What are some of the musical aspects that make the mbira sound so complex?
What will be an ideal response?
• Each key of the mbira emits a "cluster of overtones" (see definition of overtone above), the resonator further modifies and manipulates the sounds, buzzing bottle caps (attached to the soundboard and resonator) add a rhythmic element. "Tones overlap . . . the whole is far more than the sum of the parts [WOM, citing Berliner, 1993]."
You might also like to view...
Identify the instrument playing the solo in the listening example
a. clarinet b. oboe c. French horn d. bassoon e. flute
Richard the Lionheart was one of the first ____
A) trobairitz B) Minnesinger C) envoi D) trouvères
What is the name given to the libretto that is flashed on a screen over the stage at a modern opera house?
A) subtitle B) supertitle C) translation D) closed caption
Who served as bishop of Hippo and wrote Confessions and The City of God?
A. Ambrose B. Jerome C. Augustine D. Boethius