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Music 152 Exam
Music 152 Exam 1
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Undergraduate 2
02/15/2011

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AABB
Definition
Binary type of form; seen often in Scotland, Ireland, Britain, France
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Acoustics
Definition
Study of sound
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African Music traits
Definition
Call & Response; overlapping parts; Ground Elaboration parts
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Bela Fleck
Definition
Plays banjo; went to Africa to learn musical heritage
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Binary form
Definition
2 parts (AABB)
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Bira
Definition
Spirit possession ceremony in Zimbabwe
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Cadence
Definition
Pause between phrases in a piece of music; stopping point
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Call and response
Definition
Musical dialogue; one person makes a statement and someone responds (subseherent African Music)
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Chordophone
Definition
String Instrument
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Colonialism
Definition
Foreign occupation for the excitation of resources
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Contour
Definition
shape
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Counterpoint
Definition
type of texture; polyphonic texture, mutiple voices equally competing for “brain space”
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Dynamics
Definition
Loudness; amplitude
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Edward Hall
Definition
Anthropologist; developed the non-verbal communication theory which states that human beings are driven to synchronize with one another
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Electronophone
Definition
electromagnetic field; electrical guitar
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Ensemble
Definition
Group of musicians playing together
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Fixed Pitch
Definition
Piano, Harmonica, Mriba, Harp
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Flow
Definition
feeling of well-being; batteries being recharged during a feeling of optimal experience (playing music, chess etc)
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Form
Definition
The way melodic material is organized into a larger piece of music
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Frequency
Definition
Speed of vibration
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Ground and Elaboration
Definition
Repeating Phrase
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Heterophonic
Definition
simultaneous variations ; (children singing; traditional irish music)
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Homophonic
Definition
involves harmony; everyone’s playing harmony at different pitch levels
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Icon
Definition
type of sign; through resemblance
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Idiophone
Definition
rigid instrument; resonator and vibrator are the same; whole thing vibrates (bells)
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Index
Definition
Sign of association
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Mbira
Definition
ideophonic instrument; spiritual tool; drives dancing
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Melody
Definition
Coherent succession of pitches
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Melody and drone
Definition
type of texture; way voices interact; fixed pitch
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Membranophone
Definition
type of instrument; stretched skin on the membrane
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Meter
Definition
Organizing pulses
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Monophonic
Definition
1 voice
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Music culture “onion”
Definition
music is in the middle; then musicians; then audience; then community; then history
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Organology
Definition
study of musical instruments
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Overtones
Definition
(partial vibrations) responsible for timbre; ex 2 guitar strings : 1 steel, 1 bronze sub variations on the strings will vibrate different than steel
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Paddy Keenan
Definition
Irish Piper
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Participatory music
Definition
(African or polka music) they want to engage the audience
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Phrase
Definition
short complete musical idea
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Pitch
Definition
tone determined by frequency of vibration
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Polyglot
Definition
speaking multiple languages; characteristic of people living in Africa
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Pulse
Definition
Beat
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Resonator
Definition
part of an instrument that amplifies
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Rhythm
Definition
3 aspects- pulse, meter, tempo
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Semiotics
Definition
study of signs/significance
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Sign
Definition
Anything that has significance
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Sliding pitch
Definition
capable of engaging frequency; violin
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Spirit possession
Definition
invite spirit of dead into room
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Symbol
Definition
arbitrary sign
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Synchronizing
Definition
human beings have an innate drive to synchronize
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Tempo
Definition
perceived speed of a piece of music
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Ternary Form
Definition
3 part form
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Texture
Definition
Relationship of voices
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Thomas Mapfumo
Definition
Friends with Zimbabwe president; guitar player; took traditional music and combined with guitar
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Timbre
Definition
voice of an instrument
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Vibrator
Definition
An instrument has to vibrate in order to function.
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