Explain how two interlocking parts in this example create a multilayered sound

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• The main part, kushaura, is interwoven with a second part, kutsinhira. The interaction between these strikingly different melodies with their independent rhythms creates a richly multilayered (polyphonic) texture.

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Explain several reasons that stained glass is considered the most glorious aspect of the Gothic cathedrals

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Considered by Aristotle to be the most tragic of the Greek dramatists:

a. Euripides b. Aeschylus c. Phidias d. Plato e. Sophocles

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A particular melodic sequence in traditional Indian music would be called

A. avatar. B. raga. C. sangeeta. D. sati.

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During the Middle Ages, plays about Noah and the Ark, or the Magi and Christ’s

birth, were known as _____ plays.

a) Morality b) Mystery c) Miracle d) Mirth

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