World Music: Exam 2

Tonal language

Pitch of voice will change the meaning of the word

Islamic Influenced Music

West African religious sacred music

Djembe Hits

Bass, Tone, Slap

Polyrhythm

Multiple rhythms at once

Djembe music type

Improv

What can the chief NOT do during the Fontomfrom ceremony?

The chief cannot fall

The Jeli

Hereditary class of musicians → passed down generation to generation

Most common West African instrument

Kora

What is the Maqam divided in to?

Tricords (3), tetrachords (4), and pentachords (5)

Maqam

System of modes

What is an extra aspect of maqam?

Extra musical meaning attached to maqam → emotions and story

Usul

System of rhythms

Ottoman Court music vs Turku

OCM: made in palaces Turku: Made by regular Turkish people

What style is Turku?

Less formal and grandiose

Hora location

SE Europe

Horon location

Black sea region

What is the religion the Whirling Dervishes worship?

Sufism (Form of Islam)

Oud

Fretless, plucked lute family, ribbed and bowled back

Ney

Notched, in-blown flute

What instrument does Ravi Shankar play?

Sitar

What are Gurus?

Teachers, mentors, pedagogy’s

Schools formed around a Guru

Gharanas

Raga

Complete & self-contained melodic system that serves as the basis for all the melodic materials in any composition or performance created in that Raga

Raga system?

System of modes

Barhat

The note by note expansion of the Raga’s melodic range

Tala

System of time signatures

Theka

Rhythmic skeleton

Order of a Raga Performance

1. Alap

2. Jor

3. Gat

4. Jhala

What sound does the Tanbura provide?

Drone sound

What are the two drones of the Tabla?

Dahina (Higher pitched) & Bayan (Lower pitched)

What pop band studied with Ravi Shanker?

The Beatles