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38 Cards in this Set
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Music that has a texture in which all parts perform the same basic melody, but in versions that differ in ornamentation or rhythm, is called |
Heterophonic |
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Which of the following statements is not true with regard to the music of sub-Saharan Africa |
The music is mostly monophonic in texture |
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Most of the music of the sub-Saharan Africa features |
All of the above |
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Drums in sub-Saharan Africa are often considered |
All of the above |
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Vocalist in Africa often use the __ to accompany themselves |
Mbira |
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A performance style in which the phrases of a soloist are reportedly answered by those of a chorus is known as |
Call and response |
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The mbira may be described as a(n) |
Melodic idiophone with tongues of metal or bamboo attached to a sounding board |
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The name of a large Japanese zither is |
Koto |
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The most prominent melodic instruments in gagkau are |
Flutes and oboes |
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In kabuki |
One might hear several kinds of music in different scenes |
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The name of a three-stringed lute is |
Shamisen |
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Japanese musical notation can be characterized as follows |
It consists of several systems, different instruments and genres of music having different notations |
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During the Nara period, gagaku was regarded as |
A symbol of imperial authority |
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The sho is best described as |
A kind of mouth organ |
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In bunraku you would expect to see |
Puppets, 3 |
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The samurai are particularly associated with |
Noh theater |
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The Japanese bourgeoisie patronized |
Kabuki and bunraku |
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In Japan, the generic term for an ensemble of flute and drums is |
Hayashi |
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The musical style of gagaku is characterized by |
Smoothness abd serenity |
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In Japan, Buddist chant is called |
Shomyo |
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Dance is a very important element in |
Kabuki |
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As a sign of good breeding, modern Japanese girls play the |
Koto |
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Some pieces in Chinese music |
Depict scenes or events |
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The pipa is most like the |
Oud |
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A great deal is known about the music history of China because |
Chinese musicians and music scholars have been writing treatises about music for centuries |
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Songs for the Masses are |
Propaganda songs with a patriotic theme |
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A string and wind ensemble popular in the Shanghai area is |
Jitangnan sizhu |
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The most prestigious Chinese instrument, associated with the literati, is the |
Qin |
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In Jiangnan sizhu music |
All the instruments play the same basic melody but add their own embellishments (heterophonic) |
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A Chinese bowed string instrument is |
Erhu |
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Qin pieces always |
Close with a section in harmonics |
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In Peking opera, characters |
Consist only of stock types |
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The qin should be played |
Under a pine tree |
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The two main types of arias in Peking opera are |
Xipi and erhuang |
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Jiangnan sizhu music is learned primarily |
By sitting in tea houses |
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The Sheng is a kind of |
Mouth organ |
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The yanqin is most like |
A santour |
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Which of the following statements is not true with regard to sub-Saharan Africa |
The most common type of instrument is the chordophone |