Name and briefly describe the two kinds of drums being played in “Nag Biegu”
What will be an ideal response?
• The gung-gong, a cylindrical drum with a snare (drum skin) on each end
• The lunga, an hourglass-shaped drum (also with snares on both ends), which the drummer can alter in pitch by squeezing the leather cords strung between its two drum heads.
• A shoulder strap holds each kind of drum in position to receive strokes from a curved wooden stick.
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Try using the ideas in WOM to construct a concise definition of rhythm. Give an example of a rhythmic sound and a non-rhythmic sound. (Answers may vary.)
What will be an ideal response?
The following describes the playing of whom? A lean, edgy tone; the use of blues inflections; frequent
double-time sixteenth-note runs; many recognizable bebop-style licks:
a. Miles Davis b. Dizzy Gillespie c. Don Byas d. Charlie Parker
What were Emperor Leo III's motivations for instituting a program of iconoclasm?
A. He was inspired by Muslim prohibitions against icons and argued that the Ten Commandments prohibited the use of "graven images." B. Byzantine traditions preferred sculpture over mosaic images. C. The limited materials within the region meant that there would not be enough to make more icons. D. The early Church wanted to use liturgical music instead of visual art.
The ability to make creative connections is enhanced when
A) the artist has a wide base of knowledge. B) the artist is proficient in more than one discipline. C) the artist works with 2D art as well as 3D form. D) the artist researches related topics. E) All of these answers are correct.