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Drums in sub-Saharan Africa are often considered _______. |
All answers are correct. |
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A pattern of notes used in Indian music to create melody is called _______. |
raga |
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A performance style in which the phrases of a soloist are repeatedly answered by those of a chorus is known as _______. |
call and response |
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Singers in the Middle East and North Africa cultivate a vocal timbre that _______. |
has a nasal, intense, and strained tone |
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Nonwestern musical scales often contain ________ tones. |
all of these |
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The choice of musical instruments in nonwestern cultures frequently depends on what? |
All answers are correct. |
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Which of the following statements is not true? |
Nonwestern music primarily employs the same major and minor scales as Western music. |
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The _______ is a pair of single-headed drums played by one performer, popular in north India. |
tabla |
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Musical instruments whose sound generator is a stretched skin or other membrane are classified as _______. |
membranophones |
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The most important way of making music in most nonwestern cultures is by ______. |
singing |
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Music that has a texture in which all parts perform the same basic melody, but in versions that differ in ornamentation or rhythm, is called ______. |
heterophonic |
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Most of the music of sub-Saharan Africa features what characteristic? |
All answers are correct. |
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The ________ is a long-necked lute with movable frets, seven strings, and nine to thirteen sympathetic strings, popular in north India. |
sitar |
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Nonwestern music is most often transmitted through which means? |
Orally from parent to child or teacher to student. |
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Musical instruments whose own material is the sound generator are classified as _______. |
membranophones |
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Which of the following is not characteristic of Indian music? |
The basic texture is polyphonic. |
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Chordophones are instruments whose sound generator is a _______. |
stretched string |
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A repeated cycle of beats, or rhythmic pattern, in Indian music is called _______. |
tala |
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Musical instruments whose sound generator is a column of air are classified as _______. |
aerophones |
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Ravi Shankar was a master of which instrument? |
Sitar |
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