Briefly describe the musical activities that accompanied the Zaffah wedding procession described in WOM
What will be an ideal response?
• the blaring of trumpets (nafir) and beating of frame drums (bendirs) as the couple is escorted into the reception hall and when everyone periodically walks around the hall
• a band sitting on a stage playing Egyptian and North American urban pop
• four Berber women singing and dancing in a style unique to the Atlas Mountains to the accompaniment of bendir and fiddle (rabab)
• a third musical configuration of men playing bendir and rabab and huge tambourines (mazhar) and long, straight, valve-less trumpets (nafir)
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Which of the following is true of diegetic sound?
a. Diegetic sound is always played on the jukebox b. Diegetic sound is always played on a visible musical instrument c. Diegetic sound originates from within the story d. Diegetic sound includes those sounds that the audience hears but the characters do not hear
In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, contemporary commentators considered Gothic buildings ________.
a. modern work b. German work c. old work d. traditional work
Which of the following is true regarding the story of the great flood presented in the Hebrew Bible?
a. The story echoes similar accounts in other ancient texts. b.The story is adapted directly from the Epic of Gilgamesh. c.The story reflects an actual event. d.The story prophesies a future occurrence.
The main musical form used in the blues is called ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).