EMUS 2772 (World Musics)
Exam #1 Study Guide
Exam #1 will be on materials covered up to this point:
the concept of music culture in general and the specific music cultures of
Navajo, Ewe, and Bosnia (chapters 1-3, 5 in the text with accompanying
listening examples). You are also
responsible for handout readings (e.g., Frank Mitchell Bio, KTNN Radio,
Traditional Ewe Music/Culture) and guest lectures.
There will approximately 40-60 questions on the
exam. All questions will be
multiple-choice in format. The exam
will be divided into two large sections: I. Questions on Listening Examples,
and II. Non-Listening Questions.
I. Questions on Listening Examples
You will be given eight to ten listening examples
from the Worlds of Music examples to listen to and answer questions
about. About each example, you will be
asked to know: (1) “factual” information about it (the music culture it comes
from, the genre, rough time period [where applicable], context [historical and
specific], etc.); (2) specific stylistic features (melodic, textural, rhythmic,
formal, etc.) which characterize it and how these stylistic features relate to
values of the musical culture it comes from.
II. Non-Listening Questions
The non-listening questions will be
on terms from and concepts related to the material covered thus far.
Terms:
|
music culture rhythm meter melody harmony texture musical form |
Navajo vocables ceremonial
practitioner hózhóó (see hozoo) Native American Church Ewe polyrhythm |
drum language praise singer (see lunsi) Bosnia ganga sevdalinka Newly Composed Folk
Music |
Concepts: Conceptual
questions will be about the nature/study of music cultures in general and about
the “components” (see pp.14ff in the text; things like the role/place of music
in society, the nature of a “performance,” concept of “a piece,” approach to
music learning, influence of circumstances (religion/philosophy,
politics, technology, etc.) of the three
specific musical cultures covered thus far.
You may also be asked a few questions that ask you to compare
concepts and styles across musical cultures.