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1
Which of the following is a common scale used in Chinese music?
A)Dodecaphonic scale.
B)Pentatonic scale.
C)Chromatic scale.
D)Randomized pitch.
2
What types of instruments are most prevalent in gamelan groups?
A)Aerophones.
B)Membranophones.
C)Idiophones.
D)Chordophones.
3
People who study world musics are called
A)Ethnomusicologists.
B)Musicologists.
C)Ambassadors.
D)Musicians.
4
What is the Indonesian term for a musical ensemble?
A)Idiophones.
B)Gamelan.
C)Bonang.
D)Suling.
5
Which of the following statements about the Chinese concept of huang chung is not true?
A)Huang chung is the one true "foundation tone" upon which the whole edifice of a musical composition should be built.
B)Huang chung has social, cosmological, and mystical significance in Chinese culture.
C)There are several methods used to discover huang chung.
D)Huang chung is found in animal cries and roaring gales.
6
The melodic modes of Indian music are called
A)Vedas.
B)Talas.
C)Ragas.
D)Tablas.
7
Each raga is associated with one of the following except
A)A chord.
B)A festival.
C)A certain time of day or night.
D)A color.
8
When performing a raga, musicians play exactly together at the
A)Points where the audience claps out intricate rhythms.
B)Tambura.
C)Saman, which is the first beat of the cycle.
D)Musicians do not play exactly together when performing ragas.
9
What is believed to be the life force and is called nommo in the Bantu language?
A)Drumming.
B)Dancing.
C)Singing.
D)The spoken word.
10
Which contemporary composer has been influenced by Ewe drumming from Ghana?
A)Philip Glass.
B)Steve Reich.
C)John Adams.
D)Terry Riley.





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