Music 1110/World Music
Spring 2007
MUSIC 1110 INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC
SPRING 2007
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
FINAL REVIEW
STRUCTURE OF EXAM:
I. LISTENING (5 examples, 2 questions each, 1 pt per question = 10 pts)
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE (10 questions, 3 pts per question = 30 pts)
III.TERM IDENTIFICATION (10 terms, 2 pts each=20 pts)
IV. MAP IDENTIFICATION (Japan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Brazil, Ghana). 5 questions, 2
pts each=10 pts)
V.TRUE/FALSE (15 questions, 2 pts each=30 pts)
LISTENING: I will choose 5 examples from the following. For each example, be prepared to
identify:
1. country of origin
2. genre (if a specific term was learned)
3. other information, including instruments, structure/form, performing context, cultural
meaning or associations.
Japan:
CD 4/1
CD 4/2
CD 4/5
Example of shakuhachi music: "Tsuru no Sugomori" ("Nesting Cranes")
Example of genre kouta: "Hakusen no" ("White Fan")
Example of genre enka: “Nonki-bushi” (“Song of the Lazy Man”)
Bosnia:
CD 2/14
CD 2/10
CD 2/11
CD 2/13
Example of contemporary Bosnian instrumental music.
Example of genre ganga sung by women
Example of genre ganga sung by men
Example of music played by tamburitza orchestra
Bulgaria:
CD 2/19
Example of contemporary Bulgarian music (Ivo Papasov)
MULTIPLE CHOICE, TRUE/FALSE SUBJECT AREAS:
JAPAN:
1. During which period in Japanese history did most traditional music develop and flourish?
Why?
2. How is the Japanese scale like the Western? How is it different?
3. What is jo-ha-kyu form?
4. What is the iemoto guild system and how does it influence musical composition and
performance?
5. What is bunraku? How is the plot and emotion conveyed?
6. What is enka and how did it develop?
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7. List two stylistic influences of Western music on "Nonki-bushi".
8. How and why did karaoke develop? What Japanese value does it reinforce?
BOSNIA:
9. What is a typical genre of rural highland music?
10. What do ganga lyrics speak of?
11. What is the aesthetic goal of ganga?
12. What is “newly composed folk music” and what was its purpose? Is it urban or rural in
origin?
13. What is a tamburitza orchestra? What kind of music does it play?
BULGARIA:
14. What was distinct about Bulgarian state-sponsored “folk” music?
15. Who was Filip Kutev and what characteristics define the style of his ensembles?
16. Who is Ivo Papasov and what characteristics define his style?
BRAZIL:
17. List three general characteristics of Afro-Brazilian music. How many of these are also
found in music of Ghana?
18. In candomblé, who is responsible for leading the drumming, song and dancing? Why is it
important to adhere closely to rituals in candomblé?
19. What is the role of the drums in candomblé?
20. What is the role of the berimbau in capoeira?
21. Describe a capoeira “game.”
22. What is samba batucada? List three characteristics.
GHANA:
23. Why is it incorrect to speak of Africa as a single cultural unit? Approximately how many
language groups are found in Ghana?
24. What aspects determine differences in musical practice in Ghana and in west Africa in
general?
25. What are the three basic categories or types of music in Ghana according to function?
26. Give an example of how music and musical instruments can be used to illustrate social
power and status.
27. What is an “idiophone” and what role does it often play in west African traditional music?
Give an example.
28. What is a “membranophone”? Give an example.
29. Describe two different modes of drumming and their function.
30. What is a “chordophone”? Give an example.
31. What is an “aerophone”? Give an example.
32. How is traditional music passed on and preserved in Ghana?
33. Describe two techniques of choral singing prevalent in Ghana.
34. Describe the role of improvisation in traditional music in Ghana.
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TERMS: I will choose 10 terms from the following list for you to identify. Include
country/culture when applicable.
hogaku
jo-ha-kyu
ma
shakuhachi
shamisen
koto
kouta
iemoto
bunraku
enka
karaoke
ganga
tamburitza
diaphonic singing
antiphonal singing
candomblé
capoeira
samba batucada
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