MID-TERM REVIEW

EMUS 2772 - World Musics-Asia

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: 70 points

LISTENING: 30 points

15 listening examples will be played. Be prepared to answer multiple choice questions on the place of origin (country or region) and one other question relating to the example.

Listening examples will be chosen from the following selections on CD1:

Oceania: Australia # 1, 4, 6; Tahiti #7, 8; PNG #9

Indonesia: Java #14, 15, 16; Bali #18, 19, 20, 21; Popular #22, 23, 24

Mainland SE Asia: Thailand #27, 28, 29, 30

SHORT ANSWER and TRUE/FALSE: 40 points

Give brief but complete definitions of the following terms. Be sure to identify where the foreign terms (in italics) come from (2 pts. each):

“Dreamtime”

syncretism

emic and etic

“lift-up-over sounding”

gamelan

stratified polyphony

colotomic

balungan

slendro

pelog

interlocking

kecak

dangdut

luk thung

pi-phat

programmatic music

mode

tonal language

Review all notes, overheads, CD notes and articles in the reader.

Be familiar with the following topics:

OCEANIA: Australia, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea

Songs, belief systems and practices of aborigines and Kaluli people.

Instrument: didjeridu

INDONESIA: Java, Bali, Popular music

Understand basic structure of gamelan orchestra.

Instruments: metal idiophones and their symbolic uses.

Know the predominant religions of the region.

Understand the development of Indonesian popular music.

MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA: Thailand

Understand basic musical and cultural features common throughout the entire region.

Know the predominant religion.

EMUS 2772 MID-TERM:

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

TRUE/FALSE:

T F It is common for a Kaluli musician to make music with birds and insects.

T F Tourism has had no effect on the traditional music and dance of Bali.

T F The leader or conductor of a gamelan orchestra plays the large gong.

SHORT ANSWER:

Name two kinds of music popular with rural people in Thailand:

1) ___________________________ 2) ___________________________

LISTENING:

EXAMPLE 1:

1. Origin: a) Java b) Bali c) Thailand

2. This is an example of

a) “loud” style gamelan

b) “soft” style gamelan

c) Balinese gamelan

d) pi-phat court orchestra

EXAMPLE 2:

3. Origin: a) Thailand b) Bali c) Papua New Guinea

4. This is an example of

a) voice gamelan

b) a blend of Western and indigenous singing

c) “lift-up-over sounding”

d) repartee folk singing related to courtship