Question

<p>a. many repeated notes
b. several descending scales
c. several ascending scales
d. the notes of chords played one after another</p>

Answer 1

ANS: c.

Answer 2

1. false
2. true
3. true
4. false

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Answer: D

Answer 5

ANSWER: a

Answer 6

B

Answer 7

• Three female singers sing polyphony—more than one melody at the same time. A lead singer begins a line and is then joined by two other singers. The close musical intervals among the voices may make the music sound "dissonant or harsh" to American listeners, but the music is considered "harmonically pleasing or consonant" to the singers who perform it and their local audience.

Answer 8

B

Answer 9

d

Answer 10

• Beats or pulsations are the result of intentionally tuning two sound sources—such as two Balinese gamelan instruments or two tones on a Western piano—so that the pitch of one of the sources will be just slightly higher (or lower) than the "same" pitch on the other sound source. Playing the two slightly "out of tune" sources together produces these special "beats" or pulsations (very fast vibrations).
• In the case of Balinese instruments, the resulting beats give a desirable shimmering quality to the gamelan ensemble. In the case of the Western piano, the special sound of these beats is used to guide the piano tuner as he/she "tempers" the tuning.

Answer 11

c

Answer 12

• ". . . answer questions regarding geography, history, and material culture
• . . . use the music as a way to explore issues of ethnicity and identity, aesthetics, gender, and spirituality
• . . . [a] consideration of this music in its cultural context . . . lead[ing] us to think about the function of music in the culture of diaspora
• . . . investigate the biographies of individual musicians and audience members. . lead[ing] to
• a discussion of the roots of their individual musical worlds and the routes their musical paths have taken over time. This might bring us to the
• larger themes of diaspora, cultural genocide, and the political economy of music.
• Finally we could try to figure out what the music means and to whom?"

Answer 13

C

Answer 14

c

Answer 15

ANSWER: b

Answer 16

a

Answer 17

ANS: A drone, drums, and one or more soloists are vital to performance.

Answer 18

A

Answer 19

c

Answer 20

c

Answer 21

ANS: b

Answer 22

c

Answer 23

a

Answer 24

C

Answer 25

(Any three of) United States, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, and France

Answer 26

ANS:a

Answer 27

C

Answer 28

a

Answer 29

• Ravi Shankar, a virtuoso sitar player, has moved into the worlds of Western classical and pop music. Beginning in the 1960s his concerts eventually brought him superstar status in Europe, the United States and India.
• For example, Shankar's recordings with outstanding Western musicians such as the classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin in the West Meets East recording. Shankar also acted as musical mentor to George Harrison, famous guitarist in the Beatles.

Answer 30

d

Answer 31

B

Answer 32

D

Answer 33

b

Answer 34

ANS: c.

Answer 35

D