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*{The Music} is accompanied by which of the following styles of dance?

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Hula Tango Sarabande >Powwow

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Which of the following most describes Celia Cruz (1925-2003)

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A prominent salsa performer

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Musical instruments that generate sound from the substances of the instruments themselves are known as

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idiophones

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Diaspora, which refers to the migration or discretion of a group of people beyond their original homeland, comes from a Greek word that means "scattering seeds"

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true

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Is it ok to take notes during a concert?

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Yes, but only between movements of a work

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Most world cultures, including american cultures, have traditionally used which of the following methods to pass on their musical knowledge through the generations?

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Oral tradition (teacher to student)

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How many notes does a pentatonic scale have within each octave?

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5

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A five-tone scale is known as a/n _______ scale

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pentatonic

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Which of the following is a powwow?

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A native american gathering for cultural activities

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{This music} includes which of the following remarkable instruments?

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Didjeridu

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The ud is the origin of the European ________

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Lute

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When is it ok to text message during a concert

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Never

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In order to keep up with all coursework and assessment deadlines, the student can

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check the course calendar section of the syllabus

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According to our Campbell; reading, with few exceptions most women musicians of the Arabian peninsula sing

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folk songs

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The Arabic modal system discussed in class divides the octave into _____ notes, rather than the twelve notes of the western chromatic scale

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twenty-four

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Who was Osifekunde?

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He was a 19th Century Yoruban who was captured by pirates and sold as a slave; later in life he told an ethnologist about his culture

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The hereditary class of bards in African cultures is known as the ______ tradition

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jeliya, or griot

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The "drum Speech" tradition in Ghana refers to

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the actual imitation of syllables and inflections in drum performance

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The instrument we hear in {this example} is known as a/n ______, also known as a "thumb piano"

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mbira

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Luther says that the gift of song is given to man in order to _______

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let him know that we should praise God

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In the fourth movement of Symphony Fantastique, the artist

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All of the above (takes opium, dreams he has murdered his beloved, dreams he is executed)

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Our reading by Carl Van Vechten identifies him as an audience member who

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Went backstage and assaulted Stravinsky

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A single voice or line is known as ______

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monophonic

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Which of the following famous lyrics and music duo wrote this {funny patter song}

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Gilbert & Sullivan

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{This symphony} carried symbolic importance during the second world war

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Beethoven's fifth symphony

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{This reformation hymn} was written by

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Luther

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How would you describe the meter for {this musical example}

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Almost nonmetric ("floating rhythm")

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{This musical work} is in _____ form

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theme and variations

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The text of an opera is known as a/an

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libretto

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A late assignment will be accepted

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only with a documented excuse and an excused absence makeup form (which can be found under course info..)

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Which of the following characteristics most exemplifies the classic era?

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interest in structure, balance

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"Baroque" means

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All of the above (A western European musical style during the period between 1600 and 1750, "misshapen pearl" in Portuguese, overly ornamented)

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If someone else is in my assigned seat I should

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either a or b (Ask the TA or instructor for help, courteously let the person know that's my seat)

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Our reading by Stravinsky is about

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all of the above (the theme of the ballet, his orchestration, and the representative role of some of the musical instruments, the melodic contour and dynamics of the work)

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Which of the following composers wrote "Afro-American Symphony" in 1931?

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William Grant Still

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A speech- like vocal style which can have an eerie or dramatic effect is called

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Sprechgesang (or sprechstimme)

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Which of the following states the correct order of the component parts of sonata allegro form?

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Exposition, development, recapitulation, and coda

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Aaron Copland composed music in which of the following styles?

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all of the above (Neoclassicism, serialism, jazz idioms)

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Which of the following is true regarding "prepared piano"?

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Paper clips, screws, pieces of bamboo, etc. are places between strings

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Two or more independent voices or lines sounding simultaneously is known as ______ texture

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polyphonic

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Which of the following composers most exemplifies Italian operatic style?

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Verdi

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Steve Reich writes that with "process" music, unlike Cage's music or serial (12-tone method) music,

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the structure is audible

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Which of the following instruments does {this piano solo} by Gottschalk imitate?

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banjo

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{this song} is by which of the following composers?

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Stephen Foster

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A chamber ensamble made up of piano and two other instruments, usually violin and cello, is known as a "piano trio."

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True

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In Wagner's music, recurring themes that represent people, places, things, or concepts are known as

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gesamptkunstwerke

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What should audience members wear to evening concerts of European art music?

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There is usually no dress code, but most wear nice casual, slightly more dressy than daytime wear

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Which of the following characteristics most exemplifies the spirit of Romanticism?

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An emphasis on polyphony and sacred music

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Music without repeating sections, in which each stanza is musically district, is in _____ form

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through- composed

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The program from Symphonie Fantastique, as well as the music itself, was written by

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Berlioz

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During lectures and concerts, electronic accessories, such as cell phones need to be

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turned completely off

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According to the author Yogananda, each of the six basic ragas has a natural correspondence with

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a certain hour of the day a season of the year a presiding deity > all of the above

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The overwhelmed link under course info on our class Bb site has a list of links to ECU supports that every student should know about

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True

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The poem hanging on Tsar's wall (from our reading), which includes the lines, "Yet in this small study I could rest my knees, nurture my soul, while away my time, and indulge my love for the arts" was written by

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the author of our reading, Bell Yung

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According to author Bell Yung, qin music has been associated with which social class?

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The sophisticated, elite class

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Southern Indian culture is known as _____ tradition

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Carnatic

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The music from Japan is known as _______

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gagaku

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The Chinese instrument we hear in "Autumn Moon Over Han Palace" is the

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erhu

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