World Music Final (Latin America)

Mestizo music Costumed Dancing Wayno or Huayno Most important Mestizo genre in Peru Mariachi ensemble that consists of guitarron, vihuela, guitar, violins and trumpets Ranchera traditional Mexican music originally sung by only one performer with a guitar. Son Huasteco played by a Trio Huasteco composed of a guitarra quinta huapanguera (a five course, eight stringed guitar-like instrument) a Jarana Huasteca (a stringed instrument related to the jarana) and a violin….

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World Music Final (Latin America)

Mestizo music Costumed Dancing Wayno or Huayno Most important Mestizo genre in Peru Mariachi ensemble that consists of guitarron, vihuela, guitar, violins and trumpets Ranchera traditional Mexican music originally sung by only one performer with a guitar. Son Huasteco played by a Trio Huasteco composed of a guitarra quinta huapanguera (a five course, eight stringed guitar-like instrument) a Jarana Huasteca (a stringed instrument related to the jarana) and a violin….

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World Music Final Ch 7,9,10

Accordion A Free aerophone with reeds that are hidden within two rectangular headboards that are connected by a folding bellows, with keys or buttons to play a melody and chords. Bandoneon A button accordion associated with the tango. Compadrito A type of urban gaucho reputed to be both Don Juan and pimp. Gaucho The Argentinian word for Cowboy Tango An Argentinian-derived style of song and dance. Syncopation A rhythmic effect…

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World Music Final (Carribian)

rake ‘n’ scrape A traditional Bahamian music, usually played on accordion, saw and goatskin drum. Rake-n-scrape ensembles traditionally accompanied quadrille dancing and are an example of Creole musical style. Junkanoo an annual Bahamian festival of music and dance, developed in the eighteenth century and took the form of a night-time festival during which slaves would get together to visit, celebrate, and socialize. Junkanoo was limited throughout the nineteenth and early…

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World Music Final

What are the three periods of the Chinese Communist Party? 1) THE INITIAL COMMUNIST ERA (1949-1965): Saw the reformation of Chinese society and culture under communism2) THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION(1966-1976): An era of intolerance for deviation from state ideology and extreme restrictions on cultural and artistic expression3) THE PERIOD OF OPENNESS (1976-PRESENT): Period of major economic reform that saw China’s involvement in global economic and cultural markets drastically increase, and loosened…

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World Music

Tabla Main percussion instrument used in Indian music Sitar Main melodic instrument used in Indian music that has twelve strings Tambura Plays the drone in Indian Music Djembe Main drum used in most types of African music Bansura Woodwind instrument used in Indian Music to play the melody but not as common as a sitar

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World Music

Why are Certain African Drums, like the Atumpan, able to literally speak? Twi is a tonal language, so the sounds of its syllables are dictated by specific patterns of pitch,rhythm, and tibral…thus it can be replicated by the drum How has the jeliya tradition been significant to the history of Mande society and culture? 1. Jeliu are the praise songs of Mande culture2. They are the purveyors of the hallowed…

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World Music – BRAZIL Samba

BRAZIL Samba ·      SITE 2 Samba·      Rainforest, Portugese colonization, highlands coast line.·      Mining and plantations·      Getulio Vargas·      FI: sensous celebratory sound·      AA: polyrhytmic percussion, cuica, guitar, call and response, samba rhythm·      CC: belly bump, carnival escolas de samba, gov influence, samba styles  Capoeira FI: bop and weave grooceAA: CALL AND RESPONSE, polyrhythmic percussion (berribau) à huge bow thing that you hit. In creasing tempo.CC: “compe” with the foot, dance disguised…

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World Music Test – North & South America

Instrument classification of the bandoneon? free-reed aerophone What key is the tango in? Major – togetherminor – apart What is the struggle that tango depicts? men fighting over a woman unsure of her feelings Common form of a mariachi? strophic what are the names of the two guitars used in mariachi? vihuela and guitarron what are members of Mariachi often dressed as? the charro What is a blue note? The…

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World Music Test – China, Japan, Korea

What is the music texture of Jiangnan Sizhu? heterophonic What is the key for Jiangnan Sizhu to remain for such a long period? ? What is the # of central/main instruments most importantly used in Jiangnan Sizhu? Give example Erhu (fiddle)Yangqin (dulcimer)Pipa (pear-shaped instrument)Dizi (flute) What is the purpose of the p’ansori? to tell a story How many instruments are used in the p’ansori? 1 voice, 1 drum What type…

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