world music test3

Bata

Sacred drums used in rituals of the Santeria religion

Bossanova

Brazilian genre that emerged in the late 1950s and achieved great popularity both in Brazil and internationally in the 1960s; combined elements of samba and jazz in a cool, laid-back style

Cha Cha Cha

Cuban dance-music genre characterized by relatively simple dance rhythms and singing

Charanga

"Sweet sounding" Cuban ensemble associated with the danzon, danzon mambo, early Cuban cha cha cha and other dance-music styles; usually include flute, violins, piano, bass, and percussion with singers

Classic blues

A genre that came out of vaudeville, featured mainly women singers accompanied by professional jazz instrumentalists

Clave

Fundamental rhythm of Latin music; comes in four different varieties; often played on claves, but even if not actually played its presence is always implied

Creolization

Process of blending different cultures to create a new one

Cultural appropriation

Adoption of an element or elements of one culture by members of another culture

Cultural assimilation

A process of a majority culture forcing their beliefs and ways of being on minority groups or minority cultures

Cultural Genocide

Actions and measures of spiritual, societal, and cultural destruction employed with the intention of destroying the cultures and lifeways of particular nations or ethnic groups

Danzon

Creolized Cuban dance-music genre that essentially became the national dance of Cuba in the 1920s

Delivery

What the artists wear, how they dance, how they move on stage, and how the audience is invited to join in

Dum tek

The syllables for the two principal drum strokes used on the Egyptian tabla and other middle eastern percussion instruments. Dum is low pitched and deep, tek is high pitched and piercing

Egyptian tabla

Goblet-shaped, single-headed drum widely used in Middle Eastern and North African music, known for its vibrant and resonant sound

Localism

Pride in local traditions against foreignness

Mambo

Highly Afro-Cubanized form of Latin music that was crystallized by Perez Prado but is today principally identified with 1950s New York Latin big bands

Maqam

Term essentially meaning mode in Arab music; part of a large modal system comprising many maqamat

Mariachi

Popular music of Mexico that developed mainly in Mexico City through the synthesis of regional forms from rural areas and an eclectic range of Mexican and international music styles

Microtonalism

Use of intervals smaller than a semitone; aka "between the keys of the piano" is Western designation

Minstresly

In the mid 1850s, white performers appropriated and exaggerated African American performance practices, creating shows that were designed to entertain white audiences and that were derogatory to African Americans

Pan-Arabism

Identification with other Arabic-speaking peoples and Arab-Islamic history

Peking Opera

Best-known type of Chinese opera; features heightened speech, song, dance, mime, acting, and acrobatics

Raqs Baladi

Egyptian folk dancel term implies rural culture or origins

Raqs Sharqi

Professional entertainment and medium of women's dance, associated with Egyptian weddings

Regalia

Special clothing worn during music and dance ceremonies

Rural blues

Blues genre that developed in rural areas of the southern United States during the early 20th century

Samba

Umbrella term for a wide range of musical traditions of Brazil that share in common Afro-Brazilian musical and cultural ancestry

Santeria

Afro-Cuban religion based on traditional West African religious practices of the Yoruba people syncretized with Catholicism

Spiritual

Type of religious folk song that is most closely associated with the enslavement of African people in the American south

Steel pans

Afro-Trinidian instrument

Takht ensemble

Traditional Middle Eastern musical group, often considered the orchestra of Middle Eastern music; features instruments like the oud, qanun, kamanjah, ney, riqq, and darabukkah

Tango

Sensuous dance-music style of Argentine that achieved great international popularity in the 1920s/1930s

Taqism

Solo, instrumental improvisation in maqam-based Arab music

Vocables

Syllables used in vocal performances that do not necessarily have any linguistic meaning

Zar

Ancient healing ritual rooted in shamanistic practices and involving spirit possession and trance

Zheng

Chinese board zither chordophone of ancient heritage

Zither

Generic term for stringed instruments whose strings are fastened across a frame that lacks any projecting neck or arms

Black music features

Passed down orally

Sound quality- soulfulness

Technique-precise control over all elements of the musical performance

Delivery-what is worn, how they dance, how they move, how audience is involved