music appreciation test 5

The mbira may be described as a(n)

Melodic idiophone with tongues of metal or bamboo attached to a sounding board

Musical instruments whose own material is the sound generator are classified as

idiophones

Drums in sub-Saharan Africa

all answers are correct

Singers in the Middle East and North Africa cultivate a vocal timbre that

has a nasal, intense, and strained tone

Most of the music of sub-Saharan Africa features

all answers are correct

In the song Ompeh the performers combine __________ of the languages spoken in Ghana

2

Musical instruments whose sound generator is a stretched skin or other membrane are classified as

membranophones

The choice of musical instruments in nonwestern cultures frequently depends on

all answers are correct

Which of the following statements is not true?
In some parts of the world, including India and the middle east, improvisation is a highly disciplined art that requires years of training.
Nonwestern music primarily employs the same major and minor scales as western music.
Singing is the most important way of making music in the vast majority of nonwestern cultures.
Many nonwestern musical cultures do not have written notation.

Nonwestern music primarily employs the same major and minor scales as western music.

Drums in sub-Saharan Africa are often considered

all answers are correct

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

A performance style in which the phrases of a soloist are repeatedly answered by those of a chorus is known as

call and response

The ________ is a long-necked lute with movable frets, seven strings, and nine to thirteen sympathetic strings, popular in north India.

sitar

Nonwestern music is most often transmitted

orally from parent to child or teacher to student.

Musical instruments whose sound generator is a column of air are classified as

aerophones

Which of the following statements is not true with regard to sub-Saharan Africa?

Vocalists in Africa often use the pressure drum to accompany themselves.

In the song Ompeh there are _______ references to death.

3

The _______ is a pair of single-headed drums played by one performer, popular in north India.

tabla

A pattern of notes used in Indian music to create melody is called

raga

The most important way of making music in most nonwestern cultures is by

singing

Nonwestern musical scales often contain ________ tones.

all of these

A repeated cycle of beats, or rhythmic pattern, in Indian music is called

tala

Which of the following is not characteristic of Indian music?

the basic texture is polyphonic

A type of music of the Akan-speaking peoples of Ghana is known as

ompeh

Chordophones are instruments whose sound generator is a

stretched string