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M.W.P.
Exam #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aborigines | the native people/ indigenous peoples of Austrailia |
| Accent | an emphasized beat |
| Aerophone | instruments that require to produce sound (flutes, reeds, trumpets, and bellows-driven instruments) |
| Adhan | the Islamic call to prayer |
| Alap | the opening, freely rhythmic period of period of improvisation of raga performance in Indian classical music |
| Animism | the belief that everything has a spirit |
| Aradhana | a South Indian festival |
| Bols | mnemonic syllables corresponding to drum strokes in Indian drumming traditions |
| Carnatic (Karnatak) | a term referring to the cultural traditions of South India |
| Caste system | a system of social organization based on hereditary status found in India that is very oppressive |
| Chordophone | stringed instruments (lutes, zithers, harps, lyres) |
| Dastgah | a mode or system of rules and expectations for composition and improvisation in Persian classical music |
| Dervish | Turkish word literally meaning "beggar", but often used to refer to Sufi Muslims |
| Dreamtime | a term describing the Australian aboriginal spiritual belief system and concept of creation |
| Didgeridu | a long trumpet made from a hollowed tree branch played by aborigines from Australia |
| Free rhythm | music with no regular pulsation |
| Gat | the composed section of instrumental performance in Indian classical music |
| Guru | a teacher or spiritual guide, primarily associated with Hindu traditions from India |
| Hajj | the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
| Hinduism | a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from Vedic religion |
| Hindustani | a term referring to the cultural traditions of northern India |
| Idiophone | instruments that vibrate themselves to produce sound, such as rattles, bells, and other kinds of percussion |
| Kanun | a plucked zither used in Turkish and Arabic music traditions |
| Kriti | a genre of devotional Hindu poetry from South India |
| Melodic contour | the general direction and shape of a melody |
| Melodic rhythm | the rhythm of a melody |
| Lamellophone | a type of idiophone that uses vibrating "lamellae" or strips of material, usually metal, to produce sound |
| Mosque | a house of worship for Islamic believers |
| Muezzin | a person who calls Islamic believers to worship five times a day |
| Minaret | the tall tower of a mosque, used for the Islamic call to prayer |
| Mhirab | a small "niche" or focal point found in a mosque, used to orient Islamic worshipers in the direction of Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
| Mridangam | a barrel-shaped drum form India |
| Melismatic | vocals that have multiple pitches per syllable |
| Ney | a vertical flute found in Turkish and Arabic music traditions |
| Nomadic | people who move around for food and resources |
| Raga | a mode or system of rules and expectations for composition and improvisation in Indian classical music |
| Ravi Shankar | a famous musician and composer from India |
| Santur | a hammered zither from the Persian classical tradition |
| Sarod | a FRETTLESS plucked lute from Turkey |
| Shishya | musical disciple |
| Sitar | a FRETTED plucked lute from India |
| Sufi Dhikir | the mystical branch of Islam; a ritual commonly performed by Sufi Muslims in which believers chant the names of Allah with the goal of entering a spiritually ecstatic state |
| Susap | a mouth harp (lamellophone) from Papua New Guinea |
| Syllabic | vocals where only one pitch is sung per syllable |
| Tabla | a pair of drums found in Hindustani music from India |
| Takht Ensemble | a type of instrumental ensemble found in Arabic music tradtions |
| Tala | rhythmic framework found in raga performance in India |
| Tambura | a round-bodied lute used to provide the "drone" element in Indian classical music |
| Totemism | a belief in which either each human, or each group of humans (e.g., a clan or tribe) is thought to have a spiritual connection or a kinship with another physical being, such as an animal or plant, often called a "spirit-being" or "totem." |
| Tarab | Arabic word for a state of emotional transformation or ecstasy achieved through music |
| Unison | two or more musical parts sounding the same pitch or at an octave interval, usually at the same time |
| Surrogate speech | imitates rhythm and tonality of language |
| Sachs/Hornbostel | standard classification system for musical instruments that divides musical instruments into four categories: areophones, chordophones, idiophones, and membranophones |
| A cappella | Only vocals |
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