Intro to World Music

An instrument that requires AIR to produce sound

A chordophone refers to four types of stringed instruments: lutes, zithers, harps and lyres.

An instrument that themselves vibrate to produce sound such as rattles or bells

An instrument that use a vibrating stretched membrane such as a drum.

the tone quality or color of a musical sound such as "warm" or "heavy"

The source of the sound (instrumental or vocal)

bar or ridge found on the fingerboard of chordophones that enables performers to produce different melodic pitches with consistent frequency levels

The relationship between different sounds in a given piece

Music wit a single melodic line

juxtaposition or overlapping of multiple lines of music

A subgroup of polyphony that has multiple lines of music expressing the same musical idea

A subgroup of polyphony that has multiple lines of music expressing independent musical ideas as a cohesive whole

A subgroup of polyphony that has multiple performers playing simultaneous variations of the same line of music

The volume of a musical sound

The underlying structure of a musical performance

The tone's specific frequency level that is measured in hertz

A continuous sound

Rhythmic relationship of words to melody and described as melismatic or syllabic

More than one pitch is sung per syllable

One pitch is sung per syllable

The lengths or durations of sounds as patterns in time

The quantity of notes between periodic accents of over a specific unit of time

The division of music beats into regular groupings

A type of classical ensemble from Thailand characterized by the use of melodic and rhythmic percussion and a double reed aerophone

An idiophone consisting of several metal bars graduated in length to produce different pitches

A Thai teacher; the term is linguistically associated with the word 'guru' found in Hinduism

A teacher honoring ceremony from Thailand

An Indian mythological epic about the Hindu god Rama found throughout South and Southeast Asia

A term referring to Northeast Thailand and its regional culture, including music

Vocal repartee with khaen accompanient from Northeast Thailand

a popular music form from the Northeast Thailand

the most popular form of a style of music found in Thailand

A classical masked drama based on the Thai version of Ramayana

A professional lam klawn singer from Northeast Thailand

a pair of cup-shaped cymbals from Thailand

A double reed aerophone found in the piphat classical ensemble of Thailand

the supporting xylophone of classical ensembles from thailand

the lead xylophone of classical ensembles from thailand

the higher and lower ranged gong circles found in classical ensembles from thailand

a fretted plucked lute from Northeast Thailand

a bamboo mouth organ from Northeast Thailand

a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques

Translated as 'slippery women'

a genre of chamber music in the traditional music of southern Vietnam, literally "music of amateurs".

a clapper idiophone from Vietnam

a plucked zither from Vietnam (chordophone)

a singer from Thailand

an ensemble from Indonesia comprised primarily of metallophones

the "sheet music" consists primarily of the numbers, letters or native characters representing notes in order.

the organizational system of gamelan music from indonesia

Pelog is one of the two essential scales of gamelan music native to Balie and Java, in Indonesia. The other scale commonly used is called slendro.

an ensemble type from Bali, indonesia comprised of metallophones and characterized by rhythmically dense performance technique

a balinese theatrical performance of the Ramayana

a russian born german primitivist painter. In 1923 he came to Java, living first in Yogyakarta and then in Ubud, Bali starting in 1927. He is often credited with attracting the attention of Western cultural figures to Balinese culture and art.

an Indonesian dancer who worked with Walter Spies to create the Indonesian dance Kecak.

Wayang Kulit is a unique form of theatre employing light and shadow

the puppeteer in an Indonesian wayang performance

the largest gong of an indonesian gamelan ensemble

an indonesian bamboo ring flute used in gamelan ensembles

rack gong found in gamelan ensembles from indonesia

The kempli is the time keeper marking the pulses in the pokok. It is a small horizontal gong mounted to absorb some vibration; it is about the size of those used in a bonang barung from Java.

