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Fundamentals, Aural Analysis, Cultural Considerations, Oceania
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13. Which of the following is NOT a sub-category of chordophones?
d. short-necked, long-necked
a. plucked, bowed
b. single-headed, double-headed
c. fretted, unfretted
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3. What happened when the Dutch explorers met the Maori people of New Zealand in 1642?
d. Four Dutch sailors were killed.
c. Five of the Maori trumpeters were killed.
a. The Maori invited the Dutch explorers to come ashore.
b. The Dutch explorers took the Maori back to Holland.
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38. This instrument is classified as a(n)
c. aerophone
a. chordophone
d. idiophone
b. membranophone
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28. The two chordophones that characterize Hawaiian music are the slide guitar and the ______.
a. banjo
d. guitar
b. ukulele
c. violin
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4. We watched a short clip in which Bobby McFerrin demonstrated the _______.
d. chromatic scale
c. major scale
a. pentatonic scale
b. whole tone scale
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32. This instrument is classified as a(n)
idiophone
a. chordophone
aerophone
b. membranophone
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20. A single melody with harmonic accompaniment has a ____________ texture.
d. polyphonic
c. heterophonic
b. monophonic
a. homophonic
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11. What are the four basic classifications of instruments in the Sachs-Hornbostel system?
a. Membranophone, aerophone, chordophone, sousaphone
b. Brass, woodwinds, strings, percussion
d. Aerophone, chordophone, idiophone, membranophone
c. Strings, woodwinds, aerophone, idiophone
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16. The saxophone is classified as a(n) _______________.
a. chordophone
b. idiophone
d. aerophone
c. corpophone
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6. Curt Sachs and Erich von Hornbostel worked in ______________.
d. Stockholm, Sweden
a. Madrid, Spain
c. Berlin, Germany
b. Vienna, Austria
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8. Our most complete understanding of the musics of other cultures requires studying _____.
b. the contemporary musics
d. music that people listen to while eating
c. both the original and contemporary musics
a. the original musics
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36. This instrument is classified as a(n)
d. idiophone
c. aerophone
b. membranophone
a. chordophone
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10. Regardless of their cultural contexts, all musics have timbre, pitch, rhythm, and _______.
b. aerophones
d. white noise
a. dynamics
c. flavor
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23. A person who is _____________ believes his/her culture to be superior.
c. ethnocentric
a. egocentric
b. concentric
d. hypocentric
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27. ____________ refers specifically to the Australian aboriginal creation story.
b. Animism
c. Polytheism
a. Dreamtime
d. Totemism
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As a member of an orchestra, a violinist has the ______ perspective on playing in an orchestra.
emic
polyphonic
purple
etic
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14. The tuba is an example of a(n) ______.
a. idiophone
c. membranophone
b. chordophone
d. aerophone
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21. When we sang "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" as a round, we created ___ texture.
a. homophonic
b. monophonic
d. polyphonic
c. heterophonic
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17. The violin is classified as a(n) _________________.
b. idiophone
d. aerophone
a. chordophone
c. corpophone
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26. Australian Aboriginal musicians must be able to circular-breathe in order to play the ____.
d. violin
c. pahu
a. rhythm sticks
b. didjeridoo
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12. If someone claps you on the back so hard that it makes a sound, you are vibrating as a(n)
c. idiophone
a. aerophone
d. corpophone
b. membranophone
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35. This instrument is classified as a(n)
c. aerophone
a. chordophone
d. idiophone
b. membranophone
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30. The Hawai’ian
pahu
is classified as a(n) ____________.
a. idiophone
b. membranophone
c. chordophone
d. aerophone
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1. We agreed to define music as ____________.
b. sound organized by people within a cultural context
c. all sounds produced in nature
a. all sound
d. any sound that can be reproduced electronically
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37. This instrument is classified as a(n)
a. chordophone
c. aerophone
d. idiophone
b. membranophone
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33. This instrument is classified as a(n)
b. membranophone
d. idiophone
a. chordophone
c. aerophone
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19. When we discuss how loudly or softly music is performed, we are considering its __________.
c. dynamics
b. tempo
a. duration
d. timbre
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29. Hawai’i is considered to be part of the ___________ islands.
a. Micronesian
b. Melanesian
d. Polynesian
c. Amnesian
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7. What is the inherent problem of studying music by joining the people who are making it?
c. As a cultural outsider, the scholar can't understand it.
d. The scholar will be scorned by the musicians.
a. The musicians may be affected by the scholar's presence.
b. The scholar risks looking ridiculous.
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18. The piano can be classified as either a(n) ___________ or a(n) _______________.
b. chordophone, idiophone
c. aerophone, corpophone
d. chordophone, membranophone
a. membranophone, aerophone
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15. A(n) ______ “itself” vibrates to produce a sound.
b. idiophone
d. membranophone
c. chordophone
a. aerophone
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31. This instrument is classified as a(n) ___.
d. idiophone
c. aerophone
a. chordophone
b. membranophone
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39. This instrument is classified as a(n)
d. idiophone
c. aerophone
a. chordophone
b. membranophone
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40. This instrument is classified as a(n)
a. chordophone
b. membranophone
c. aerophone
d. idiophone
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34. This instrument is classified as a(n)
a. chordophone
c. aerophone
d. idiophone
b. membranophone
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24. The belief that music has the power to affect a person’s behavior began with Plato.
b. false
a. true
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5. In order for sound to be recognized as music, it must be made on actual instruments.
a. true
b. false
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2. According to ethnomusicologists, why is music considered
not
to be a universal language?
d. Because some people can't sing.
b. Not every culture has music, so music can't be universal.
a. Not all cultures use musical instruments.
The existence of music is universal; understanding it isn't.
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25. An important issue in the discussion of transmission and pedagogy is _______________.
c. the extent to which people identify with their music
b. the distribution of royalties
d. the study of maps
a. oral tradition versus written notation
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22. One of the issues addressed in the section “Music and the Environment” is ______ pollution.
c. water
d. land
b. noise
a. air
