Follow the accompanying Active Listening guide as you listen to the Hymn of the Native American Church. What are the musical features of “peyote style” exemplified in the hymn of the Native American Church? (See also transcription of melody in Worlds of Music, Transcription 2.5, p. 64.)
What will be an ideal response?
• The melody is made up of only two note values, one long, the other short.
• The pitches of the melodic phrases move down in a descending direction.
• There is a rattle/drum accompaniment, but the melody is harmonically unaccompanied and consists of vocables (wordless syllables).
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A) true B) false
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A. it was the first film to make significant use of invisible sounds and dead tracks to strengthen the drama. B. it offered an ironic voice-over narration instead of the traditional narration that had been used up to that point. C. it conveyed a sense of three-dimensionality without the benefit of the multiple soundtracks and speakers required for true stereo. D. it was the first film to use multi-track recording.
Ballad singers are required to
A. accompany themselves on a stringed instrument. B. memorize multiple song verses. C. sing with intense emotion. D. use movement to help express emotion.
When Selig first enters, what does he ask Seth to make?
A. Tobacco pipes B. Dust pans C. Brooms D. Whiskey