What is different about the meter of this selection from all of the other examples you have listened to so far in this chapter?

What will be an ideal response?


• "Folsom Prison Blues" is in an obvious (Western-culture) meter—duple
(two-beat | 1 2 | 1 2 | . . .) or quadruple (four-beat | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 |. . .), depending on how you are counting—either a slow duple or a fast quadruple.
• Previous selections in the chapter have had an absence of meter. (See also Question 9.)

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a. habanera b. bossa nova c. samba d. rumba

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The beadwork Baby Carrier (Fig. 27-13) from the Eastern Sioux features what symbol of protection against both human and supernatural adversaries?

A. antelope B. buffalo C. thunderbird D. raven

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The first five books of the Hebrew Bible are collectively called the

A. Decalogue. B. Torah. C. Menorah. D. Vedas.

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Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet was intended for performance with the play.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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