Contemporary Music Studies
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Course Introduction
Contemporary Music Studies explores the trends, movements, and key figures that have shaped popular and art music from the mid-20th century to the present day. The course examines genres such as pop, rock, electronic, hip-hop, and avant-garde, analyzing their cultural, technological, and political contexts. Students will investigate how globalization, digital innovation, and social change have influenced contemporary music creation, performance, and consumption. Through listening sessions, critical readings, and creative assignments, students develop an understanding of contemporary musics impact on society, as well as emerging issues and opportunities in the field.
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Soundscapes Exploring Music in a Changing World 3rd Edition by Kay Kaufman
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Chapter 1: Sound: The Materials of Music
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Q1) We can tap our feet to music when it has a regular pulse,known as a: A)beat.
B)frequency.
C)measure.
D)meter.
E)rhythm.
Answer: A
Q2) Musicians may vary the intensity of music depending on the music's setting and function.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) A set of pitches arranged in order of ascent and descent is called a (n): A)interval.
B)melody.
C)range.
D)register.
E)scale.
Answer: E
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Chapter 2: Setting: The Study of Local Musics
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Q1) The coladeira is a:
A)fast Indian film song.
B)fast Cape Verdean dance song.
C)slow Portuguese ballad.
D)moderate-tempo Irish American ballad.
E)moderate-tempo Ewe funeral song.
Answer: B
Q2) A secular,strophic Urdu-language song that was adapted for use in Indian films
A)ghazal
B)buskers
C)atumpan
D)swaramandal
E)sikus
Answer: A
Q3) The central pitch of a melody like The Ballad of Buddy McClean is called the ________.
Answer: Tonic
Q4) In Bali,________ music was traditionally used in religious and secular ceremonies,as well as in musical theater.
Answer: Gamelan
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Chapter 3: Significance: Musics Meaning in Everyday Life
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Q1) A ________ is a type of dance music commonly played on the bagpipe,often in combination with a slower dance called a strathspey.
Answer: Reel
Q2) Ceilidhs are festive gatherings with music,dancing,and socializing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The Indian system for organizing melodies according to their pitch content and their associations is called:
A)raga.
B)rota.
C)tala.
D)svara.
E)sargam.
Answer: A
Q4) The mrdangam drum can produce rhythms,but not alterations in pitch.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Music and Migration
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Q1) The lyrics of Pham Duy's The National Road are organized to trace the composer's experiences as an immigrant in his new homeland.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Many people engage in ________ migration because they are motivated by an attraction to a new locale.
Q3) Which of the following songs best exemplifies music's ability to recount in detail a modern immigration process?
A)Who Is Walking on the Endless Road
B)Standing on the Shore
C)A Thousand Miles from Home
D)Uncle Ng Comes to the Gold Mountain
E)Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Q4) The song Happy Birthday is an example of what type of text setting?
A)Polyphonic
B)Polyrhythmic
C)Melismatic
D)Neumatic
E)Syllabic
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Chapter 5: Music and Memory
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Q1) Which instrument plays an important role in signaling transitional moments in a jazz funeral?
A)The snare drum
B)The tambourine
C)The saxophone
D)The sousaphone
E)All of the above
Q2) The pizmon Mifalot Elohim (The Works of God)uses:
A)triple meter and a brisk tempo.
B)A B A form,called ternary form.
C)the melody of a popular Italian song,Santa Lucia.
D)a newly composed melody written by Moses Ashear.
E)maqam ajam,which sounds like the Western minor scale.
Q3) Music enhances memory because it helps us recall aspects of our life experience.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Pizmonim are performed unaccompanied at a Sebet because Jewish law prohibits playing instruments on the Sabbath.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Music,mobility,and the Global Marketplace
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Q1) Overtones produced on the steel guitar
A)impresario
B)arpeggio
C)palm harmonics
D)tremolo
E)glissando
Q2) Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project ultimately led to the creation of a Silk Road Ensemble,a Grammy-nominated CD,new compositions,and educational efforts featuring musicians and artists from a variety of countries.
A)True
B)False
Q3) High Little Moon uses which type of meter?
