MUS 14 Exam 2 Review

Question 1

What instruments are usually included in West African palm wine music?

Accepted Answer

guitars, bass, clave, knife tapped on a bottle, conga, vocal

Question 2

What is the name of the tube zither played in this example, and what country does it come from?

Accepted Answer

Valiha, Madagascar

Question 3

Beer caps create a buzzy sound in this piano-like instrument, called what?

Accepted Answer

the mbira

Question 4

Busy guitar work is characteristic of which music genre?

Accepted Answer

Soukous from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Question 5

A Shona ritual for ancestral worship is called what, and what instrument is played?

Accepted Answer

Bira, Mbira

Question 6

What is this harp-lute, central to jali music?

Accepted Answer

The Kora

Question 7

When is Exam #2?

Accepted Answer

next Tuesday

Question 8

What nation does this track come from?

Accepted Answer

Ethiopia

Question 9

The process when elements of one culture are fused with elements of another culture is called

Accepted Answer

syncretism

Question 10

What genre is this music from Nigeria, and what is its characteristic instrument?

Accepted Answer

Juju, talking drum

Question 11

What is the term for Ethiopian wandering praise singers?

Accepted Answer

Azmari

Question 12

This genre blended with jazz has a name that refers to the lifestyle of colonial rulers

Accepted Answer

Highlife

Question 13

A drum that produces high&low pitches through tightening/releasing the strings is known as the:

Accepted Answer

dundun or talking drum

Question 14

The genre mbaqanga, which means “cornbread dumpling,” features what vocal technique?

Accepted Answer

Groaning

Question 15

What are two terms for praise singers from the Mande Empire (Mali, Senegal, The Gambia)?

Accepted Answer

Jali and Griot

Question 16

What's the nation of origin for this example?

Accepted Answer

Zimbabwe

Question 17

What’s the difference between the South African genres Marabi and Township Jive?

Accepted Answer

Marabi is influenced by jazz, Township Jive by rock.

Question 18

What is the term often used for all Nigerian popular music?

Accepted Answer

Konkombé

Question 19

The krar, a five or six-stringed lyre, is found in the music of which country?

Accepted Answer

Ethiopia

Question 20

Which country is Mali?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 21

Which of these is the term for vocal cues given by the lead singer to the choir in Zulu music?

Accepted Answer

Bombing

Question 22

Which of these is both a region in Mali and musical genre played only by women?

Accepted Answer

Wassoulou

Question 23

Soukous from the DR Congo was strongly influenced by the music of what Latin American nation?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 24

What is World Beat?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 25

What is the nation of origin of this music example?

Accepted Answer

Mali/Senegal/Gambia

Question 26

1948-1994, South Africa was under a state sanctioned system of racial separation known as:

Accepted Answer

Apartheid

Question 27

When patrons give money to jali, this practice is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Spraying

Question 28

Choral singing with intervals of 3rd and 5th in Madagascar suggests influence from what region?

Accepted Answer

Hawaii or other parts of Polynesia

Question 29

The genre of this track from South Africa is isicathamiya, a Zulu word which means what?

Accepted Answer

To stalk or step softly

Question 30

What are the main musical influences on Fela Kuti’s Afro-beat?

Accepted Answer

Rock, James Brown, palm wine music.

MUS 14 Exam 2 Review

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MUS 14 Exam 2 Review

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