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MUS 202 (WA Quiz)
West African Music Quiz
| 3 Lens | 1. Musical 2. Social 3. Cultural |
| Antimemitonic | Gapped Scale |
| Acoustic Ecology | A field of study which observes the relationships between organisms and their enviroment |
| Aesthetic | Preterence |
| Agrarian | Societies that produce their own food through agriculture, or farming - often these same societies domesticate animals as well |
| Canon | Accepted group or body of related works |
| Fauna | Animals |
| Flora | Plants |
| Form | How the music arranged in regard to the organization of the first three elements; (Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony) |
| Free Rhythm | Patterns of regular recurrence (Rhythms) unmeasured in a larger framework (no meter) |
| Frequency | Sound Waves passing throuhg air and vibrating at different speeds |
| Genre | A category characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter |
| Harmony | The simultaneous sounding of two pitches to create a combined sound |
| Heterophonic | When two or more voices sing the same melody with embellishments of elaboration |
| Homophonic | A principal melodic line is supported by an underlying harmony |
| Industrial | Societies that rely on a few specialized individuals who utlize machinery to derive food from large farms |
| Interval | The distance between two pitches |
| Macrocosm | The larger part of a complex structure or system (Sections in Music) |
| Melody | A sequence of notes that produces a musical idea |
| Melodic contour | The direction of melodic line |
| Metrical Rhythm | Patterns of regular recurrence (rhythms) are measured in a larger recurring framework(meter) |
| Microcosm | A subdivision of a larger structure that captures its characteristic features. (Phrase in Music) |
| Monophic | A single melodic line-this can be in unison with several voices or one person singing alone , but the same pitch is sung without underlying harmony |
| Music Culture | A group's total involvement with music; this includes ideas, actions, institutions, and material objects |
| Musical Affect | The resulting feeling a listener has upon hearing when it is produced |
| Musical Analysis | The study of how music is structured |
| Musical Community | The composers, performers, and audience and how they create, produce, and react to that music |
| Music-Subcultures | Small group within a music culture. Often contains very specific rituals and traditions |
| Nomadic | Traveling without a permanent habitat |
| Polymeter | More than one meter occurs simultaneously |
| Polyphonic | When two distinct and separate melodies are performed simultaneously |
| Polyrhythm | When several different patterns of regular recurrence, or rhythms, occur simultaneously |
| Pitches | Frequencies organized into specific tones on a scale of low to high |
| Repetory | A collection of music that has a defined set of traditions and performance practice |
| Rhythm | The patterned recurrence of events |
| Ritual | Actions governed by a larger social tradition |
| Scale | A collection of pitches ascending or descending according to a specified scheme of intervals |
| Soundscape | The sounds which make up an environment |
| Text | Words that are set to music |
| Texture | The way harmony interacts with melody and is organized in the overall musical structure |
| Timbre | The character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity |
| Age of Imperialism | A period beginning in the 17th century when modernized European countries began to exploit less militaristically advanced countries |
| AOF - Afrique Occidentale Francaise | The French term for the Federation of French West Africa |
| Balakononifin | Traditional fold song from Mali ("Little Black Bird of the River") |
| Bolon | Similar in appearance to a hunter's bow, and the oldest of the harp instruments in West Africa, consisting of 3-4 strings with a curved neck |
| Calabash Harps | String instruments built around a calabash gourd as a resonating body, and found in many West African hunting societies |
| Fina | Professional artisan class in Mande society dedicated to reciting the Quran |
| Fodeba Keita | Founder of Les Ballets Africans |
| Garange | Professional artisan class in Mande society dedicated to leatherworking and pottery |
| Griot | French term for Jeli |
| Heotatonic Scale | Seven Note Scale |
| Indigenous | Characteristic of and/or originating in a particular country |
| Jeli | Musicians/Storytellers in Mande society |
| Les Ballets Africans | Group formed by Fodeba Keita which presented traditional African music in multimedia performances incorporating music, dance, and drama |
| Mande | Term used to refer to people of West Africa in the region formerly part of the Mali Empire |
| Numu | Professional artisan of class of blacksmiths and sculptors in Mande society |
| Nyama | The word for spirit in Mande society |
| Nyamakala | The four classes of hereditary professional artisans in Mande society |
| The four classes of Mande Society | 1. Numu 2. Garange 3. Jeli 4. Fina |
| Oral Tradition | Music and Musical performance are passed down from generation to generation via word of mouth |
| Quran (Koran) | The Islamic Holy Scripture |
| Simbi | Member of the harp family of West African Instruments |
| Simbon | Mande word for Master Hunter |
| Social Stratification | The Social Organization of groups of people into a set heirarchy |
| Tumbuktu | Major city and commercial hub in the eastern part of the Mali Empire |
| Tranatlantic Slave Trade | A massive economic operation which resulted in the forced recolation of over 12 million Africans to the New World |
| Su Fle | Whistle used by hunter's as a long distance signal for danger |
| Sundjata | Emperor of Mali" Empire |
| What are the ways of "Keeping Records" | Religion Houses Oral Tradition |
| Jeli | Individuals in a powerful medial position between the human world & spirit world (Nyama) |
| Bala | Musical Instruments played by Jeli |
| Portugese | Came to the land |
| Kuma | Speech |
| Donkili | Song |
| Foli | Instrumental Performances |
| What are the three Jeliya? | Kuma Donkili Foli |
| What religion heavily influenced West African Culture? | Islamic |
| Freedom Villages (Horon) | Not a part of "specific" society. "Lower Class" |
| Ladji Camaro | Jeli (Master Drummer) - Stayed in the US teaching traditional African Music |
| D'jembe (Jembe) | Drum |
| Dun-Dun | Barrel Drum |
| Kassa | Harvest Dance (Steady Beat/Rhythm) |
| Afro-Pop | A broad term assigned to any genre combines traditional African music with global popular musical styles |
| Duple | Rhythmic grouping based on 2 |
| Jelimuso | A female Jeli |
| Kandia Kouyate | Jelimuso who performs on kora and sings |
| Lunga | "Talking Drum" |
| Membranophone | A drum, or instrument possessing the characteristics of a drum |
| Meter | Measured rhythm organized into larger groupings divided by bar lines |
| Motive | A short musical idea which recurs thought a musical work |
| Oratorical | Relating to the art or practice of a public speaking |
| Percussion | Any instrument that is struck, shaken, or scraped to produce a sound |
| Ternary | Rhythmic grouping based on 3 |
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