World Music Exam 2 Study Guide: Chapters 7, 8, and 13, Exams of Music

Download World Music Exam 2 Study Guide: Chapters 7, 8, and 13 and more Exams Music in PDF only on Docsity! MUH 2512 World Music Dr. Bakan Exam #2 (“Final” Exam) Study Guide Format: This is a multiple-choice exam. It consists of 100 questions. You will mark your answers on a Scantron form. The first portion of the exam is a listening test; this will be administered at the beginning of the exam period. The exam covers Chapters 7, 8, and 13 of your textbook and its related materials (lecture materials, CD set exs., Musical Guided Tours, Online Musical Illustrations, etc.). The following is a detailed breakdown of the contents of the exam that is intended to guide you in your studies: I) Listening exam (30%)  18 examples will be played. Examples generating two or more questions are generally those linked to Guided Listening Experience (GLE) selections on the CD set; be prepared to answer questions relating to the GLE narratives and quick summaries  Some examples drawn from online Musical Guided Tours and Musical Illustrations are included as well. See below for details. CHAPTER 7 LISTENING: 2-2: Gamelan gong kebyar; Bali; “Jaya Semara” (piece title) 2-3: Kecak (title/genre); Bali; gamelan suara **2-4: Gamelan beleganjur in cremation procession; Bali [GUIDED LISTENING EXPERIENCE TRACK] *2-5: Malpal cymbal texture (compared to kilitan telu); why malpal is played at crossroads (deflecting bhutas and leyaks, etc.); Bali 2-6: Beleganjur contest; kreasi beleganjur; kilitan telu; I Ketut Sukarata (composer); Bali **2-7: “Wira Ghorava Cakti ‘95”; I Ketut Suandita (composer); 8-part cymbal polyphony encompassing (but not limited to) kilitan telu patterns; “blurring” of slow-fast movements; other innovations (e.g., gong cycle drops out, unaccompanied reyong section feature, etc.) [GUIDED LISTENING EXPERIENCE TRACK] **2-8: “B.A.Ph.PET”; instrumentation (espec. re: gamelan instruments and scratch turntable); “truncated” kilitan telu rhythmic foundation and its development; elements and styles syncretized [GUIDED LISTENING EXPERIENCE TRACK]; FSU gamelan; Charles Tremblay MUSICAL GUIDED TOUR, Chapter 7 (GAMELAN BELEGANJUR)  Gilak gong cycle  “Reverse” gilak gong cycle  Instrument identifications: reyong, cengceng, kendang, gong ageng  Kilitan telu CHAPTER 8 LISTENING: 2-9: Bhajan; India 2-10: Sufi song; Punjab (India/Pakistan); Shafqat Ali Khan 2-11: MUSICAL GUIDED TOUR, CHAPTER 8: “An Introduction to Indian Music” (Ravi Shankar)  Instruments: sitar, tabla, tambura  Alap  Tintal (16 beat tala) vs. jhaptal (10 beat tala)  Tihai (define; number of times basic pattern repeated) **2-12: Raga Nat Bhairav; Hindustani raga; morning raga; basic “scale” of the raga; note-by-note development of the alap; alap vs. gat; instruments (modified guitar [Mohan vina], tabla, tambura) [GUIDED LISTENING EXPERIENCE TRACK] 2-13: John Coltrane; soprano saxophone; 1961; “India” **2-14: Shakti; John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, L. Shankar; complex tala cycle; JM’s modified guitar; raga elements in this Indian-jazz fusion [GUIDED LISTENING EXPERIENCE TRACK] **2-15: Trilok Gurtu; “Living Magic”; “Alap” vs. “Gat”-like sections; vina “alap” w. electronic processing [GUIDED LISTENING EXPERIENCE TRACK] CHAPTER 13 LISTENING: MUSICAL GUIDED TOUR, CHAPTER 13: Identify ornaments; identify Henan vs. Shandong regional style on basis of vibrato 3-20: qin (type of instrument, number of strings) **3-23: title, baban form, type of zheng (16 strings with steel strings), playing technique [GUIDED LISTENING EXPERIENCE TRACK] 3-25: departure from baban form as innovation; programmaticism; accelerating, ostinato-based form in last part of piece **3-27: title of piece, composer (Fan Shang’e), playing techniques employed, form (not baban), “Tibetan” source materials [GUIDED LISTENING EXPERIENCE TRACK] 3-28: Tibetan Buddhist chant, voice multiphonics **3-30: Uighur music and culture influences, Uighur muqam influence (re: instrumentation, musical scale/mode, etc.), Uighur attitudes toward cultural appropriation in Chinese pieces of this type [GUIDED LISTENING EXPERIENCE TRACK] II) Multiple choice questions (70%)* *[There 23-24 questions each drawn from Chs. 7, 8, and 13, respectively] Chapter 7 (Indonesian music)  GENERAL: Use assigned readings, CD exs., key terms lists/study questions/discussion questions at end of chapter, Blackboard-posted lecture notes and film viewing notes (Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods; Raga: Ravi Shankar), and study resources at Online Learning Center to prepare.  SPECIFIC: