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World Music Flashcards

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Chinese Lute

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Ch’in (plucked)

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Chinese fiddle

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Erh-hu

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Chinese Percussion

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Yün-lo (Gongs)

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Chinese mouth organ

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Sheng

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Chinese oboe

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Tou-khan

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Chinese flutes

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Hsaio, Ti-tzu

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Chinese rhythm

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4/4 time sig

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Chinese tonality

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Pentatonic

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What is a lü?

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Pitch, there are 12 of them

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Chinese texture

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Heterophonic (melody is repeated in different note values)

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How is Chinese music recorded?

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Not written down, western notation often used for rhythms

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Chinese identifying features

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Repetition, harsh/regimented, clear structure

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Japanese lute

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Biwa

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Japanese zither

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Shamisen

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Other Japanese string instruments

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Kokyu (bowed) Koto (plucked)

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Japanese percussion

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Taiko (big drum)

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Japanese flutes

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Shakuhachi, Ryuteki

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Japanese mouth organ

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Sho

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Japanese oboe

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Hichiriki

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Japanese rhythm

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Jo (introduction, rhythmic freedom)
Ha (breaking away, structured w pulse)
Kyu (hurried, faster)

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Japanese tonality

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Ryu and Ritsu (modes), melodies start at different times

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Japanese texture

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Heterophonic (no chordal harmonies)

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Important terms: Japanese

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Through-composed
Noh drama
Kabuki (drama)
Court music (more traditional)

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Identifying features: Japanese

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More flowing, no repetition

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Two Indian regions

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Hindustani (North) Karnatak (South)

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Hindustani drone instruments

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Tambura (plucked)

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Hindustani melody instruments

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Sitar (plucked) sarangi (bowed) sarod (plucked)

Some also have drone strings

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Hindustani percussion

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Dhol (drum) Tabla (drum)

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Hindustani keyboard

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Harmonium

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Hindustani rhythm

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Tala (rhythm cycle)

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Hindustani tonality

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Raga (scale + melody)

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Alap

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Hindustani + Karnatak

Solo + tambura drone

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Gat

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Karnatak only added section between alap and jhor

Precomposed, fixed section where the instruments interact

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Jhor

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Hindustani + Karnatak

Faster tempo

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Jhala

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Hindustani + karnatak

Tabla joins in, improvised section

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Indian texture

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Melody + drone + rhythm

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Important terms: hindustani

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Folk music (can also have a religious aspect, i.e. Dance for harvest)

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Identifying features: Indian

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‘Twang’ + resonant aspect of strings

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Karnatak plucked string instruments

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Sitar, sarod, tambura, veena

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Karnatak bowed string instruments

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Sarangi, violin

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Karnatak flute

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Venu

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Karnatak percussion

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Ghatam (clay pot) Mrindigam (double headed drum)

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Karnatak rhythm

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Matras (cycle of beats)

Bols (drum strokes)

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Important terms: Karnatak

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In courts + temples (classical music of past)

Now in shops + houses, performances in Gurus’ (teachers’) houses

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Indonesian metallophones

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Saron, slentem

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Indonesian strings

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Rabab (bowed)

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Indonesian woodwind

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Suling (flute)

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Indonesian gongs

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Bonang, Kenong, Kethuk, Kempiang, Kempul

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Indonesian rhythm

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4 beats in a bar, 4th is the strongest

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Keteg (Indonesian)

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Cyclical rhythmic pattern (like a bar)

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Indonesian tonality

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Slendro (5 notes)

Pelog (7 notes)

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Indonesian texture

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Heterophonic (differing note values, same interlocking melodies)

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Gamelan definition

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Ensemble (Indonesian)

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Balungan definition

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Main theme (Indonesian)

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Identifying features: Indonesian

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Odd tuning, gongs

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African drums

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Kidi, Kaganu, talking drum

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African thumb piano

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Mbira

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African strings

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Kora (plucked)

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African xylophone

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Balafon

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African rhythm

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12/8 time sig

2nd and 4th beats are the strongest

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African tonality

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Pentatonic, no fixed pitch, tuning varies between regions and sets of instruments

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African texture

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Call + response, polyrhythmic (many rhythms at the same time)

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African talking drum

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Imitates human speech by creating different pitches through hitting different sections of the drum/tightening the skin

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Important terms: African

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Ceremonial uses, teaching/educational - work songs, switches between major and minor, vocal parts in thirds. Inspired jazz + blues etc

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Identifying features: African

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Call + response
Rhythmic drums
Voices + chorus
Polyrhythmic

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Arab string instruments

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Rabab (plucked)
Ud (lute)
Qanun (Zither)

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Arab wind instruments

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Nay (end blown flute)

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Arab rhythm

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Iqa’at - rhythmic pattern/cycle, mimics the reading of the Qur’an
Hand clapping, drums

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Maqam

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Set of scales (Arab)

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Ajnas

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1/2 octave (Arab)

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Diwan

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1 octave (Arab)

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Jadwal

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2 octaves (Arab)

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Arab tonality

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Quarter tones used, no fixed pitch

Narrow range, usually a 4th-5th at most, never a 6th

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Arab texture

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Heterophonic w/ decorated melodies

Call + response, repeated phrases, short melodic phrases

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Important terms: Arab

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Qur’an (holy book, most music based on/created for it)

Secular + folk

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Identifying features: Arab

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Twangy w pitch bending + strings

In/out of tune, short range of notes, shouting + clapping

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Latin American possible countries

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Chile, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Argentina

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Latin American cowbell

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Agogo

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Latin American drums

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Tambourne (small drum)

Conga (cylindrical drum)

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Latin American box

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Chajones

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Latin American shaker

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Shekere

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Latin American sticks

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Claves

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Other Latin American instruments:

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Panpipes, guitars, harps, bandonion (accordion), charango (smol guitar)

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Latin American tonality

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Diatonic (maj/min)

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Latin American rhythm

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4/4, strong rhythmic patterns

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Latin American texture

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Call + response, polyrhythms

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Important terms: Latin American

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Mariachi bands (trumpets, guitars, charango, harps, occasionally violins + singers)

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Identifying features: Latin American

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Strong percussion element (i.e. Shakers)

Pitched, sounds more like western music

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