7
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Features of Latin music
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- syncopation
- melody + accompaniment texture
- regular phrase lengths
- often fast tempo
8
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Instruments of Latin music
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- panpipes
- charango
- bandoneon
9
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Features of Japanese music
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- pentatonic scale
- heterophonic texture
- through composed
- no chordal harmony
10
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Instruments of Japanese music
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Koto- long strung zither
Shakuhachi- end blown bamboo flute
Sho- mouth organ
11
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Features of Indonesian music
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- GAMELAN
- heterophonic, sometimes come together to play in rhythmic unison
- sudden contrasts
- low pitches = long note length
12
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Instruments of Indonesian music
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- GAMELAN ensemble
- metallophones
- conical drums
