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World Music Test - North & South America
Test on Conjunto, Native American Plains Rock Dance Song, Mariachi, Cajun, Samba, Capoeira, Tango, Gospel, Country Blues
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Music
Undergraduate 3
05/06/2012

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Term
Instrument classification of the bandoneon?
Definition
free-reed aerophone
Term
What key is the tango in?
Definition
Major - together
minor - apart
Term
What is the struggle that tango depicts?
Definition
men fighting over a woman unsure of her feelings
Term
Common form of a mariachi?
Definition
strophic
Term
what are the names of the two guitars used in mariachi?
Definition
vihuela and guitarron
Term
what are members of Mariachi often dressed as?
Definition
the charro
Term
What is a blue note?
Definition
The notes that lie between the major and minor third based off of the West African tuning system
Term
T/F: Each spiritual song has a set amount of stanzas and the stanzas are always in the same order
Definition
False
Term
What is the name of the most prominent gospel hymn composer of the 20th century?
Definition
Thomas Dorsey
Term
What is the name of the gospel piece in book?
Definition
"Precious Lord"
Term
Father of blues?
Definition
W.C. Handy
Term
Some characteristics of the country blues?
Definition
12 bar form, 1-4-5, pain, emotion, telling stories way of allegory
Term
First country blues recording star?
Definition
Blind Lemon
Term
Famous rock group got its name from the title of a Muddy Waters song?
Definition
Rolling Stones
Term
"Hound Dog"?
Definition
Big Mama Thornton
Term
What are the two melodic instruments that accompany the voice?
Definition
Accordion and fiddle
Term
What are the two types of dances primarily associated with Cajun music?
Definition
The waltz and the two-step
Term
Why were powwows started?
Definition
As a way to keep the cultures from dying out
Term
Where do the Chippewa people live?
Definition
in the northern Midwest and southern Canada
Term
Plains Native American music is usually played by...?
Definition
A group of singers and drummers
Term
A large circle in Capoeira is called?
Definition
roda
Term
What are 3 stages of Capoeira dance?
Definition
cooperative
confrontational
control
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What is the rhythm played by the Ginga?
Definition
1 & 3 4
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