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Xylophone like Idiophone of the Mande people of West Africa
Identified with Jeliya traditions
Wooden slats are tuned, gourd resonates
Membrane placed over hole in resonator to create buzzing sound |
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lighting fast, literally means flare up like a match
Best known type of Balinese gamelan |
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| More majestic sounding, slower tempo |
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| An ornamentation used in Irish melodies |
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continuously sustained tone
Commonly seen in Indian raga and Irish Traditional Music (Drone Pipes) |
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| Large Egyptian frame drum |
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| Upeat dance rhythm traditionally used in accompaniment of Egyptian rural folk dances; also used to evoke "peasant" image in raqs sharqi, belly dance, and Egyptian folklore dance |
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| Features of West African Music |
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| Complex polyphonic textures; Layered ostinatos with varied repitition; conversational element; Improvisation; Timbral variety; Distinctive pitch systems and scales |
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| Akan royal drum ensemble, featuring several drums and gongon iron bell (African) |
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Generic Indonesian term for ensemble or orchestra, used in reference to diverse class of mainly percussion dominated music ensembles
(Bronze gongs, metallophones, drums, end-blown bamboo flutes) |
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Iron cowbell that creates a repeating ostinato
(Africa and Latin America) |
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Combination of same rhythmic line with variations (by two or more performers)
Found in Irish Music (different ornaments)
Egyptian Sufi Chant
Chinese music |
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Originally sung by migrant workers in South African mines
used in choir competitions in Durban & Johannesburg
Rich harmonies, call and response, choreography
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" |
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| the artistic culture of the jeli, including its priase songs and instrumental music traditions |
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A Mande griot, most leading jelilu are descended from a hereditary jeli family
Instrumentalists play specific Jeli instruments |
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| commonly used dance rhythm in Irish music (Triple Meter) |
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| Balinese dance drama that employs a gamelan of voices as its sole musical accompaniament; Music features complex interlocking rhythms derived from the kilian telu |
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| Set of three interlocking rhythmic patterns that are an integral component of much Balinese music; basis of the interlocking cymbal patterns in gamelan beleganjur music and of the interlocking vocal patterns in Kecak |
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Instrument (Chordophone) 21- string Spike Harp
Geli Instrument
Melodic Instrument |
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| lively, quick-tempoed Egyptian dance rhythm often heard in the opening numbers of raqs sharqi and belly dances |
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Term for mode in arab music; part of a large modal system comprising many maqamat
Ascending/descending tone
Microtone/Ornamentation
Assosciated with Emotions |
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| Very commonly used Egyptian dance rhythm; comes in sever varieties and may be played at different tempos |
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| large, deep-toned tambourine with large cymbals |
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Aerophone (flute)Egyptian/Arab
Part of Takht |
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| The western representation of the orient (writing, art) steortyping them as exotic |
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Ancient Chinese zither-type chordophone with 7 strings, no bridges; quintessential Chinese instrument of gentlemen/scholars
Confucious played one
Music of educated people for meditation
Overtones, small volume, no for audience |
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Highly complex and elaborate melodic system in Indian Music:
-hundreds
-ascending/descending patterns
-specific ornamentations
-expresses a mood or emotion, associated with time of day |
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| Free rhythm, beginning of Raga with drone |
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| Egyptian 'folk dance', implies rural culture or origins; encompasses traditional dance of women's gatherings |
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| Professional entertainment medium of women's dance, associated with weddings, clubs, films and media |
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| Most popular Irish dance rhythm, duple meter |
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| Arab/Egyptian Tambourine, part of takht ensemble, part of Zaar rhythm |
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| Afro-Cuban religion based on traditional West African religious practices of the Yoruba people syncretized with Catholicism. SAcred ritual music employing the bata drums is central. |
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| The old way songs, sung in Irish Gaelic, revered as the cornerstone of Irish Traditional music |
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| Informal gathering where musicians playing different instruments come together to perform traditional Irish tunes and newer tunes modeled after them, but not generally to accompany dancing |
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| goblet shaped, single headed lead drum |
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| Principle percussion instrument in N. Indian music, consists of two drums- a higher pitched and lower pitched |
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| Improvised form of maqam, has rules |
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| From middle-east, hollow, strings affect timbre |
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