Music Final Exam

instrument has a series of thin plates, or "tongues", each of which is fixed at one end and has the other end free.

a texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody

To unite or join

phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, usually at the same pitch.

a succession of two distinct phrases usually played by different musicians

Extending beyond or transcending established borders

scattered population with a common origin in a smaller geographic area

the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of rituals

mixed-race people

Its most distinctive characteristic is the use of the common handsaw as the primary instrument, along with various kinds of drums, box guitar, concertina, triangle and accordion.

style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid 20th century.

tudy of music (broadly defined) that emphasize its cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological,

traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century. No author

largest and most populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago

wooden board with attached staggered metal keys

consisting of a pair of maranka (mapudzi) gourds, known as with seeds.

harp built from a large calabash cut in half and covered with cow skin to make a resonator with a long hardwood neck

it consists of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or reed attached to a frame. The tongue/reed is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note.

• he banjo is a four-, five- or (occasionally) six-stringed
• instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a
• resonator.