FOR THE MIDTERM EXAM for Music 334 -
Music in World Cultures

Forrmat: Questions will be multiple choice, matching or true/false.  You will need to be able to recognize the correct choice from a set of options.  I will play musical examples in class for the listening questions. Generally there are about 60 questions on the test.

I. Listening.

Know the first 24 selections on CD 1. Be able to match the sound of the piece with its title, composer (when applicable), performer(s), date of piece or recording, cultural tradition, genre. Know features of the selection such as instrumentation, manner of singing, and other elements of style that distinguish the song or selection. Know in what kinds of contexts you might hear it performed.

II. Identification.

Review Chapters 1-3. Know the terms on pages 24, 58, 96.

III. Additional terms, names or concepts to know

  • Participant observation
  • Fieldwork
  • Ethnography
  • Sachs-Hornbostel system
  • Idiophone
  • Membranophone
  • Aerophone
  • Chordophone
  • Soundscape
  • Emic
  • Etic
  • Huun Huur Tu
  • Paul Pena
  • Kargyraa
  • Sygt
  • Shaman
  • Bi-musicality
  • Alan Merriam
  • Merriam's model
  • genre (see listening guide)
  • timbre
  • texture
  • melody
  • scale
  • meter
  • ostinato
  • Eric Hobsbawm
  • Revor-Roper
  • Invented Tradition
  • Cutting
  • drone
  • Quinceañera
  • instruments associated with mariachi (changes over time)
  • vihuela
  • guitarrón
  • son
  • sequialtera
  • coplas
  • zapateado
  • despedida
  • canción ranchera
  • Trio romantico
  • trajes
  • Nati Cano - Mariachi Los Campaneros
  • Mariachi Cobre
  • Gilbert Velez
  • Richard Dorson
  • push or pull factors in migration
  • Hue
  • Dan bau
  • Tet
  • qin
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