MWC Final

Public Transcript

Public Transcript

Music that affirms and perpetuates an existing political power, message is clear.

Hidden Transcripts

Musical performances and repertories that embed political messages through metaphorical or coded terms.

Apartheid

System of institutionalized racial segregation. It divided the population into three races and was dominated by the minority white population.

Iterative Forms

Melodies that have large amounts of internal repetition, characteristic of indigenous South African melodies.

Rastafarianism

A religious movement from Jamaica whose adherents venerate the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie.

Reggae

A style of urban Jamaican popular music that originated among the Rastafarians of Jamaica in the 1960s.

Riddim

Insider term for the various marked rhythmic properties of reggae that convey, in coded form, the subversiveness of the Rastafarian subculture and its associated soundscape.

Counter-rhythm

A rhythm that differs from the established rhythm of a piece, establishing a polyrhythmic texture.

Powwow

A Native American social gathering that features ceremonies, celebrations, and dance competitions.

Indian Days

First powwow held by The Wind River Shoshone. Usually in the summer and often held in Fort Washakie.

Traditional Dance

A Native American dance style using older choreography.

Fancy Dance

A Native American dance style that uses a more flamboyant and free form.

War Dance

Most prominent competitive dances for men, in both traditional and fancy styles.

Flag Song

A Native American song performed during a powwow flag ceremony to honor the presentation of the American Flag and others.

Vamp

A short, simple introductory passage. Usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed.

Civil Rights Movement

A nonviolent social movement for abolishing legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement of black Americans throughout the US.

Tin Pan Alley

A term for the NYC-based music industry between 1903-1930, that centered on printing and promoting sheet music for the general public.

Muzak

Customized, recorded music used to provide sonic background and set mood in public places.

Ethnic Group

People within a larger society who have common ancestry, memories of a shared historical past, and elements in common such as kinship, religious affiliation, or language.

String Quartet

A chamber ensemble consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello.

One-note Polyphony

A compositional technique where each individual note functions as an introspection where different musical dimensions can be accessed.

Creole

People of color with mixed heritage in the West Indies and Southern United States. (French, Spanish, African, or Afro-Caribbean descent)

Cajun

A French-speaking people of Southern Louisiana and the music and culture pertaining to them.

Bayou

Inland channels with thick vegetation.

Fais-dodo

Grand ball where Cajun dance music was played.

Zydeco

A distinctly Creole music emerged out of the complicated musical, cultural, and racial interactions in southwest Louisiana. Originally influenced by Cajun music but interacted with other African American and Caribbean styles.

Bals de Maison

Parties where young people borrow the home of an elder and used the space for dancing, eating gumbo, and drinking. Zydeco music flourished here.