Test 2 Study Guide

Question 1

Amazing Grace

1. What is the title of this song?
2. What country is this song most closely associated with?
3. What is the metric grouping

Answer 1

1. Amazing Grace
2. USA
3. Triple= 3/4

Question 2

Agbekor

1. Which West African people are performing this
   example?
2. What country is this example from (Hint=Africa is
   not a country)?
3. Which rhythmic concept is best represented by this example

Answer 2

1. Anlo-Ewe
2. Ghana
3. Polyrhythm

Question 3

El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez

1. What is the title of this example?
2. What is the genre of this example?
3. Define Corrido:
4. What is the story that this example relates to the
   listener?
5. In what country does this story take place?
6. What is the meteric grouping?

Answer 3

1. “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez”
2. Corrido
3. Mexican and Mexican-American narrative song genre.
4. It tells the story from 1901 in which a poor translation led to conflict and then the fatal shooting of a sheriff by Cortez. He then fled and eluded capture by a posse of “Texas rangers” for several days. The corrido celebrates Cortez to those for whom he became a hero. It symbolized the ongoing border conflict.
5. America
6. Compound 6/8

Question 4

The Times They Are-a Changin’

1. What country is this song from?
2. Who composed this song?
3. What is this song about?
4. What is the title of this song?
5. What is the metric grouping?

Answer 4

1. America
2. Bob Dylan
3. It is a protest anthem that gave strength to the changing political and social movements in 1960s America. In particular, Dylan wrote it about the civil rights movement.
4. The Times They Are a-Changin’
5. Triple= 3/4

Question 5

Ketawang Subakastawa

1. What country is this example from/Where is Bali?
2. What is the kind of ensemble or genre heard in this example?
3. What is the metric foundation for this example called?

Answer 5

1. Indonesia
2. Gamelan
3. Colotomic meter

Question 6

1812 Overture

1. Who is the composer of this composition?
2. From what country does this piece originate?
3. What is the genre of this work?
4. What style period in Western Art is this from?
5. What is the title of this work?
6. What two beats of a 4/4 measure are being emphasized?

Answer 6

1. Tchaikovsky
2. Russia
3. Concert Overture
4. Romantic
5. 1812 Overture
6. 1 and 3/ downbeat

Question 7

Raga Jog

1. What is the title of this piece?
2. What instruments do you hear in this example?
3. Who is playing the sitar in these examples?
4. Where are these examples from?
5. What is the genre of these examples?
6. What is the metric foundation?/What is the translation for meter?

Answer 7

1. Raga Jog
2. Chordophone=Sitar, Membranophone=Tabla,
   Drone instrument/chordophone=Tanpura
3. Ravi Shankar
4. India (north)
5. North Indian Classical Music or Hindustani
6. Tala (tintal)

Question 8

Carnatic Music- adi tala

1. Where is this example from?
2. What is the metric foundation?/What is the translation for meter?

Answer 8

1. South India

2. Tala (adi tala)

Question 9

West African Xylophone

1. What country is this example from?
2. What people created this example?
3. What is unique about the timbre of these idiophones?
4. Which rhythmic concept is best represented by this example?

Answer 9

1. Mali in West Africa
2. Senufo
3. The resonator gourds on the xylophones have vibrating membranes that buzz when the notes are struck. This combined with the rattles attached to the wrists of the musicians add a texture to the sound that is part of the aesthetic preference of the musicians.
4. Polyrhythm

Question 10

Carmen

1. What is the title of the opera that this example comes from?
2. Who composed this example?
3. What is the genre of this work?
4. From which style period in Western Art Music?
5. From what country?
6. . Which rhythmic technique is used in this example

Answer 10

1. Carmen
2. Bizet
3. Opera
4. Romantic
5. France
6. Recitative

Question 11

Ringmasters, Love Me and the World Is Mine

1. What is the genre of this example?
2. From which country does this genre originate?
3. How many singers are in this group?
4. Is this a homogeneous or heterogeneous sound ideal?
5. What two beats of a 4/4 measure are being emphasized

Answer 11

1. Barbershop Quartet
2. USA
3. Four
4. Homogeneous because the timbre of the voices blend together.
5. 2 and 4/ backbeats

Question 12

Adagio for strings

1. What is the title of this composition?
2. Who is the composer?
3. From what country?
4. From which style period in Western Art music?
5. Is this a homogeneous or heterogeneous sound ideal?

Answer 12

1. Adagio for strings
2. Samuel Barber
3. USA
4. 20th centrury
5. Homogeneous because the timbre of the string instruments are similar.

Question 13

Thai Pi Phat ensemble

1. What country is this example from?
2. Is this an example of a homogeneous or heterogeneous sound ideal?

Answer 13

1. Thailand

2. Heterogeneous because the instrumental timbres are not similar.

Question 14

Take Five

1. Who is performing this example?
2. What is the title of this example?
3. What is the instrumentation of this example?
4. Is this a homogeneous or heterogeneous sound ideal?
5. What is the genre?
6. What country?
7. Is the subdivision of the background pulse duple or triple?
8. What is the metric grouping/meter/grouping of the background pulse?

Answer 14

Take Five

1. Dave Brubeck Quartet
2. Take Five
3. Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums
4. Heterogeneous between all of the instruments, homogeneous between bass and piano left hand. Be able to explain using the word timbre in your explanation.
5. Cool jazz
6. USA
7. Triple=jazz
8. Five (5/4)

Question 15

Symphonie fantastique

1. Composer=
2. Style Period=
3. Composition=
4. Genre=

Listen to the final minute of movement 4.

