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World music unit 2 Flashcards

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1
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What us a predictable pulse?

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the Beat

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2
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What is a group of organized beats?

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Meter

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What is the emphasis on certain notes? (1,2,3,4)(2 and 4 are accented)

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Accent

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4
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What is it called when the accented note is between main beats?

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Syncopation

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5
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what is a politically organized body of people under a single government?

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Nation

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A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality

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Nation state

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7
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What is an international network of communities linked together by homeland?

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Diaspora

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What do you call a strong repeated pattern of movement or sound?

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Rhythm

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What is the grouping of individual beats into larger groupings called?

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Meter

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What do you call the rate or speed at which the beats pass in music?

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Tempo

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What do you call the frequency of the sound waves or the highness or lowness of a beat?

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Pitch

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12
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What do you call the sound quality or character of a tone?

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Timbre

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13
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What do you call the decoration or adornment of notes in a melody?

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Ornamentation

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14
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What shows variations?

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Tonalities

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15
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What do you call a particular sequence of pitches?

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Melody

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16
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What do we call a set of musical notes ordered by a fundamental frequency or pitch

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Scale

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17
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What is the combination of notes playing at the same time?

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Harmony

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18
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What do we call a pitch is clear and identifiable?

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Determinate

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19
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What do we call a pitch when there are multiple and unclear?

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Indeterminate

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20
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What do we call the space between pitches?

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Intervals

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21
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What do we call the combination of pitches and chords that are hard and grating?

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Dissonance

22
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What do we call the combination of pitches and chords that are easy to listen to and pleasing?

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Consonance

23
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What do we call the layers of sound within music

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Texture

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24
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What are the different textures of music?

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Monophony: single unaccompanied
Polyphony: Two or more
Heterophony: Multiple variations of the same melodic line

25
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What are the different types of instruments?

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Chordophones: strings, chords
Aerophones: air, brass (flute)
Membranophones: drums, tambourine
Idiophones- solid, bell, gong
Electrophones: electric instruments

26
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(Bali) what is a Gamelan?

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A large extravagant Bali instrument

27
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(Bali) What is a a Gamelan Beleganjur?

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A marching Gamelan used for funeral ceremonies

28
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(Bali) What is a Gilak?

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A gong cycle and beats

29
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(Bali) what are interlocking textures called in Bali?

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Kilitan telu

30
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(Bali) What is a keckak?

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A vocal gamelan

31
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(Bali) What is a Gong Ageng?

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A large gong

32
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(Bali) How did the gamelan influence music in the west?

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It inspired minimalism in western music

33
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(India) What is Bollywood?

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The Indian film industry that mixes film with popular and traditional music

33
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(India) What are the origins of of Indian classical music?

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Stem from Hinduism and Islam

34
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(India) What is the raga?

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It is a form of traditional music split into two halves

35
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(India) What is the Alap and the Gat in Raga?

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Alap is the first part of raga which is slower with no set rhythm

Gat is second half it is faster and has a regular pulse

36
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(India) What is a tala?

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The metric system of the Raga

37
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(India) What is a Sitar?

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A traditional string instrument in classical indian music

38
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(India) What is a tabla?

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A drum used in traditional Indian music

39
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(India) Who is Ravi Shankar?

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The most well known sitar player very influential

40
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(Ghana) Who are the Akan?

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a ethnic group in Ghana

41
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(Ghana) What does talking drums mean?

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When they use drums to imitate speech and portray messages

42
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(Ghana) What is a Fontomfrom?

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An ensemble of drums

Bell: highest pitch
Atumpan: mid
Eguqnkoba: mid
From: deepest pitch

43
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(Mali) Who are the Mende?

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An ethnic group in Mali

44
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(Mali) What does being a Jeli?

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Professional musiciaons also known as Girots

45
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(Mali) What is the Kora?

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String instrument most like a harp

46
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(Mali) What is the bala?

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A wooden xylophone

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47
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(Mali) What us a kumbengo?

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Layers of ostinato played in the kora

48
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(Mali) What is a Birimintingo?

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Virtuosic melodic flourish

49
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