What are the two factors that create the distinctive sound of mariachi music?

What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER: disposition of the instruments (violins in close harmony alternating with trumpets playing the melody) and the
rhythms

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A Greek term meaning "character," ______ was used to describe the ability of each musical mode to affect human behavior in a specific way

A) ?ethos B) ?kouros C) ?nostos D) ?epithetic

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Double verse structure is:

A) when each phrase is sung twice to accommodate a pair of verses B) sung in antiphonal style C) a distinctive feature of the sequence D) all of these choices

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The artist whose landscape paintings mix realism with colorful abstractions to create striking vibrancy is

a. Alfred Stieglitz. b. Georgia O'Keeffe. c. Mary Cassatt. d. Pablo Picasso.

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Which of the following is true of the Greek colonies outside of the Greek mainland?

A. They gave the new middle class access to political power. B. They were expected to provide food and resources for their "mother cities". C. They were mostly concentrated in modern-day Turkey and Upper Egypt. D. Greek political institutions largely were not present in the colonies.

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