Cultural Studies in Music Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Cultural Studies in Music explores the dynamic relationship between music and society by examining how musical practices reflect, shape, and challenge cultural identities, values, and power structures. The course investigates genres, movements, and traditions from diverse global contexts, emphasizing music's role in issues such as race, gender, politics, technology, and globalization. Through critical readings, listening sessions, and case studies, students learn to analyze music not only as an art form but also as a cultural force that influences and is influenced by the social world.
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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) Barbershop quartets usually sing in heterophony.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Sounds seem high or low to us because of their:
A)quality.
B)intensity.
C)duration.
D)pitch.
E)texture.
Answer: D
Q3) Like speech,melodies may be divided into ________ that allow a singer to breathe or a player to pause.
Answer: Phrases
Q4) The speed or pace of music is called rhythm.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q5) Contrasting rhythms that are performed at the same time are known as ________. Answer: Polyrhythms
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Chapter 2: Setting: The Study of Local Musics
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Q1) The Portuguese musical form called fado is often performed to express:
A)nostalgia for the country left behind.
B)mourning for the recently deceased.
C)historical narratives about important families.
D)political protest against an oppressive regime.
E)moral expectations for teenagers entering adulthood.
Answer: A
Q2) The shimmering sound of Balinese gamelan music is created by tuning two similar instruments at slightly different frequencies to produce:
A)overtones.
B)harmonics.
C)colotomics.
D)beating tones.
E)whistle tones.
Answer: D
Q3) The ________ dance and accompanying songs are typically performed at Ewe social gatherings and funerals.
Answer: Agbadza
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Chapter 3: Significance: Musics Meaning in Everyday Life
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Q1) The ________ is different from most wind instruments because its air reservoir allows the player to keep the sound going continuously.
Answer: Bagpipe
Q2) Mariachi ensembles typically play:
A)polkas.
B)waltzes.
C)folk songs.
D)adaptations of pop tunes.
E)All of the above
Answer: E
Q3) Mariachi music originated:
A)around Guadalajara in the mid-nineteenth century.
B)in Mexico City in the mid-nineteenth century.
C)around Guadalajara in the mid-twentieth century.
D)in Mexico City in the mid-twentieth century.
E)None of the above
Answer: A
Q4) An Indian term for time cycles that consist of a fixed number of counts or beats is ________.
Answer: Tala
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Chapter 4: Music and Migration
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Q1) A ________ mode or scale,based on five pitches,is commonly used in Vietnamese songs,such as lullabies.
Q2) A Vietnamese work song performed by laborers
A)qanun
B)dan bau
C)mawwal
D)muyu
E)ho
Q3) A traditional Arab song that alternates between free rhythms and regular rhythms
A)qanun
B)dan bau
C)mawwal
D)muyu
E)ho
Q4) Since the mid-1980s,Vietnamese diaspora communities in urban areas have preserved their homeland musical traditions by hosting,filming,and distributing filmed performances of large musical events called da vu.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Rhythmic organization based on groupings of four beats is called ________ meter.
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Chapter 5: Music and Memory
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Q1) An evening party,such as an anniversary celebration,in the Syrian Jewish community
A)layali
B)pizmon
C)muwashshah
D)haflah
E)contrafactum
Q2) A category of melody distinguished by its pitch content
A)dirge
B)narco-corrido
C)mode
D)tetrachord
E)hymn
Q3) 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
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Chapter 6: Music,mobility,and the Global Marketplace
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Q1) Musical performances were often part of the displays of Native Americans and other ethnic cultures at nineteenth-century fairs,festivals,and expositions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How have travel and tourism affected the transmission of Hawaiian music?
Q3) High Little Moon is an example of:
A)a long tradition of Chinese instrumental improvisation.
B)the use of a heterophonic texture commonly found in Chinese music.
C)the use of a pentatonic scale containing five pitches.
D)the transformation of the pipa's timbre with amplification and a Western bow.
E)All of the above
Q4) A Chinese bowed lute
A)kotekan
B)pipa
C)erhu
D)sheng
E)kecak
Q5) The sphere of musical interaction that occurs when subcultures influence each other is called the ________.
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Chapter 7: Music and Dance
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Q1) Bhangra is based on rhythms played on the ________,which is a two-headed Punjabi drum made of mango wood.
Q2) Jhummar is a common bhangra rhythm played on the dhol.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which was NOT an important institution for the spread of bhangra in North America?
A)Universities
B)South Asian arts organizations
C)Churches
D)Competitions
E)Suburban clubs
Q4) A large,one-stringed musical bow with a gourd resonator
A)agogô
B)giddha
C)pandeiro
D)berimbau
E)ritardando
Q5) In the tango song La Cumparsita,the violin often plays a ________,which is a melody that competes with the singer's main melody.
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Chapter 8: Music and Ritual
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Q1) From a Tibetan perspective,the concept of beat,or brdung:
A)corresponds to the Western concept of a steady pulse.
B)is similar to the Western concept of duple meter.
C)refers to one strike on any percussion instrument.
D)is a series of accelerating,unequal pulses.
E)consists of a single cymbal strike.
Q2) Yome fesseha kone is one of the angergari,or "excitement," chants sung in the Ethiopian church.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Qoma-style performance of Yome fesseha kone includes the use of ________,or male singing in a high register.
Q4) An Ethiopian church musician
A)debtara
B)mantra
C)toque
D)Mahlet
E)zema
Q5) The central complex of prayers and ceremonies in Roman Catholic worship is called the ________.
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Chapter 9: Music and Politics
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Q1) The new,combined South African national anthem has lyrics in all of the following languages EXCEPT:
A)English.
B)Zulu.
C)German.
D)Afrikaans.
E)Sesotho.
Q2) A reggae beat named after bhangra
A)bomba
B)bes
C)ragga
D)riddim
E)bangara
Q3) A reggae riddim
A)nduah
B)Wolf Dance
C)mento
D)Shawl Dance
E)cordiroy
Q4) A ________ ________ is a song that expresses national loyalty or patriotism.
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Chapter 10: Music and Identity
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Q1) Creole music is called ________ in reference to the title of the song The Beans Are Not Salty.
Q2) Plucking the strings of a violin or other stringed instrument
A)pizzicato
B)kabuki
C)no rae pang
D)enka
E)col legno
Q3) A steel washboard or rub board
A)wenren
B)fill
C)shadow
D)frottoir
E)pick-up
Q4) The kata shigiri is an improvised form that exemplifies a traditional Japanese emphasis on individual creativity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ________ is a nostalgic,popular genre of Japanese song that is closely associated with karaoke.
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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) The lyrics of A Tango for You demonstrate what feature shared by both Vietnamese love songs and traditional tangos?
A)The use of the third person
B)An emphasis on the future
C)A sense of melancholy
D)Reference to a long journey
E)All of the above
Q3) Music in the twenty-first century is marked by limited diversity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) 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
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Chapter 12: Introduction: What Is a Soundscape
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Q1) A style of Tuvan throat singing with whistle-like harmonics
A)didjeridu
B)erhu
C)sygyt
D)baton console
E)timbre
Q2) A part of the range of a voice or instrument
A)harmonics
B)khoomii
C)igil
D)carillon
E)register
Q3) Explain how the sound and significance of music can change when the music's setting changes.
Q4) What three main things does a soundscape include?
A)Sounds,symbols,and histories of music
B)Sounds,settings,and significances of music
C)Sounds,sales trends,and consumers of music
D)Creators,performers,and consumers of music
E)Critics,composers,and consumers of music
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