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Name Clas Dat : s: e: Chapter 3 : Africa/Ewe, Mande, Dagbamba, Shona, BaAka Content Quiz 1. The drums used a. b. c. d. ANSWER: 2. According to ANSWER: 3. The mbira is a. b. c. d. ANSWER: by drummers of Dagbon modify tones by squeezing cords. have one head with a drum skin. have twenty...

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,Name Clas Dat
: s: e:

Chapter 1 : The Music-Culture as a World of Music
Content Quiz
1. A chord
a. is produced when a sounding body generates a sympathetic vibration in another
b. refers to chordophone instruments
c. is a succession of different pitches
d. is simultaneous sounding of different pitches
ANSWER: d

2. Music notation
a. is found in all music-cultures
b. tones put in ladder arrangement
c. refers to written symbols for music
d. encourages improvisation
ANSWER: c

3. Harmony
a. makes use of chords
b. is always consonant
c. is a high or low tone
d. refers to a high or low scale
ANSWER: a

4. A phrase is
a. a grouping of tempos
b. a short musical statement
c. found only in Western music
d. found only in non-Western music
ANSWER: b

5. Oral tradition refers to
a. dentistry.
b. culture transmitted by example and learned by imitation rather than from printed words.
c. the practice of memorizing and reciting poems.
d. recipes in old cookbooks.
ANSWER: b

6. The soundscape does NOT include:
a. nonhuman sounds.
b. sounds prior to 1870.
c. sounds made by the observer.
d. pictures of instruments.
ANSWER: d

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,Name Clas Dat
: s: e:

Chapter 1 : The Music-Culture as a World of Music
7. One of the reasons for studying music-cultures is:
a. to understand music as part of other cultures.
b. to understand, but not enjoy music of other cultures.
c. to study the practice of ethnocentricity.
d. to see how much better certain music is (elitism).
ANSWER: a

8. Ethnomusicology:
a. is the study of the music of ethnic groups.
b. is the study of people making music.
c. is the study of soundscapes throughout the world.
d. is the study of music in the evolution of life on planet earth.
ANSWER: b

9. The story of how the visiting Asian musician enjoyed the sound of the symphony orchestra tuning up illustrates:
a. that he had a serious hearing impairment.
b. how ignorant the man was about good music.
c. that symphony orchestras in all cultures should tune up.
d. that different cultures define good music differently.
ANSWER: d

10. Melody is (the):
a. speed of the beat.
b. sound of a succession of pitches.
c. basic music interval.
d. several pitches at once.
ANSWER: b

11. Rhythm is:
a. determined by timbre.
b. recurring accents.
c. cycles per second.
d. random events.
ANSWER: b

12. A membranophone is:
a. homophonic or polyphonic.
b. a vibrating column of air.
c. drums with skins.
d. cymbals and gongs.
ANSWER: c

13. Timbre describes:
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Chapter 1 : The Music-Culture as a World of Music

a. a short musical statement.
b. a feeling of tension.
c. a sound characteristic of wooden musical instruments.
d. the vibrational quality of a particular sound.
ANSWER: d

14. A scale is:
a. instrumentation.
b. musical tones in a ladder arrangement.
c. a column of air vibrating.
d. high or low tone/pitch/note.
ANSWER: b

15. “People making music” refers to making sounds people call music and
a. making music into a cultural domain.
b. by playing musical instruments skillfully.
c. by making up musical compositions.
d. by making do with whatever musical resources are at hand.
ANSWER: a

Listening Quiz
16. The basic accompanying rhythm of this selection is
a. short-short-short-long
b. long-short-long-short
c. short-short-long
d. sometimes long-short-long-short and sometimes short-short-short
ANSWER: d

17. The meter of this selection is
a. duple/quadruple
b. triple/compound
c. additive/asymmetric
d. absence of meter
ANSWER: a

18. The tempo of this selection is
a. slow
b. medium
c. fast
d. indeterminate
ANSWER: a

19. The harmonic texture of this selection is
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