Test 1 MUSI 1310

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  1. 3. / A beat that is usually in a weaker position within a bar of music
  2. 9. / A collection of five pitches that ascend and descend in a fixed order. Its characteristic sound may be heard by playing any five consecutive black keys on the piano.
  3. 14. / In fiddle tunes, this is the section that is played on the two lowest strings of the fiddl
  4. 16. / In fiddle tunes, this is the section that is played on the two highest strings of the fiddle.
  5. 17. / A spiritual that has been written down, harmonized, arranged, and provided with piano accompaniment for public consumption on the concert stage.
  6. 19. / In a typical example, a lead vocalist (or a lead group of singers) sings out a statement (or even a question), and another person (or group of people) either repeats the phrase or responds to it.
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  1. 1. / A regional folk music of Louisiana that began to be recorded in the 1920s; it typically features the accordion. “Cajun” is a corruption of “Acadian”—the name of a French-descended refugee population that settled in Louisiana during the latter part of the eighteenth century.
  2. 2. / A blues-inflected translation of Cajun music from Louisiana performed by African Americans.
  3. 4. / A beat that is usually in a weaker position within a bar of music
  4. 5. Dance / A song-dance form in American Indian music. It originated in the Great Basin area and spread rapidly in the 1880s, especially among Plains tribes. It reflects a messianic belief in the appearance of a savior and the expulsion of white European-Americans from the land that was taken from their ancestors.
  5. 6. / Literally, “shouts” in Spanish. These refer to the whooping and hollering often heard in performances of mariachi music. They form an important part of traditional mariachi music performance.
  6. 7. / In American Indian music, a prayer song for the recovery of good health and wellbeing.
  7. 8. / A Cherokee designation for the forced displacement of Indian tribes from the southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River known as the “Indian Territory” between 1830 and 1842.
  8. 10. / A secular folk music of the African American tradition, also known as a “cornfield holler”
  9. 11. / A rapid dance tune in duple meter; an American relative of dance music handed over from the British Isles.
  10. 12. ballad
  11. 13. / A music ensemble popular in Mexico as well as in the United States that in its current form consists of trumpets, violins, strummed guitars, and a bass guitar. Musicians in these ensembles wear distinctive charro costumes.
  12. 15. / A poem and its musical setting, usually strophic in form, that tells a story.
  13. 18. / A quick, duple meter dance of Central European origin that became popular in the later nineteenth century. Its broad popularity is attested to by common use in Scandinavian and Mexican folk musics as well as European classical music.