IAH 208 Exam2

Altered State of Consciousness

Trance, Meditation,Sleep, Hyposis, drug induced

Beta Endorphin

Body’s pain kiler

Devr

Rotation; whirling dance

Sema

Chanting names of god

Folk Speech

Variable aspects of language; Face to face, conveys information and style

Standard Language

Cultural Construct

Linguistic

Communication; vocab, grammer, pronounciation

Kinesic

Facial expressions & gestures

Dialect

Varity of language; differs in grammer, pronounciation, vocab

Register

Way of speaking in a group

Jargon

Speacilized terminology; used to communicate in a group as  a shorthand

Taboo Words

Curse words; excitement

Ritual Languages

Used in cultural Contexes 

Glossolalia

Speaking in tongue

Bilingual 

More than 1 language 

Code Switching

Talking in one language and switching to another mid sentence

cultural evolution

cultures at different stages of development

4 stages of cultural evolution

primitive, savage, barbarian, civilized

pathogenic 

arising from emotions

logogenic

arising from logic and reason

comparative musicology

cultural stereotypes

powwow

healing ceremony

longhouse

type of native American house 

slide

moving from one note to another

portamento

slide from one note to another on string instrument

falsetto

high range of male voice

Diminutives

used in zuni lullaby

Tail (song)

used in grass dance, repeat of last phrase

yebichai

grandfathers of god; begins with ritual purification: sweating & prayer. Lasts 9 nights

sand paintings

depictions of gods, invitation for gods to participate

nightway ceremony

masked dancers impersonate gods

enemyway ceremony 

3 day ceremony; reenactment of battle; enemy ghost is ritually killed

wigwam

round house; objbwe dwelling

fry bread

native american bread

traditional dances

regalia worn during powpow, jingles made from curved snuff tins

grass dances

involves prarie grass, mens dance

fancy dancers

circular bustles on arms and back; men

jingle dress dancers

jingle made from snuff tins; women

shawl dances

female equivalent of fancy dances

Grand entry 

parade of dancers, native flags, staffs with feathers, national and military flags

Naat

hymn in Mevlevi Sufi ceremony

Timbre

Tone color or quality

Call and Response Form

Leader has variation; chorus repetitive 

Mnemonics

Short form used as a memory aid

Lunga

High pitched, hourglass shaped drum

Ewe

West African, from Ghana Togo

Agbekar

Ewe music and dance

Gankogui

bell

axatse

dried gourd with beads

Drums

Kaganu, kidi, dloboto, totodzi

Mande

Ethnic group

Jaliya

Praise singing

Zimbabwe

Shona, Ndebell, Zulus

Mbira 

Plucked lamellaphone (shona)

Hosho

Shaker (shona)

Baakar

Forest People music

Hemiola

3 against 2 (lunga)

Hocket 

Overlapping parts, creates a single musical texture

Akami

Word for conflict

Ekimi

Word for peace, silence or ordered silence

Gungonga

Hourglass drum

Timeline

Rhythmic line holding musical parts together 

Forest People

BaAka people
Pygmys
people of Central African Republic

vocables

syllables used with no meaning

monophony

single melody song with one instrument and one singer