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"Music In Other Cultures" (Chapter Two)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The ability to look at the world from another person's perspective
a)
sympathy
b)
culture
c)
empathy
d)
perceptive listening
2.
Unique sound or tone quality
a)
timbre
b)
dynamics
c)
pitch
d)
texture
3.
Scientists who study characteristics and customs of a group of people
a)
ethnomusicologists
b)
anthrocologists
c)
heterophonics
d)
anthropologists
4.
Warrior dance from Cameroon
a)
Lali
b)
Bamileke
c)
Mestizo
d)
Pantomime
5.
Instrumental ensemble from Mexico consisting of violins, trumpets, and guitars
a)
Mestizo
b)
Lali
c)
Mariachi
d)
Sones jaroches
6.
Chinese musical art form that combines instruments, speaking, singing, acrobatics, martial arts, and pantomime.
a)
Eastern Opera
b)
Confucian Opera
c)
Jinghu
d)
Peking Opera
7.
Professionals who study the music of different cultural groups.
a)
Anthropologists
b)
Ethnomusicologists
c)
Analogists
d)
Scientologists
8.
What type of instrument do the western and eastern regions of Mexico have in common?
a)
Keyboard
b)
Strings
c)
Lute
d)
Guitar
9.
What is one of the most obvious differences between the singing style in European opera and Peking opera?
a)
The mixing of vocal registers
b)
Use of head resonance
c)
Singing in foreign language
d)
Dynamics
10.
Which of the following is a stringed instrument in orchestra of Peking opera?
a)
jingwe
b)
wood clapper
c)
yuegin
d)
piano
11.
Musical texture that occurs when performer sing or play the same melody, each with its own timbre
a)
heterophony
b)
homophony
c)
hetheronomy
d)
monophony
12.

Which of the following are instruments commonly heard in Lali?

a)

trumpets, violins

b)

drums, harmonica

c)

drums, guitar

d)

shakers, drums

13.

What country’s music is a blend of Spanish, Indian, African and Caribbean influences?

a)

Africa

b)

China

c)

Mexico

d)

USA

14.

How do the teachings of Confucius affect Chinese music?

a)

They are basis for the storytelling

b)

Music is used to worship Confucius

c)

They do not affect it.

d)

Confucius was a music teacher

15.

Violins and trumpets are used in Mexico’s regional music of _____.

a)

Jallope

b)

Veracruz

c)

Jalisco

d)

Verluxa

16.

What instruments accompany the singers in Chinese opera?

a)

Percussion instruments called N'to

b)

Brass instruments

c)

Stringed instruments called Jinghu, Jing Erhu

17.

Instruments that accompany the singers movements in Peking Opera

a)

Cymbals, gong, clappers

b)

Jinghu

c)

Trumpets, Strings

d)

Xu Xian

18.

Biggest difference between European opera and Peking opera

a)

Only European uses sets to aid in storytelling

b)

European uses chest and head resonance, Peking uses head

c)

Peking Opera is entirely sung, European isn't

d)

Peking Opera uses only chest resonance

19.

Rhythmically vibrant musical culture, celebratory and ceremonial

a)

Mexico

b)

Jalisco

c)

Veracruz

d)

Puerto Rico

20.

What is an arpa?

a)

Guitar

b)

Drum

c)

Violin

d)

Harp

21.

Where is Cameroon?

a)

China

b)

Mexico

c)

Africa

22.

N'ket and N'to are types of these instruments

a)

Drums

b)

Guitars

c)

Shakers

d)

Harp

23.

Which of the following songs is from Mexico?

a)

Lali

b)

La Bambino

c)

La Bamba

d)

White Snake

24.

In the story of White Snake, who is the antagonist?

a)

Fa Hai

b)

White Snake

c)

Xu Xian

d)

Green Snake

25.

Other than entertainment, what role does Peking Opera play in the Chinese musical tradition?

a)

Teaches religious beliefs and values

b)

Marriage advice

c)

An escape from Communism

d)

It is folk music.

26.

Which of the following is a traditional type of music from the Veracruz region of Mexico?

a)

Mariachi

b)

Sones jaroches

c)

Lali

d)

La Bamba

27.

From what Mexican region is the mariachi tradition?

a)

Veracruz

b)

Jalisco

28.

Why is it difficult to hear authentic performances of traditional Cameroon music?

a)

There are no recordings.

b)

Much of it has been changed by the influence of other musical cultures.

c)

No one remembers how to perform it.

d)

It no longer exists.

29.

What singer/actress said "Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else"?

a)

Dorothy Garland

b)

Judy Fitzgerald

c)

Garland Oz

d)

Judy Garland

30.

Which of the following keywords from White Snake could be notated as four sixteenth notes?

a)

Monastery

b)

Xu Xian

c)

Immortal