Instruments
This instrument is featured in Japanese Noh drama. It is a bamboo flute made from cherry bark and red and black lacquer.
What is the Nohkan?
This term means "orchestra". Each one has their own names. Examples include: "Venerable Dark Cloud", "Venerable tempted to smile", "Venerable flower of the battle".
What is Gamelan?
This type of theater is from the late 1500s derived from Noh drama. It features a large onstage orchestra and is only performed by men.
What is Kabuki?
This term means "dispersion"; the root of the word is "scatter or sow". In anthropology, this term means the movement of people from one place to another.
What is diaspora?
This is a 72 stringed plucked zither used in arabic music.
What is the qanun?
This mouth organ and double-reed instrument are used in gagaku, court music for the Japanese emperor.
What are the Shô and Hichiriki?
What is seka?
This is Japanese puppet theater. Three puppeteers work on one puppet and musicians sit on stage. This is a Tayu (narrator) and a Shamisen player.
What is Bunraku?
This is the folk dance typically danced at Lebanese weddings.
What is dabkah?
This is a fretless pear-shaped lute in arabic music.
What is the 'ud?
This is a vase-shaped ceramic drum used in arabic music.
What is the darabukkah?
Name three techniques of Indonesian dance and describe them.
1. Agem: basic standing poses
2. Tandang: changing, shifting, preparation for movement. Ngenjet: left to right motion of upper body
3. Tangkep: facial expressions; radiant face, Seledet: flicking motion of eyes. Ngotag: jerking head from side to side. Quivering fingertips.
This is the oldest form of Japanese drama. This masked theater has two singing styles, kotoba and fushi.
What is Noh?
Name two types of gatherings attended by recent and settled immigrants.
What are haflah (formal music party) and mahrajan (weekend-long party)?
These are "soft" gamelan instruments. Used in a variety of different gamelan genres.
What are the gender and suling?
These are the "loud" gamelan instruments. Used in music with only dancing and no singing.
What are saron, bonang, and kendang?
Name the four dance genres covered in lecture.
1. Pendet: devotional dance
2. Baris: warrior drill dance
3. Legong keraton: young girl dance
4. Kecak: monkey dance
This is the name of the music of a Shinto festival. Shinto is the traditional religion of Japan.
What is matsuri-bayashi?
What are the names of the melodic mode and rhythmic patterns of arabic music?
What are maqam (melodic mode) and iqa' / iqa'at (rhythmic patterns)?
This double reed horn is a characteristic instrument in arabic music.
What is the mizmar?
This is a bamboo flute used in Japanese music. The name refers to the instruments length (30 cm). It is also known for have four holes (with one extra in the back).
What is shakuhachi?
Wayang means "play". Name the four types of wayang covered in lecture and describe them.
1. Wayang kulit: shadow puppets
2. Wayang golek: doll-shaped puppets
3. Wayang topeng: human dancers wearing masks
4. Wayang wong: human dancers NOT wearing masks
What is Etenraku?
Name the countries of the "Levant" region.
What are Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel?
Name the drums and flute used in matsuri-bayashi.
What are shirabe (double headed drum), odaiko (large, barrel drum), shinobue (transverse flute), and yosuke (hand held gong).