MUSIC 1107 Section 2/Learning Community #5
Arts in Society: World Music
Professor Livingston
MID-TERM STUDY GUIDE
SUBJECT AREAS:
Introduction: What is a Soundscape?
Chapter 1: Sound: The Materials of Music
Chapter 2: Setting: The Study of Local Musics
Chapter 3: Significance: Music’s Meaning in Everyday Life
Chapter 4: Music and Migration
PRACTICE QUESTIONS: test your knowledge of each chapter by doing the practice quizzes:
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/music/soundscapes/quiz/index.asp
Only material covered in lecture will be on the exam.
STRUCTURE OF EXAM (50 minutes):
LISTENING: 15 examples. 2 questions per example. 1 point per question (SUBTOTAL
30 PTS)
MAP IDENTIFICATION: match the location name to the map. 5 examples. 1 point each
(SUBTOTAL 5 PTS)
TERM IDENTIFICATION: 10 terms. 2 points each. (SUBTOTAL 20 PTS)
MULTIPLE CHOICE: 15 questions. 2 points each. (SUBTOTAL 30 PTS)
TRUE/FALSE: 15 questions. 1 point each. (SUBTOTAL 15 PTS)
LISTENING EXAMPLES. The following may appear on the exam. For each, be prepared to
identify: country/ethnic group of origin – genre – form/texture – function/context. You are not
required to memorize the title, but you should know what the piece or song is about.
CD 1/1 khoomi (genre). Title: The Far Side of a Dry Riverbed.
CD 1 / 4 katajjaq (genre).
CD 1/9 Armenian Duduk. Title: Sweet Spring.
CD 1/19 agbadza (genre).
CD 1/20 atumpan (genre).
CD 1/22 Hindu aarati (genre). Title: Praise Ganesh
CD 1/23 Indian rap (genre). Title: Mum-bhai
CD 1/25 Irish-American ballad (genre). Title: The Ballad of Buddy McClean.
CD 1/26 fado (genre). Title: Fado Lisboeta.
CD 1/27 Ethiopian song (genre). Title: My Homeland.
CD 1/28 Balinese gamelan (genre). Title: Victorious Youth.
CD 1/29 mbube (genre). Title: The Lion (Sleeps Tonight)
CD 1/34 English ballad (genre). Title: Barbara Allen.
CD 1/36 South Indian lullaby (genre). Title: Araro Ariraro.
CD 1/37 Indian raga (genre). Title: Oh Mother Clad in Blue.
CD 1/38 mariachi song (genre). Theme for Quinceañera.
CD 1/39 march (genre). Title: Scotland the Brave.
CD 2/4 Chinese muyu (genre). Title:Ng Bak Loi Gimsaan.
CD 2/5 Arab song (genre). Title: Standing on the shore.
CD 2/6 African-American spiritual (genre). Title: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen.
CD 2/8 Ca-Hue Vietnamese chamber music (genre). Title: A Thousand Miles from Home
CD 2/10 Vietnamese song cycle (genre) (excerpt of one song). Title: Come to Hue, Come (from
Part Two of the National Road
MAP: be able to locate the following
Ghana
India
Scotland
Turkey
Vietnam
China
Bali (Indonesia)
Ethiopia
TERMS: give a brief definition of the following:
Music
Fundamental
Harmonics/Overtones
Soundscape
Vibrato
Meter
Tempo
Idiophone
Chordophone
Membranophone
Aerophone
Electrophone
Monophony
Biphony
Homophony
Polyphony
Heterophony
Strophic form
Gamelan
Duduk
Range
Raga
Tala
Quinceañera
Oral Transmission
Sufism
Whirling Dervishes