MUS 501 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Alap, Precomposed Character, Tabla
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Terraced melody (melodic contour, begins in high register, cascades down to low concluding pitch, then. Homogeneous (monophonic); oral tradition passed through generations repeats) cyclical/repetition. Grass dance song = originally a war dance; now used as basis for intertribal dance competitions (pow wows) Instruments = drums, shakers, voice, flutes and body (dance) Tied to religion and cultural events; connected to occasion. Unison rhythms and melodies; high-pitched, tense vocables (sounds, not words) Katajja(cid:395) = (cid:862)sou(cid:374)d ga(cid:373)e(cid:863) in inuit music; played between two women facing each other. Tanya sang contemporary first nations music; from cambridge bay, nunavut. Inuit throat singer; sung with bjork, kronos quartet, etc. Blends traditional throat singing with electronica and rock music. A tribe called red electric pow wow drum. Tribe called red = dj ndn, bear witness and dj shub. *dj ndn (cid:395)uote: (cid:862)i"(cid:373) (cid:374)ot i(cid:374)dia(cid:374) (cid:862)indian(cid:863) gives the impression that natives are something from the past, not here today(cid:863) culture, aimed at creating a space for aboriginal people.
