Genre IDs
Musical Textures
Forms
Instrumentation
Class Concepts
100

Ring Shout

100
Monophonic
100

This genre has two musical forms named after it.

The Blues

100

This instrument is common to both conjunto norteño and zydeco.

Accordion

100

_____ refers to policies, structures, institutions, and representational practices that acknowledge a society as inclusive of multiple racial or cultural groups.

Multiculturalism

200

What genre is this excerpt?

Tango

200

African American spirituals feature a _______ vocal texture.

heterophonic

200

This form, common to genres like bluegrass and folk songs, features two repeated melody sections: AABB.

Binary Form

200

This instrument is commonly used in bluegrass, country, and the blues.

The banjo

200

________ is the dominant (musical) ideology of a society, or what is taken for granted as 'normal.' In the U.S., this ideology is commercially—not state—driven.

Superculture

300

Cajun, Zydeco, and Bluegrass are all usually _________.

homophonic

300

This form, common to corridos and Anglo-American ballads, features the same music repeated for each successive stanza.

Strophic Form

300

Which 2 instruments trade off on the melody in this excerpt? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIPa9T8iYZA&list=RDuIPa9T8iYZA&start_radio=1 

Trumpet and Voice

300

__________ is music that exists within the world of the film — the characters can hear it.

Diegetic Music

400

What is the texture of this excerpt? https://youtu.be/i8wZ8U5wQi0

homophonic

400

This genre typically features a 32-bar AABA form.

Swing

400

Name 3 instruments that accompany the voice in this excerpt. https://youtu.be/OPapxr8GvGA?si=x-FK-KhHwhQ68_nb&t=18

Piano, Drumkit, Trombones/Trumpet/Brass

400

_____ performances are technologically distributed or recorded. They are contrasted with live performances.

Mediated / Mediation

500

cajun

500

What is the name of this musical effect? https://youtu.be/8mq4UT4VnbE?si=VvdcuTCY1WXOOtvu&t=50

call and response

500

12-Bar Blues

500

What is the name of the rhythm that the drumkit plays in this excerpt? https://youtu.be/TIxFr2HMx6Y?si=zFmPyj4oQXsnreOL&t=35

Shuffle

500

Name ALL SIX of Olly Wilson's conceptual approaches to African-derived musical practices.

1. Rhythmic Clashes

2. Percussive Techniques

3. Call and Response

4. Filling Up the Musical Space

5. Heterogeneous Sound Ideal

6. Physical Body Motion

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