World of Music Test Flashcards by Gloria Lutsik

Paul Pena was a _______

a. a latin-american singer
b. african american blues singer and songwriter
c. blind singer who taught himself how to sing harmonics by listening to recordings
d. american performer who travelled to Tuva and performed in a throat singing contest there
E. Answers B,C, and D but not A

E. Answers B,C, and D, but not A

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Throat Singing is_______
a. the practice of producing high-pitched tones from the upper throat
b. the practice of producing a second or third note at the same time as singing the fundamental tone
c. practiced in Tuva, Mongolia, and among Buddist monks
D. B and C but not A

D. B and C but not A

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Paul Pena___________
a. appeared at the Newport Folk Festival
B. wrote the song “Jet airliner”, which was a hit for the Steve Miller band
C. Helped make American listeners aware of Tuvan throat singing
D. All of the above

d. All of the above

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Music is significant to human life, in what people do, who they think they are, what they believe, and what they value

TRUE OR FALSE?

True

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Ethnomusicology is an academic field that draws on musicology, __________, and other disciplines in order to study the world’s musics.

a. Archeology
b. entomology
c. archietecture
d. anthropology

D. Anthropology

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Edward Tyler’s 1871 definition of culture states that it includes knowledge, belief, art, ___________ , custom, and any other capabilities acquired by mankind as a member of society

a. habits
b. transportation methods
c. morals
d. rituals

C. morals

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Musical tones are meaningful in at least two ways:

a. they have meaning relative to the text or lyrics that accompany them
b. they have meaning relative to one another
c. musical sounds acquire meaning in relation to things beyond themselves
D. B and C but not A

D. B and C but not A

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“rabbit dance” by Eagle and Hawk (as played in class; link in your text” includes vocal sounds with no linguistic meaning, called _________

a. noteables
b. parables
c. vocables
d. phonables

C. vocables

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A society is a group of persons forming a community of ___________, __________ individuals

a. related, independent
b. unrelated, dependent
c. related, codependent
d. related, interdependent

D. related, interdependent

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A culture is defined mainly by__________

a. a collective world view shared by it’s members
b. the religion they practice
c. the country they identify with most
d. their ancestry and ethnic group

A. a collective world view shared by it’s members

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A nation-state is different from a nation because _________

a. a nation-state has a government
b. a nation-state has a homeland
c. a nation-state has a country name
d. a nation does not have a society or culture

B. a nation-state has a homeland

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Which of these is an example of nationalistic music

a. God bless america
b. God bless the USA
c. the stars and stripes forever (band march by John Phillip Sousa)
d. All of the above

d. all of the above

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A dispora is ______________

a. a group of people living away from their ancestral homeland, often with no guarantee of return
b. communities linked together by identification with a common ancestral homeland
c. found in most places of the world
d. all of the above

d. all of the above

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the song “Oye, Como Va?” performed by Tito Puente is a reflection of which of these identities?

a. Puerto Rican
b. Cuban
c. American
D. All of the above

D. All of the above

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In many societies, music plays a role in worship because ________

a. it can serve as a bridge between the earthly realm and the word beyond
b. music can facilitate transcendence
c. Music is sacred
d. A and B but not C

D. a and b but not c

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Dance is the __________

a. movement of the gods
b. way people communicate with animals
c. performed by people and insects
d. the physical expression of culture

D. the physical expression of culture

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Can music be a commodity?

YES OR NO

YES

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Patronage involves_________

a. cooking with musical accompaniment
b. file-sharing your favorite music with your friends
c. the support of musicians and musical institutions
d. rejecting common music in favor of higher-class music

C. the support of musicians and musical institutions

all music transmission involves ___________ and ___________

a. data and a data file
b. notes and rhythms
c. production and reception
d. musicians and recordings

C. production and reception

arranging music is the ______

a. craft of taking an existing musical work and transforming it into something new, while still retaining it’s core musical identity
b. sometimes written and sometimes not
c. can be improvised
d. all of the above

a. craft of taking an existing musical work and transforming it into something new, while still retaining it’s core musical identity

improvisation is ____________

a. composing music in the moment of performance
b. a long-standing historical practice
c. a core value of jazz
d. all of the above

d. all of the above

interpretation of an existing piece of music not a creative act

TRUE OR FALSE

FALSE

All musical performance involves some degree of creativity

TRUE OR FALSE

TRUE

Composition involves planning out the design of a work________

a. and writing it down
b. and recording it
c. prior to it’s performance
d. and obtaining a copyright for it

c. prior to it’s performance

tradition in music is a process of _______________ a. creative transformation b. includes continuity c. keeping things from changing d. a and b but not c

D. a and b but not c

rhythm is the musical correlate of _________________ a. amplitude b. duration c. frequency d. timbre

B. duration

Which of the following are the slowest moving notes? a. sixteenth notes b. eighth notes c. quarter notes d. quarter tones

c. quarter notes

the underlying pulse of music is known as _________ a. accent b. beat c. subdivision d. tempo

b. beat

a stream of sixteenth notes against a quarter-note beat creates a _________ subdivision a. duple b. triple c. quadruple d. free rhythm

c. quadruple

the number of beats in a measure define the music's _____________ a. rhythm b. meter c. tempo d. length

b. meter

when meters are longer and more complex, the term __________ is used a. metric cycle b. quadruple meter c. syncopation d. symphony

a. meter cycle

an accented note that falls between beats is called a _____ a. subdivision b. syncopation c. free rhythm d. mistake

b. syncopation

the rate at which beat pass (speed) in music is called a. beat b. meter c. tempo d. process

c. tempo

when music is nonmetric, we say that it is in ____________ a. free rhythm b. tempo c. syncopation d. polyrhythm

a. free rhythm

a grouping of beats in western music is called a ___________ a. meter b. subdivision c. measure

c. measure

the basic property of all music is ____________________ a. sound b. tone c. timbre d. tone and timbre

sound

a tone posesses_______ a. duration b. timbre c. frequency d. all of the above

all of the above

which sounds have the potential to be music? a. sounds made by instruments b. sounds made by voices c. sounds made by instruments and/or voices d. any and all sounds

any and all sounds

music is ___________________ a. an animal phenomenon b. a human phenomenon c. often performed by birds and whales d. all of the above

a human phenomenon

two basic processes for determining what is and is not music, are ________ and ______ a. duration and frequency b. intention and perception c. tone and volume d. human intention and perception

human intention and perception

the term 'music' is ________ a. a term that translates into every language b. tied to Western culture and our assumptions c. a description of a universal language d. only used in America to describe our understanding of musical sounds

tied to western culture and our assumptions

the HIP (human intention and perception) approach to understanding music emphasizes ____________ a. exclusiveness b. inclusiveness c. that music is inescapable from the people that make it and experience it d. both B and C

both b and c

what are the 5 propositions of music?

1. some kind of sound 2. the sounds and silences that compromise a musical work are organized in some way 3. sounds are organized into music by people 4. music is production of human intention and perception 5. inescapably tied to western culture and our assumptions

what are.... 1. duration 2. frequency 3. amplitude 4. timbre

duration is length and rhythm frequency is the pitch amplitude is the volume timbre is the sound quality