MUS 011 Final Test Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Five properties of music - ANSWERS1. The main property of music is sound
2. Sounds and silences are organized
3. Music is humanly organized sound
4. Music requires intention and perception
5. Music is primarily a Western concept
Society -...
Five properties of music - ANSWERS1. The main property of music is sound
2. Sounds and silences are organized
3. Music is humanly organized sound
4. Music requires intention and perception
5. Music is primarily a Western concept
Society - ANSWERSA group of persons regarded as forming a single community of related
interdependent individuals
-A large-scaled group unified by social institutions
-Various types of communities
Culture - ANSWERSThat complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, laws, morals, custom, and
any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society
-Shared world views, ideas, beliefs, and practices of the community
Identity - ANSWERSWho am I/ who are we
Who is (s)he/ who are they
Many components
-stereotypes
-disparities between how we represent ourselves and how others see us
Nation - ANSWERSA large community sharing history/culture
, Nationalism - ANSWERSIdeologies and practices that promote and celebrate the unity + identity of a
nation
-Nationalistic music celebrates the unity and identity of a nation (folk, pop, classical )
Ethnocentrism - ANSWERSEvaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the
standards and customs of one's own culture
Spirituality/ Religion - ANSWERSWhat we call music is often integral to worship, religious ritual, and
expression of faith
-music facilitates transcendance
-music may reflect cosmovision (beliefs about the order of the cosmos and cycle of life)
-music helps to form religious communities
Tone (a musical sound) - ANSWERS4 Properties:
-Duration (time)
-Frequency pitch (high/low)
-Amplitude (loudness)
-Timbre (quality or color of sound)
Four musical parameters - ANSWERS-Melody (pitches)
-Rhythm (time)
-Form (structure, layout)
-Texture (relationship between layers of sound)
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