Native American Music Exam 1

Front 1

pitch

Back 1

how high/low the sound is

Front 2

interval

Back 2

distance between two sounds

Front 3

tonality

Back 3

"home base" of the song

tonal- able to sing back

atonal- unable to sing back

Front 4

scale

Back 4

patten of climbing up the steps, collection of pitches

Front 5

diatonic

Back 5

2 notes in a scale

Front 6

pentatonic

Back 6

5 notes in a scale

Front 7

chomatic

Back 7

12 notes in a scale. Every note is played the same distance apart

Front 8

monophonic

Back 8

1 instrument/sound. must be at same pitch

Front 9

heterophonic

Back 9

2+ voices/instruments w/ same melody, but played in different ways

Front 10

homophonic

Back 10

1 melody + harmony. what we listen to

Front 11

polyphonic

Back 11

2+ individuals/unrelated melodies

Front 12

beat

Back 12

the pulse

Front 13

meter

Back 13

think of how you would step to it

duple- 2

Triple- 3

Front 14

rythm

Back 14

short or long sounds. pattern or organization of sound & silent

Front 15

dynamics

Back 15

how loud or soft (volume change)

Front 16

tempo

Back 16

speed of the music

Front 17

accelerando

Back 17

faster

Front 18

ritardando

Back 18

slower

Front 19

accent

Back 19

beat that is emphasized

Front 20

melody

Back 20

main tune

Front 21

motive

Back 21

small fragment recognizable

Front 22

phrase

Back 22

musical sentence (part of melody)

Front 23

ostinato

Back 23

pattern that is repeated

Front 24

harmony

Back 24

other pitches that accompany the melody

Front 25

ornamentaion

Back 25

extra things added to the melody

Front 26

trills

Back 26

notes that go between two different pitches

Front 27

vibrato

Back 27

vibrate the sound

Front 28

melisma

Back 28

group of notes sung to one syllable of text

Front 29

a capella

Back 29

no instruments

Front 30

vocables

Back 30

syllable sung that has no dictionary meaning

Front 31

accompanied/accompaniment

Back 31

voice + piano

Front 32

instrumentation

Back 32

all instruments that make up a particular piece

Front 33

areophone

Back 33

played by wind

Front 34

chordophone

Back 34

played by strings

Front 35

membranophone

Back 35

played by stretched skin (drum)

Front 36

idiophone

Back 36

makes its own noise

Front 37

1830

Back 37

indian removal act

Front 38

1838

Back 38

trail of tears

Front 39

1850-1875

Back 39

20 million buffalo over land

Front 40

1876

Back 40

battle of little big horn

People involved: sitting bull, crazy horse, general custer

Front 41

1879

Back 41

boarding schools established

Front 42

1889

Back 42

oklahoma land rush

Front 43

1890

Back 43

wounded knee

256 people killed

Front 44

1893

Back 44

only 2,000 buffalo left

Front 45

1907

Back 45

oklahoma statehood

Front 46

1924

Back 46

indian citizenship act

Front 47

points of comparison (list a few)

Back 47

instruments, singing style, song structure, purpose for singing, song composition, dance steps, unique musical characteristics

Front 48

ethnomusciologist

Back 48

scientific study of music as a culture. compartive study of music of different culture

Front 49

music culture model

Back 49

music becomes experience

performers become performance

audience becomes community

time and space become memory/history

Front 50

5 civilized tribes

Back 50

cherokee

choctaw

seminole

creek

chickasaw