African American
Music
Music
What are the two most common types of lyric patterns in blues music?
Three-line stanza (AAB) and Quatrain-Refrain.
What is the texture of most indigenous music?
(Monophonic, Heterophonic, Homophonic, Polyphonic)
Monophonic
What three instruments (not voice) are you most likely to hear in rake 'n' scrape music?
Accordion, drum, saw
Which type of African American music tends to be participatory?
worship music
What is it called when you make up music on the spot (within the guidelines of, for instance, a blues form)?
Improvisation
What three instruments are you likely to hear in an Eskanye? (Haudenosaunee music)
Voices (women), cow horn rattle, water drum
Name a couple of ethical pitfalls you might need to consider when doing music-culture research.
Photos/Videos
Permission to interact
Permission to share research
Compensation
Why style of blues music was Muddy Waters? How can you describe this style? What song of his did we study?
Chicago (electric) blues
loud, driving, heavy focus on electric guitar, gruff vocals
"Hoochie Coochie Man"
What is the term for 'conversation' that takes place between some combination of instruments and/or voices in African American music?
Call & response
The Yebichei song performed during the Nightway ceremony call on whom?
The gods.
(using the call of the Yei/gods)
Who should you speak to if you wish to study a music-culture in person?
A leader within that culture.
What is the term for the syllables in Indigenous music which have meaning, but cannot be found in a dictionary?
Vocables
Write out the pattern for the 12-bar blues.
I I I I
IV IV I I
V IV I I
What is the Navajo term for being truly at peace with yourself and one with your surroundings?
Hozho
List all five steps in music-culture research.
Research
Listen to music
Listen to musicians & participants interacting
Speak to/interview musicians & participants
Observe social organization/Material culture
What is the topic of "Reservation of Education" and how does it incorporate Indigenous elements?
Boarding school system/attempted assimilation
Jingles, steady drum beat, Navajo lyrics