Music and Culture Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Music and Culture explores the intricate relationship between musical expression and the social, historical, and cultural contexts in which it develops. Through the study of diverse musical traditions from around the world, this course examines how music shapes and reflects cultural identities, communicates values and ideas, and responds to historical change. Topics include the role of music in ritual and ceremony, music as a form of political and social commentary, and the impact of globalization on musical practice. Students will engage with both scholarly readings and listening assignments to develop a deeper understanding of the ways music and culture are intertwined.
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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) The quality of a musical sound results from the:
A)frequency of the vibration of a string or air column.
B)pattern of stressed and unstressed beats.
C)loudness or softness of an instrument.
D)range of pitches used in the melody.
E)harmonic series or overtones.
Answer: E
Q2) In the Sachs-Hornbostel system,a synthesizer and an electric guitar would be classified as ________.
Answer: Electrophones
Q3) Using the Sachs-Hornbostel classification system,you would distinguish a harp from a zither according to:
A)size.
B)shape.
C)weight.
D)mass.
E)material.
Answer: B
Q4) 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 rhythmic cycles of Balinese gamelan music are marked by a conch shell that is blown at the end of one cycle and the beginning of the next.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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 tremolo technique is used on a bowed string instrument by shaking the bow back and forth.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) A ________ ________ is a flatted-third scale step often used in the blues.
Answer: Blue note
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Chapter 3: Significance: Musics Meaning in Everyday Life
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Q1) An Indian aesthetic system that gives each raga an emotional connotation
A)svara
B)gamaka
C)rasa
D)kriti (kirtanam)
E)sargam
Answer: C
Q2) How can mariachi music have different meanings depending on the settings in which it is performed?
Answer: Mariachi music can have different meanings depending on the settings in which it is performed due to the cultural and emotional associations that people have with the music. For example, when performed at a wedding, mariachi music can symbolize love, celebration, and joy. On the other hand, when performed at a funeral, the same music can evoke feelings of sadness, mourning, and remembrance. Additionally, the context in which mariachi music is performed can also influence the audience's perception of the music. In a lively, outdoor setting, the music may be associated with festivity and community, while in a more formal, indoor setting, it may be seen as a display of tradition and heritage. Overall, the meaning of mariachi music can vary greatly depending on the setting and the cultural and emotional context in which it is experienced.
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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) The dan tranh is a Vietnamese:
A)monochord.
B)two-stringed lute.
C)two-stringed fiddle.
D)sixteen-stringed zither.
E)double-reed aerophone.
Q3) The process of transmitting music from person to person through hearing music performed is called ________ transmission.
Q4) Rhythmic organization based on groupings of four beats is called ________ meter.
Q5) Although vocal music that is created and enjoyed by immigrants often addresses similar topics in its lyrics,other elements of the music-such as timbre,pitch,and duration-are used in culturally specific ways.Support this claim by discussing several Listening Guide examples from this chapter.
Q6) Chinese immigration to the United States around 1850 was a forced migration caused by a protracted Chinese civil war.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Music and Memory
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Q1) During the street procession from the cemetery in a jazz funeral,onlookers join the ________ ________,which follows behind the band and mourners.
Q2) A Mexican ballad about powerful drug lords
A)dirge
B)narco-corrido
C)mode
D)tetrachord
E)hymn
Q3) 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.
Q4) An instrumental lament played at a slow tempo
A)dirge
B)narco-corrido
C)mode
D)tetrachord
E)hymn
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Chapter 6: Music,mobility,and the Global Marketplace
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Q1) Vibrato is the regular fluctuation of a sound,created by slightly varying the pitch.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The worldwide spread of the Scottish bagpipe and its adaptation to local settings is an example of:
A)a micromusic.
B)musical turnaround.
C)intercultural interaction.
D)a panoptic view of music.
E)the panoramic display of music.
Q3) A Chinese mouth organ made of bamboo pipes
A)kotekan
B)pipa
C)erhu
D)sheng
E)kecak
Q4) An ________ ________ choir is a choir that performs with no instrumental accompaniment.
Q5) The interlocking parts in gamelan gong kebyar are called ________.
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Chapter 7: Music and Dance
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Q1) The dancing performed by the second line in a jazz funeral helps enact one of the community's most important values by emphasizing sorrow and grief.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Jhummar is a common bhangra rhythm played on the dhol.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The movement form of ________,with its imitation of characters or actions through exaggerated silent gestures,is an example of how patterned movements may be performed without music.
Q4) The style known as "bhangra beat" developed in Britain from:
A)reggae.
B)soul.
C)rap.
D)bhangra.
E)All of the above
Q5) 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) How have diaspora Ethiopians creatively addressed challenges to their Christian faith and religious practices in North America?
Q2) Some Santería chants may criticize or joke with the orisha.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The largest and lowest-pitched of the three batá drums used in Santería music
A)iyá
B)santero
C)marigeta
D)rekrek
E)sadhana
Q4) In the late twentieth century,music in the Ethiopian church expanded through the development of congregational hymns,called ________ ________ ________,that were frequently sung by children and women.
Q5) Yome fesseha kone is one of the angergari,or "excitement," chants sung in the Ethiopian church.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Music and Politics
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Q1) Melody is especially important in reggae music because it is a metaphor and code for political resistance.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Jingle Dress Dance has a strong association with healing because of the sound of the jingling ornaments attached to the dancer's dress.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Musical performances and repertories that embed political messages through metaphorical or coded terms are called:
A)national anthems.
B)public transcripts.
C)hidden transcripts.
D)iterative forms.
E)All of the above
Q4) The New South African National Anthem music combines lyrics in Zulu,Sesotho,Afrikaans,and English.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Music and Identity
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Q1) Lei Liang developed a concept of "two-note polyphony" from his analysis of guqin performances.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Striking a string on a violin or other stringed instrument with the wood of the bow
A)pizzicato
B)kabuki
C)no rae pang
D)enka
E)col legno
Q3) In kabuki theater,music is used:
A)to accompany every scene.
B)only between acts.
C)only during dances.
D)only during dialogue.
E)only before the drama begins.
Q4) We can emphasize or de-emphasize certain aspects of our identity.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Epilogue
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Q1) 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
Q2) New musical interactions and collaborations are occurring in the twenty-first century because of contact between soundscapes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Song texts are frequently written and performed to address the challenges of migration by a community or an individual.Discuss Listening Guide selections from several case studies we have examined in the textbook and explain how they exemplify this common practice in ways that are meaningful to different communities affected by migration.
Q4) Music in the twenty-first century is marked by limited diversity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In A Tango for You,the violin and the accordion sometimes play a ________,which is a second melody that competes with the main melody.
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Chapter 12: Introduction: What Is a Soundscape
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Q1) Khoomii singers depict sounds of nature in order to reinforce their connection to the physical environment of Tuva.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An Australian aboriginal instrument made from a hollowed-out tree limb
A)didjeridu
B)erhu
C)sygyt
D)baton console
E)timbre
Q3) A Chinese bowed string instrument
A)didjeridu
B)erhu
C)sygyt
D)baton console
E)timbre
Q4) If you learned khoomii singing,you would learn how to project the harmonics,overtones,or ________ that ascend in a series above the fundamental tone.
Q5) The distinctive sounds,settings,and significances of music make up a ________.
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