MUS 240 Music Culture Exam #5

Question 1

Which of the following is a secular manifestation of the ways in which music articulates temporal divisions?

Accepted Answer

special radio programs(designed to accompany morning and evening commutes)

Question 2

Blind Lemon Jefferson is known for playing what type of music?

Accepted Answer

Sacred songs and blues

Question 3

The banjo is a member of a family of instruments that represents the music of what region?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 4

Which is not an example of intertribal musical practice intended to bring social cohesion between communities and tribes

Accepted Answer

Wild West Show

Question 5

Indigenous is only 1 of a variety of terms, which descendants of groups that have been subjected to settler colonialism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What is Strathsprey?

Accepted Answer

Dance tune; Characterized rhythmically by dotted rhythms & "Scotch Snaps"

Question 7

Which of the following is a generalized musical structure shared by the majority of fiddling traditions in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

standard harmony pattern using the tonic, dominant, and subdominant chords

Question 8

What style of music is displayed in Rock Road...?

Accepted Answer

Fiddle

Question 9

Technobanda is a dance genre that revives the music of traditional banda ensembles by adopting to electronic instruments

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

What is a Powwow?

Accepted Answer

Gatherings at which participants perform in a # of specific dance styles

Question 11

Which of the following is a term that describes the process of separating one's own community from others?

Accepted Answer

boundary maintenance

Question 12

What is a Potlatch?

Accepted Answer

Ceremony to exhibit personal wealth&growth (Important events)

Question 13

Which of the following accurately describes the vocal style that predominates in Northern Plains powwow songs?

Accepted Answer

wide vibrato and pulsating sound

Question 14

What style of music is displayed in Match Box Blues?

Accepted Answer

Blues

Question 15

Which of the following best describes a vocable?

Accepted Answer

a syllable without a fixed meaning

Question 16

What is Technobanda?

Accepted Answer

Popular dance music; blending instruments & banda ensembles w/ e-music

Question 17

What style of music is displayed in Precious Lord, Hold My Hand?

Accepted Answer

Gospel Music

Question 18

What style of music is displayed in The House Carpenter?

Accepted Answer

Ballad

Question 19

What instruments do the Indigenous population use?

Accepted Answer

Frame/log drums, rattles, flute

Question 20

Type of music used in rituals,ceremonies,events celebrating rites of passage is an important marker of ethnic identity

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What is Musica Duranguese?

Accepted Answer

Variant of technobanda; blending banda & electronic music (Durango Mexico)

Question 22

True or False? Voices and string instruments are central to traditional North American Indigenous musics.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Many traditional vocal styles are ____ – the melodic line is singular even when more than one person is singing.

Accepted Answer

monophonic

Question 24

True or False? The Ottawa electronic group A Tribe Called Red produces music intended only for Native listeners.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

What is a Ghost dance?

Accepted Answer

Ceremonial dance & song; sought to hasten the new world natural abundance

Question 26

What is a Joik?

Accepted Answer

vocal practice that develops relationships between singer&world (Sámi)

Question 27

What is Quebradita?

Accepted Answer

A dance craze w/ technobanda & cumbia dances (Mexico)

Question 28

Which of the following American popular musics came into existence originating by African Americans

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 29

Type of music used in rituals, ceremonies, events celebrating rites of passage is an important marker of ethnic identity

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

What style of music is displayed in Mis Sue...?

Accepted Answer

Kid Song

Question 31

A style of Scottish dance music that reflects some specificities of North American fiddle playing is known as___

Accepted Answer

Strathspey

Question 32

Queen Elizabeth II's 2002 visit to Winnipeg, which ethnic group was denied an opportunity to meet with her?

Accepted Answer

First Nations representatives

Question 33

Which of the following best describes a ballad?

Accepted Answer

a song that tells a story

Question 34

Which of the following popular music genres have North American Indigenous musicians adopted into their modern practice?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

MUS 240 Music Culture Exam #5

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MUS 240 Music Culture Exam #5

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