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Midterm Listening Exam

Midterm Listening Exam

Q Question 1 7 / 8 pts Please listen to the embedded musical example, and then provide the following information about this piece. Type your answer in the space below. 1. Composer 2. Title of A) this piece and B) the larger work it comes from 3. Genre 4. Musical era 5. What is program music, and how is this piece an example of it? Question 2 8 / 8 pts Please listen to the embedded musical example, and then provide the following information about this piece. Type your answer in the space below. 1. Composer & country of origin 2. Approximate date 3. What instruments are heard in this ensemble? 4. What type of jazz is this? Question 3 2 / 8 pts Please listen to the embedded musical example, and then provide the following information about this piece. Type your answer in the space below. 1. Where is this music from, and what is the name of the ensemble playing this music? 2. What general types of instruments are found in this ensemble? 3. What other art forms accompany musical performance in this tradition? 4. What kinds of stories are commonly told through this music tradition? Question 4 7 / 8 pts Please listen to the embedded musical example, and then provide the following information about this piece. Type your answer in the space below. 1. Composer & country of origin 2. Title of piece 3. Musical era 4. The piece begins with a 4-note motif. What does this motif symbolize? 5. What type of ensemble is heard here? Question 5 6 / 8 pts Please listen to the embedded musical example, and then provide the following information about this piece. Type your answer in the space below. 1. What country is this type of music from? 2. What is a raga? 3. What instrument is this musician playing? 4. In this first part of the performance, what is the musician’s goal? 5. Is the musician reading a notated score, or is she improvising?

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Your Answer: 1. India 2. Indian classical music 3. Sitar 4. I'm not really sure, maybe emotional attachment or hypnotize 5. Improvising a raga is a melodic mode, or set of notes. Here, she is introducing each note in the raga.