Which of the following best describes the Native American song "Blue Horse Special?"

It uses vocables and the meaning of the song can change.

Program music is instrumental music:

associated with a story or other extra-musical idea

Word painting is music:

that reflects the literal meaning of a song & its text

Prescriptive notation:

gives instruction on what to do on an instrument

The practice of "adding flowers" in jiangnan sizhu means:

embellishing and varying the melody each time it is played

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Thinking about Music - Chapter 1 Review

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A quiz based on Thinking Musically by Bonnie C. Wade, Chapter 1, "Thinking about Music"

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1
What term refers to tone color or a particular quality of sound?
genre
vocables
timbre
aesthetics
2
Which of the following best describes the Native American song "Blue Horse Special?"
It requires dancing to accompany the music.
It features an ancient language that few understand.
It has a text that tells a story of the Blue Horse peoples.
It uses vocables and the meaning of the song can change.
3
Islamic recitations, such as the second sura of the Qur'an, are considered musiqa.
False
True
4
The primary instruments used in Gahu dance drumming are:
voices and clapping
a mix of all kinds of instruments
string instruments
percussion instruments
5
The instrument qin (or guqin) comes from what country?
Mexico
China
Indonesia
Ireland
6
A corrido is:
an Islamic recitation of the Qur'an
a Texas-Mexican ballad
an instrumental ensemble
a Chinese stringed instrument
7
The ballad of Cesar Chavez tells the story of a Texas-Mexican outlaw.
True
False
8
Western staff notation is a type of:
prescriptive notation
descriptive notation
9
Program music is instrumental music:
a song whose text tells a story
that uses syllables that are not lingistically meaningful
associated with a story or other extra-musical idea
that reflects the literal meaning of a song & text
10
The repertoire of jiangnan sizhu includes how many songs?
24
2
hundreds
8
11
An Irish jig should never be played the same way twice.
True
False
12
Central Javanese gamelan never includes singers.
False
True
13
Word painting is music:
that uses syllables that are not lingistically meaningful
whose text tells a story
that reflects the literal meaning of a song & its text
that is associated with a story or other extra-musical idea
14
Prescriptive notation:
indicates how the music should "sound"
gives instruction on what to do on an instrument
15
What term refers to a set of artistic values?
aesthetics
musiqa
repertoire
genre
16
What is a gamelan?
A Chinese instrument
An Indonesian musical ensemble
A song that tells a story
A form of notation
17
Music is the same in all cultures.
True
False
18
The practice of "adding flowers" in jiangnan sizhu means:
to pluck the string with the thumb
performing a dance during a song
altering the words to the song
embellishing and varying the melody each time it is played

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