Music Cultures of the World

You are to work alone on this exam

. If answers on two or more exams read the

same, those students will split the points earned for that question. It is also best to

avoid paraphrasing the te

xt too closely or quoting directly without quotation marks.

This will make your answers look the same. Absorb the information in the text and

lectures, then give it back to me in your own words. As with the essay assignments,

I am looking for your abili

ty to think about these questions and discuss them in your

own words with your own thoughts, backed up by the information you have gained

in class.

General

Test

Instructions:

For each short answer (Part 1)

–

type the name of the genre or instrument on a

s

eparate piece of paper (or copy them from this document into your own

)

with the

country and description(s) following them. For the short essay and essay questions you

do not need to type or copy the questions. Just make sure you include all the numbers,

e

ven if you choose not to answer one of the questions.

I will not accept hand

–

written

answers for any section

, since they are too hard to make out, and I don’t want to deduct

points simply because I can’t read the answer.

You do not need to turn in this e

xam with

your answers.

Be sure to put your name on each of your answer sheet(s), AND

STAPLE THEM ALL TOGETHER.

5

POINTS WILL BE DOCKED IF

PAPERS ARE NOT STAPLED OR HELD TOGETHER WITH PAPER CLIPS,

ETC., OR IF PAGES ARE SO OUT OF ORDER THAT I CAN’T TELL

WHICH

IS WHICH.

Short Answer

–

Genres and Instruments (14

points)

For each of these musical genres, list the country(s) where we saw them, or if we

encountered them in Africa,

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LIST THE TRIBE

. I will not accept “Africa” as an answer

for the genres sectio

n. Also choose one of these categories for the type of genre:

Vocal

(may be accompanied by instruments or be a cappella),

Instrumental

(no vocal and no

dance),

Dance

(would be accompanied by instruments but has no vocal element),

Vocal/Dance

(which will

include all three), and

Event

(for something that is not a single

musical genre, but an entire event that includes music as a central part of it). Each

question is worth 1 point.

Genre

Country (or Tribe)

Vocal, Instrumental, Dance,

Vocal/Da

nce, Event

1

.

Fandango

2.

Sean Nós

3.

Lambango

4.

Agbekor

5.

Ceòl Mor

6.

Ländler

7.

Snake Dance

2

For each instrument: Give the country they are from (or if they are from Africa,

SIMPLY PUT “AFRICA”

[

no Tribe

name

needed for this section

]). Second,

give the

i

nstrument category that they belong to (Aerophone, Chordophone, Idiophone,

Membranophone, or Electrophone). Finally,

briefly describe the instrument in 1

–

5 words,

i.e. button accordion, accordion (for those with piano keys), zither, skin drum, bagpipe,

w

ooden idiophone, gourd idiophone, flute, folk oboe, dulcimer, etc.

Also, if there is a

specific element, such as having sympathetic strings or the material the instrument is

made from, which identifies that particular instrument,

you must include it

. For

example: a lute with sympathetic strings, a flute made from human bone. Each question

is worth 1 point

(The country is .5 of a point, the category and description are both .25 of

a point)

.

Instrument

Country or “Africa”

Category

Describe it briefly

8

.

Bodhran

9.

Kaval

10.

Sargija

11.

Dummbo

12.

Gankogui

13. Balafon

14.

Styrian Ziehharmonika

Short Essay

(20

points)

In one to three sentences, answer the following questions. Some may just require lists

and/or definitions.

If there are

multiple

parts to the que

stion, be sure to answer each

part

.

Answer these questions on a separate sheet of paper, typed. (You do not need to

include the questions on the exam you turn in to me. No handwritten answers will be

accepted.

Be sure to number the answers so I can matc

h them up with the questions.

You

will be docked points if you directly quote the textbook verbatim without citing it in

a footnote. You must cite any direct quotes or it is plagiarism.

Also directly quoting

the dictionary could result in point deduction

s because the definition may not be what I

gave in class. The best way to avoid this is to put the answer in your own words.

Do not

use the web as a source for this

(with the exception of Blackboard), since there may be

answers on the web that differ from

those discussed in class. This does not mean that one

is wrong and the other is right, it is just that in world music there are several possible

ways to look at things. You need to use only your notes, your text, and blackboard for

these questions.

Fro

m your Notes:

15

. Define the term ‘context’ with regard to music. (I am talking about context, not just

performance context.) (1 point)

16

.

List five “purposes” of music that appear, so

far, to be universal. (1 point)

17

.

List the five categ

ories of instruments, as discussed in class, defining each briefly. (2

points)

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