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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A. Metamorphosis B. Bible C. Koran D. Codex Mendoza
Beaumarchais's Marriage of Figaro was said to have
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A. Pier Paolo Pasolini B. Nagisa Oshima C. Miklós Jancsó D. Vilgot Sjöman
The aria was more songlike than the recitative.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)