A)Duple
B)Triple
C)Quadruple
D)Sextuple
E)Additive
Q4) The swaying Hawaiian ________ dance has gained many students globally through the establishment of schools in Mexico,Japan,and Holland,among other countries.
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Chapter 7: Music and Dance
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Q1) The tango song La Cumparsita seems dramatic because of the acceleration of tempo,or ritardando.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is NOT a way that Astor Piazzolla's Adiós Nonino incorporates traditional tango features?
A)Bandoneon
B)Rubato
C)Jazz chords
D)Glissandi
E)The minor mode
Q3) A large,one-stringed musical bow with a gourd resonator
A)agogô
B)giddha
C)pandeiro
D)berimbau
E)ritardando
Q4) The term ________ originally referred to rhythms played on the dhol at events like Punjabi harvest festivals and was later extended to refer to the men's dance the dhol accompanied.
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Chapter 8: Music and Ritual
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Q1) The creation of zema,or Ethiopian Christian chant,is attributed to Saint Yared,who is said to have composed the chants under divine inspiration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A ritual phrase or formula that is recited in Tibetan Buddhist chant
A)debtara
B)mantra
C)toque
D)Mahlet
E)zema
Q3) A vocal slide used in Ethiopian Christian chant
A)iyá
B)santero
C)marigeta
D)rekrek
E)sadhana
Q4) Santería texts have been passed on in the diaspora primarily through written transmission.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Music and Politics
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Q1) At the Shoshone Indian Days celebrations,dance competitions are usually:
A)open to all visitors.
B)held in the early afternoon.
C)restricted to dancers in tribal regalia.
D)limited to traditional dances.
E)reserved for older dancers.
Q2) What does the reggae term riddim refer to?
A)The tempo
B)An emphasis on the second and fourth offbeats
C)Repeating patterns in the bass and rhythm instruments
D)The relationship between the bass and rhythm instruments
E)All of the above
Q3) A Puerto Rican musical style that emerged from the seventeenth century
A)bomba
B)bes
C)ragga
D)riddim
E)bangara
Q4) The song Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika inspired resistance against ________,the official laws of racial segregation enforced in South Africa until 1990.
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Chapter 10: Music and Identity
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Q1) In kabuki theater,the vocal expression,movement,costuming,and scenic effects are guided by the principle of:
A)kata.
B)kara.
C)kakegoe.
D)hayashi.
E)debayashi.
Q2) Record companies created the genre of ethnic recordings to:
A)provide a less controversial alternative to "race records."
B)replace outdated world beat recordings.
C)appeal to ethnic groups united by shared linguistic,racial,or other backgrounds.
D)sell large quantities of 100,000 copies or more.
E)None of the above
Q3) How have Cajuns and Creoles used Cajun music and zydeco to express various aspects of their identity,such as ethnicity,race,class,and gender?
Q4) ________ were a heterogeneous group of people of mixed French,Spanish,and African descent who began arriving in New Orleans in the early 1600s.
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Chapter 11: Epilogue
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Q1) New musical styles are often created when one composer draws on multiple traditions or when musicians from different traditions collaborate.Discuss Listening Guide selections from several case studies we have examined in the textbook and explain how they exemplify this process.
Q2) All the case studies we have examined in the textbook have surveyed soundscapes that emerged from different places across the globe but are also present in the United States today.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Fewer new affinity communities are being created in the twenty-first century,because many soundscapes share settings.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The accordion is an example of how one instrument can participate in a variety of styles that cross soundscapes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A Tango for You uses A B A form,a common musical form also called ________ form.
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Chapter 12: Introduction: What Is a Soundscape
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Q1) Ethnomusicologists often participate actively in the tradition they study,because making music is an important way of sharing an insider's experience.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The field of ________ explores the factors that shape the production and conveying of sound.
Q3) The tone that we perceive as the frequency or basic pitch of an instrument's sound is called the:
A)root.
B)bass.
C)anchor tone.
D)primary tone.
E)fundamental tone.
Q4) Ethnomusicologists write fieldnotes in order to:
A)transcribe live musical performances into musical notation.
B)preserve detailed research observations about music.
C)educate concert audiences about unfamiliar musical styles.
D)collaborate in real time with other music researchers.
E)update historical collections of recordings held in libraries.
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