World Music Exam 1

Timbre

volume=pressure

difference in sound between instruments

brighter, darker, nasal, throaty, overtones, mechanisms used to create sound

Texture

monophony-one line

biphony-2 (drone and melody)

homophony-chords (has to be functional harmony)

polyphony-multiple differing lines

heterophony-multiple versions of same melody simultaneously

Dynamics

changes in intensity

Duration

pulse/beat (free or steady)

tempo-speed use bpm

accent

Form

how is a sound divided into parts

repetition and contrast

Idiophones

thing itself vibrates

steel drums, triangle

Membranophones

stretched membrane vibrates

drums

Chordophones

string vibrates

zither-string runs length of instrument, no neck

lute/lyre-resonator separate from a neck

harp-plane of strings perpendicular to resonator

Aerophones

stream of air vibrates

free-no enclosed air column/tube

nonfree-enclosed air column/tube

Electrophones

electronic

Frequencies

Pitch/Melody

12-tone system is not natural and subjective

conjunct/disjunct to describe melodies

cadence doesn’t have to be harmonic

Artii-Sayir “the far side of a dry riverbed”

throat-singing

Church Bells and Traffic, New York City

church bells and traffic

Interlude: Ciblon “Water Play”

water splashing rhythmically

demonstration the role of harmonics in determining sound quality

multiple instruments on same pitch

Harmonic opening

starts on bell, David Hykes, hum then throat-singing like overtones

Katajjak on the syllable “hamma”

inuit vocal game

My beautiful Hangai Land

Mongolian long song, almost sounds like chinese throat singing

Wreck of the old 97

traditional American folk song

Mbuti musical bow

mouth resonator and plucked string

Mwen Boyko Samb

steel drums from dominica

**Anush Garun “Sweet Spring”

Drone and melody on some kind of aerophone

slow

Rag Des

North Indian sitar

Life of Pi sitar

Bushfire

didjeridu with vocal line over it, rhythm sticks come in

Lenëën Bàkk

chanting with a beat, then drums come in

Time

Old timey sound, multiple voices, sounds almost old American but in different language

Blue Rondo à la Turk

piano jazz, cymbals come in, trumpet comes in

Lenëën

brass solo with drums, microsoft background, more brass comes in

Wannian Hua “Eternal Flowers”

finger cymbals pulse, instrumental, very chinese

Sama’i Bayyati

Ooh the one I like, drums and instrumental, middle eastern, 3 note ascending motif

Geographical Fugue

Animaniacs sounding song

Agbadza

high tempo drumming with female chanting, lots of background people talking

Atumpan

one drum, young girl chanting in between

Jay Ganesh

Indian, glissando intro, flute, they say the title

Mum-bhai

indian rap song, mc hammer

Sikuri

panflutes, percussion in background, cheering, multiple flutes going back and forth

The Ballad of Buddy Mcclean

Irish American Ballad, says title

Fado Lisboeta

fado, maritza

Riberonzinha

Cape Verdean, We-le-le-le-le

Taruna Jaya

Bells, fast tempo, gongs

The M.T.A Song

political campaign song, speaking over bowed instrument, turns into bluegrass

Barbara Allen (traditional performance)

really old audio, woman singing, says title

Barbara Allen

professional vocalist performance, says title

Araro Ariraro

says title, south indian lullaby, solo woman vocal

Amba Nilambari

drone with flute over it, drums, female vocal, male vocal unison, says title

Tema para Quinceañera

mariachi

Scotland the Brave March

THE bagpipes song

Canntaireachd

scottish mouth music, woman, no words barumbbblbb

Queen of the Rushes

Irish jig, drone with music over it

Lament for Mary Macleod

Scottish, sad bagpipe song