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Huaimin Chen |
Chapter 2
Part 1: Informative Content and Some Questions
1. Define and/or Comment the following terms:
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Ethnomusicology |
It is in a culture and as culture and of culture. It is the study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts.
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Fieldwork |
Basic technique of how anthropologist gather data
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Culture (Tylor definition)
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“complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.”
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Cultures (as social entities distinct from societies) |
Comparative and holistic
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Social institutions |
It is an established and structured pattern of behavior or relationships that are accepted as a fundamental part of culture
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Society |
people lives here, interact here, define history
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Identity |
Define who you are, what you value
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Nation-state |
A sovereign state inhabited by a group of people who share a feeling of same nationality |
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Nation |
A country
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Nationalist music |
Influenced romantic music
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Diaspora |
Dispersed populations that moved or scattered away from their homelands
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Virtual communities
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Social aggregations, emerge from the internet when enough people carry on those public discussions long enough with sufficient human feeling to form relationships |
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Musical syncretism
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the merging of formerly distinct styles and idioms into new forms of musical expression.
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Musicultural
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Conception of music in which music as sound and music as culture are regarded as mutually reinforcing and essentially inseparable |
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Rituals
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special events during which individuals or communities enact, through performance, their core beliefs, values, and ideals. |
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Compositions
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musical work the process of creating a musical work process of planning out the design of a musical work prior to its performance. |
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Improvisation
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An impromptu portrayal of a character or scene |
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Arranging
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craft of taking an existing musical work and transforming it into something new, while still retaining its core musical identity. |
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Interpretation
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process through which music performers or music listeners take an existing composition and in a sense make it their own through the experience of performing or listening to it. |
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Tradition (as a process)
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Process by which church reflects on, deepens its understanding of cherishes |
Chapter 2 Music Journal - Part 2: Questions/Music Listening and Analysis
2. Listen to CD1-7 (Java) and CD2-12 (Bali) and describe the sounds, timbres, and elements of each. Answer the questions in the Chart below to compare and contrast the two performances.
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CD1-7 |
CD2-12 |
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Javanese Gamelan |
Balinese Gamelan |
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Briefly describe the various sounds
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Drum, cymbal, saxophone |
Cymbals, drums and saxophone |
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How do you think the sounds may have been produced?
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Saxophone is main instrument, drum and cymbal are unique |
Frequency of sounds change. They all main musical instrument |
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In which ways are the performances similar?
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Increase the timbre of the song, use similar music instruments |
Increase the timbre of the song, use similar music instruments |
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In which ways are the performances dissimilar?
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Saxophone is important |
Use of musical instruments are equal to each other |
3. Listen carefully to Chandami Nutag CD1-6, - list and describe the various sounds you are hearing in this music from Mongolia.
This song is fast tempo and vocal is unclear.
Paul Pena (1950 - 2005)
4. Paul Pena was a blind blues musician who mastered the kargyraa subtype of Tuvan khoomei throat singing. Paul traveled to Tuva in 1995 and won the khoomei competition at the second International Khoomei Symposium. Listen to and describe a performance here by the late Paul Pena on CD1-18. Describe the sounds Pena produces here - how would you categorize them? Blues? Tuvan? A combination of both?
5. Answer the questions in the Chart below to compare and contrast Chandami Nutag CD1-6 and Kargyraa Moan CD1-18:
Chapter 2 Music Journal - Part 3: Music Beyond Our Textbook
6. Select and Profile Two songs from sources beyond our textbook recordings—from your own music collection—and from numerous web sources for music and video such as YouTube, npr.org, etc.
A funny way of asking Why don’t you love me
Fast tempo, vivid vocal slow tempo, moderate vocal
Saxophone,piano,bass guitar
Jazz, blues country music, rock and roll
Part 4: Your Chapter 2 Reflections
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What, in this chapter, was new to me? |
Comparing two music songs together is new formula for me
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What, in this chapter, would I like to know more about? |
I would like to learn more about classic blues music.
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Listen to all of the music examples from Chapter 2. Of the musical examples in this chapter, which did I enjoy the most? Why? Please include any of the “Musical Characteristics To Listen For” you notice in the music. |
Kudi Kudi - Jasbir Jassi and ensemble
Emotional vocal, danceable grooves,
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Of the musical examples in this chapter, which did I enjoy the least or find to be challenging to listen to? Why? Please include any of the “Musical Characteristics To Listen For” you notice in the music. |
Cielito Lindo - Mariachi Sol This song is fast tempo. I could barely understand the lyrics and melody of this song
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Other thoughts or comments about our Chapter 2 |
Comparing two songs together is a good work.
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