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Section 1
(50 cards)
organology
the study of musical instruments
rhythm/duration
the shaping of music over time
music is a product of...
human interaction and perception
pulse
beat
basic property of music
sound
composition
the music is pre-planned and doesn't change
overtones/harmonics (11)
collectively get sounded when one sound (pitch) is made
setting
the multiple contexts in which music is conceived, created, transmitted,, performed and remembered
the term music is tied to what culture?
western
monophonic
once sound
phrases contain...
stylistic ornamentation
meaning of music can vary for people based on their...
backgrounds, ethnicity, history, age or gender
chordophones
Instruments with strings that can be plucked or bowed
3 influences of high life music
sea chanteys, brass military bands, Ghanaian influence
melodies are punctuated and built of smaller units called...
phrases
polyphonic
many sounds
soundscape
the distinctive sounds, settings and significances of music
pitch
highness or lowness of a sound
meter
divides pulse into groups
timbre
sound quality unique to a voice or instrument
Accra, Ghana
population 3 million, multicultural center, portugese, dutch, dansih, british influence, independence from Britain in 1957
pathways
connections people use in a soundscape (family connections, athletic events)
membranophones
hit with a skin on it
ethnomusicology (world music)
study of music and anthropology
electrophones
instruments that produce sound using electricity
vocal games
pitch alternating with air
sounds are organized by...
people
pitch
single sound
significance
the meaning of the music and event to participants
3 parts of music
sound, setting, significance
High Life Music
pop music of Ghana in respobnse to British colonization designed to please british elites
ethnocentrism
when people impose their perceptions on another culture
ethnic groups of Ghana
Ewe, Akan, Asante, Accra
idiophones
produce sound by being struck
improvisation
on the spot compositi9on based on predesigned vocabulary
intensity/amplitude
loudness or softness of a sound
tempo
speed of the beat
aerophones
produce vibration by wind or air
setting
where the event is occuring
music
the purposeful organization of the quality, pitch, duration, and intensity of sound
tuvan singing setting
agricultural
tuvan singing significance
words reflect the mountainous landscape of the land; reinforces ethnicity
water games country
Balli
tuvan singing sounds
double sound throat singing
form
different parts of the song (verse, chorus, interlude)
texture
the ways in which instruments and voices combine with each other (the sounding parts)
repertory
body of work
melodies are described by...
range and contour
"The Dry Side of the Riverbed"
khoomi
pitches are arranged in...
melodies
Section 2
(42 cards)