Midterm 2 MUSHL 100

Ud

a chordophone, A lute, has a neck and is fretless, is plucked, One solo string and 5 courses, Pear shaped plays in a solo which is a Taqsim

Taqsim

a non-rhythmic, melodic musical improvisation in Arabic, Turkish, Greek, and Middle Eastern music

Riqq

a Tambourine that COMES IN, a FRAME drumb

Zither

String stretched along body, no neck = zither, Played with hammers

Maquam

Modal system, a mode usually where improv occurs.

Arabic Takht ensemble

includes Ud, other instruments- a violin or middle-eastern fiddle like Rebab, Ney- flute, frame drums like riqq.

Rebab

a bowed lute

Gankogui

The iron bell from class

Essemble

Has Interlocking parts,Bell and drums, the Key musical features, 12 pulse meter, Timeline pattern, 7 beats

Munda People

Molly, a empire with elites; contact with Islamic people, Oral transitions very important as well

Kora

Lute and harp, with a neck but strings are perpendicular, plucked 21 strings in total Could be solo improv- long runs of notes or in a harmony, cycle Jelly could come in and usually decends

Zimbabwe History

Chiefs and local kings control a certain area, Plucked Idiophones, on of the instruments used is Imbira, One leads and one follows, INTERLOCKING, Connect to spirits

Baaka people

No special hierarchy, Nomatic living in forest, hunter gatherings

Malisma

sing more than one note.

Agbekor

Drumming before hunting: Now in modern times, less hunting and now wedding and funerals

Polyphonic playing

Voices weave, free to improvise

Timbre

yodeling

Sufism

the inner, mystical dimension of Islam focused on direct personal experience of God, divine love, and spiritual purification

European influence in the Sub Saharan Africa

Slavery and then colonization

Sub Saharan Africa in the South

Major zone islam spread so close to desert are muslim ethnic groups.

Jelly

a musician and sing praises at the people sponsoring them and recount the historical knowledge of the people