5. Is this a homogeneous or heterogeneous sound ideal?
6. What is the ensemble called?
7. Does this have a downbeat or backbeat emphasis?

Answer 15

1. Berlioz
2. Romantic
3. Symphonie fantastique, Mvt. 4
4. Program Symphony

Listen to the final minute of movement 4.

5. Heterogeneous
6. Symphony orchestra
7. Downbeat

Question 16

The Stars and Stripes Forever

1. Title=
2. Composer=
3. Genre=
4. metric grouping=
5. country of origin=
6. style period=

Answer 16

1. The Stars and Stripes Forever
2. John Philip Sousa
3. March
4. Duple with downbeat emphasis
5. USA
6. Late Romantic

Question 17

Waltz in C Sharp Minor

1. Title=
2. Composer=
3. Genre=
4. Style Period=
5. Rhythmic technique=
6. Country=
7. Instrument=

Answer 17

1. Waltz in C Sharp Minor
2. Chopin
3. Piano waltz
4. Romantic
5. Rubato
6. France/Poland
7. Piano

Question 18

Ana Fi Intizarak

1. Title=
2. Performer=
3. Rhythmic foundation=
4. Country=

Answer 18

1. Ana Fi Intizarak
2. Oum Kalthoum
3. Rhythmic mode/Iqa
4. Egypt

Question 19

Rumba Pa’los Rumberos

1. Genre=
2. Country of origin=
3. Timeline pattern=

Answer 19

1. Rumba
2. Cuba
3. Clave

Question 20

Salsa Y Sabor

1. Title=
2. Composer/Artist=
3. What instrument does this artist play?
4. Genre=
5. Timeline pattern=

Answer 20

1. Salsa Y Sabor
2. Composer/Artist= Tito Puente
3. Timbales
4. Salsa
5. 2/3 clave

Question 21

West End Blues

1. Title=
2. Country=
3. Genre=
4. Performer=
5. Rhythmic emphasis=
6. Subdivision

Answer 21

1. West End Blues
2. USA
3. New Orleans Jazz
4. Louis Armstrong (Trumpet)
5. 2 and 4/Backbeat after the free intro
6. Triple

Question 22

1. Soprano-
2. Alto-
3. Tenor-
4. Bass-

Answer 22

1. high female vocal range
2. low female vocal range
3. high male vocal range
4. low male vocal range

Question 23

Define Rhythm:

Answer 23

element of music that deals with the arrangement of sounds and silences in relation to time.

Question 24

Define Drone:

Answer 24

a persistent low sound underlying the music, either a pitch or a rhythm.

Question 25

Define Pulse:

Answer 25

equal length durations

Question 26

Define Beat:

Answer 26

In rhythm: combination of long and short or strong and weak equal length durations.

Question 27

Define Meter:

Answer 27

regular grouping of beats

Question 28

Define Rubato:

Answer 28

speeding up and slowing down the pace of the background pulse

Question 29

Define Recitative:

Answer 29

singing that imitates and emphasizes in both pitch and rhythm. the natural flow of speech

Question 30

Define Downbeat:

Answer 30

Strongest beat in a measure/ beat 1

Question 31

Define Waltz:

Answer 31

European courtly dance in triple meter

Question 32

Define Syncopation:

Answer 32

rhythmic emphasis where it's not expected

Question 33

Define Polyrhythm:

Answer 33

multiple rhythmic patterns performed simultaneously

Question 34

Define Ostinato:

Answer 34

a constantly recurring melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic motive

Question 35

Define Africa Diaspora:

Answer 35

African cultural elements that are reestablished outside the continent of Africa

Question 36

Define Accelerando:

Answer 36

Speed up

Question 37

Define Ritardando:

Answer 37

Slow down

Question 38

Define Timbre:

Answer 38

quality of sound of an instrument

Question 39

Define Kompak:

Answer 39

Balinese (Gamelan) ensemble aesthetic of tight precision between players.

Question 40

Define Idée Fixe:

Answer 40

"Fixed Idea”; term coined by Berlioz for a recurring musical idea that links different movements of a work

Question 41

What A Wonderful World 1. Composer 2. Steady Pulse? 3. Subdivision

Answer 41

1. Louis Armstrong 2. Yes 3. Triple

Question 42

Define Middleground Time:

Answer 42

level time at which the background pulses or beats are organized in perceptible patterns.

Question 43

European Music =

Answer 43

Emphasis on Downbeats(1 and 3)

Question 44

African American/American Pop

Answer 44

Emphasis on Backbeat(2 and 4)

Question 45

North and South Indian Classical Music

Answer 45

organized measures called Tala

Question 46

Southeastern Asia=

Answer 46

Colotomic Meter- articulation of the metric grouping by one or more instruments

Question 47

Middle East=

Answer 47

Rhythmic Mode/Iqa-metrical structure that also bears expressive qualities

Question 48

Africa

Answer 48

Polyrhythmicmusic, timeline patterns (rhythmic ostinato)

Question 49

Free Rhythm

Answer 49

music without a steady background pulse

Question 50

Latin American Music/ Caribbean

Answer 50

-3/2 or 2/3 clave