Identify the term that describes when a performer extracts a small portion of pre-recorded music and then mechanically

repeats it over and over as a musical backdrop to the text of a song. This often occurs in rap music.



a. scratching
b. musique concrète
c. computer music
d. synthesizer
e. sampling


ANSWER: e

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