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MUS 130 Exam 1 Questions with Correct AnswersWhat is music? Correct Answer-Organized sound or "humanly
organized sound"
Is music a universal language? Correct Answer-Music IS universal, but
IS NOT a universal language.
Describe Nigeria's role in Afro-Cuban music? Correct Answer-Yoruba
culture, language, music, and religion were especially influential in the
African diaspora.
What is jargon? Correct Answer-Discipline-specific vocabulary
What are the properties of sound? Correct Answer-Quality (Timbre or
Aural Color)
Pitch (Tone)
Duration (Rhythm)
Texture (Monophony, Polyphony)
Volume (Dynamics)
How do the Kpelle people classify instruments? Correct Answer-inst.
groups based on how they
make sound, but only two categories of instruments: blown and struck
, What is the Sachs-Hornbostel classification system? Correct Answer-
inst. groups based on how they make
sound
Describe Patricia Campbell's view of creativity. Correct Answer-music
is creative
b/c it provides channels for a
performer's personal expression,
imagination, and interpretation
Describe the Funga rhythm. Correct Answer-Inspired by a traditional
rhythm in liberia, a "welcome and Blessing" song.
describe the Kepelle people. Correct Answer-Largest ethnic group in
Liberia, all members of society are involved
in performance, though some are
specialists (griot/jeli), o equivalent to Western word for "music."
Describe listening file #1. Correct Answer-Different parts of epic tale fit
together, creating
overlapping call and response, Features the glass bottle ("found"
instrument) playing an ostinato (repeated) pattern, Many epic stories are
performed in traditional contexts with 5 different parts: soloist
(storyteller), song
catcher (dialogues with soloist/fills in gaps btwn solo and chorus parts),
questioner (asks questions of soloist
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