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48 Cards in this Set
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binary form
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AABB
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acoustics
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branch of physics about sound
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african music traits
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descending, polyphonic, rhythmic, call and respond, overlapping and interlocking, buzzy timbres, "mbira"
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Bela Fleck
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banjo player, searching for african historical influence/heritage
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binary form
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two parts
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ternary form
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three parts
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bira
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spirit possession ceremony performed by the shona (Zimbabwe)
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cadence
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any pause or break
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call and response
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dialogue in music
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chordophone
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stringed instrument
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colonialism
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foreign political occupation for the extraction of resources
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contour
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culturally linked "go up, go down"
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counterpoint
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type of texture "polyphonic" each voice is of equal importance
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dynamics
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loudness (volume)
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Edward Hall
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anthropologist (non verbal communication) a basic human drive is to synchronize
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electronophone
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"electric stuff"
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fixed pitch
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piano, mbira, harp
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flow
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the sense of well being during optimal experience (attainable but challenging)
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form
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the architecture of a piece of music (AABB)
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frequency
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determines pitch (speed of vibration)
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ground and elaboration
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african texture, "the way instruments interact" (repeating phrase - ground) (improvisation - elaboration)
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heterophonic texture
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kindergardners singing "out of sync" simultaneous variations
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homophonic texture
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singing in harmony
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icon
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a type of sign (something meaningful)
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resemblance
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rhyming at the end of a phrase
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index
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association
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mbira
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ideaphone "rigid" spirtual tool (looks like a small wooden piano)
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melody
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coherent succession of pitches
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melody and drone
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texture "melody in relation to one solid tone"
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membranophone
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stretched membrane "drum"
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meter
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the grouping of pulses "organization"
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tempo
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the speed of the piece
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monophonic texture
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one voice
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the onion
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created by Jeff Titon
Inner core: musical elements 1st layer: musicians 2nd layer: audience 3rd layer: community 4th layer: history |
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organology
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the study of musical instruments
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overtones
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timbre (the voice of an instrument) partial vibrations
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1. Participatory vs
2. Presentational |
1. invites participation
2. plays for audience |
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phrase
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a short musical idea (made out of cadences)
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polyglot
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someone who speaks multiple languages
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pulse
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beat
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resonator
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the thing that amplifies the sound
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rhythm
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things that directly relate
1. meter 2. pulse 3. tempo |
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semiotics
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study of significance "signs"
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sign
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something that has significance
icons: resemblance symbols: arbitrary sychronizing: the human drive to be "together and understanding" |
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turn and reform
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AABBCC
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Thomas Mapfumo
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guitarist from Zimbabwe, brought the mbira to his rock band
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timbre
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voice of the instrument
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vibrator
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thing that vibrates
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