Gamelan Bali use two pair of drums (kendhang); the lower pitched female pair of drums is termed wadon and the higher pitched male pair of drums is termed lanang

A collection of islands in the pacific ocean (meaning tiny islands)

a collection of islands in the pacific ocean (meaning many islands)

collections of islands in the pacific ocean (meaning black islands)

a creole spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. It is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language in that country.

a slit drum from papua new guinea

an hourglass shaped drum from papua new guinea

a mouth harp from papua new guinea

a type of idiophone that uses vibrating 'lamellae' or strips of material usually metal to produce sound

a small drum from hawaii usually made from a coconut shell with a fish skin face

hawaiian dance songs using drum accompaniment

a single headed cylindrical membranophone from hawaii that stands vertically on a carved footed base

poetic texts used in hawaiian drum dance chant

a smooth uninterrupted glide from one pitch to another

a regular pulsating change of pitch

the epic saga of the rivalry between Pelehonuamea, goddess of the volcano, and her youngest and favorite sister Hi'iaka.

the goddess of fire, lightning, dance and volcanoes

daughter of Haumea and Kāne

Chief of Kaua'i

islands form the greater part of the West Indies in the Caribbean

a type of street theater actor usually in performances staged during the christmas season

an animistic belief system found primarily in Haiti

a form of festival music used for street processions, typically during Easter Week

the spirits of the voodoo religion practiced in Louisiana, Haiti, Benin, and other parts of the world

an animistic belief system found primarily in Trinidad

God of iron

the great elocution, the voice of God, as it were. Legba facilitates communication, speech and understanding

the attempt to reconcile contrary beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought

a popular music form from trinidad characterized by having a leader who 'calls' and a group that 'responds'

a tall barrel-shaped single-headed drum used often in Latin American music

a pre-Lent festival celebrated primarily in Europe and the Caribbean

a musical instrument from Trinidad made out of a steel oil drum

a type of ensemble developed after drums were banned in Trinidad, which used cane and bamboo tubes that were beaten with sticks and stamped on the ground

a pair of small caribbean gourd rattles with interior beads

a belief system combining animism and syncretized Roman catholicism found primarily in Cuba and the US

a rhythmic pattern associated with an orisha in the Santeria religious tradition

a popular music form from jamaica characterized by a rhythmic emphasis on the offbeat and by politically and socially conscious lyrics

recorded music that emphasizes the bass and rhythm tracks so that a DJ can talk over the music through a microphone

a jamaican reggae and dancehall DJ

jamaican singer, songwriter and musician

reggae musician from Jamaica

Jamaican ska and reggae singer, musician, and actor

a Jamaican reggae roots group, famous for their close harmonies and promotion of the Rastafari movement in their lyrics

emperor of Ethiopia

a religious cult centered in jamaica which purports that the second coming of jesus christ has already occurred in the form of Halie Selassie

term used for 'lord'

a pair of hand held wooden bars used as percussion instruments in many african and latin american music traditions

a latin american ballroom dance as well as a song type emphasizing call and response vocal organization

a Havana, Cuba born salsa singer

a term meaning 'multiple rhythms' and the organizational basis for most sub-saharan african music traditions

a gourd rattle from Ghana with an external beaded netting

an hourglass shaped pressure drum from Ghana

a popular music style from Sub-saharan Africa

a generic term describing urban popular music traditions found throughout sub-saharan africa

a drum that was made in West Africa

a generic term that applies to a diverse population of forest dwellers in central africa

the Aka (Central African Republic and northern Congo), the Baka (southern Cameroon), and the Twa (central Zaire river basin)

a xylophone from west africa often played by oral historians

national popular dance music of Senegal and The Gambia

term for a mandinka poet/praise singer and oral historian from Senegal-Gambia

cultural material and traditions transmitted orally from one generation to another

the instrumental solo sections of a jali performance from west africa

the sung sections of a jali performance from west africa

a Senegalese singer, percussionist and occasional actor

a term borrowed from linguistics used by anthropologists and ethnomusicologists to describe the perspective of a cultural insider

a term borrowed from linguistics used by anthropologists and ethnomusicologists to describe the perspective of a cultural outsider

a hammered zither from the persian classical tradition

a round bodied lute from turkey

a double-reed aerophone from turkey and greece

An American ethnomusicologist that specialized in gamelan music in indonesia

Mantle Hood explained ethnomusicology as being the "study of music wherever and whenever." While his teacher Jaap Kunst wrote the two volumes of Music in Java without actually playing any of the music, Hood required that his students learn to play the music they were studying. While Hood was not the first ethnomusicologist to attempt learning to perform the music being studied, he gave the approach a name in his 1960 article on bi-musicality. It has been an important ethnomusicological research tool ever since. The approach enables the researcher to, in some manner, learn about music "from the inside", and thereby experience its technical, conceptual and aesthetic challenges. The student is also able to better connect socially with the community being studied and have better access to the community's rituals and performances.

an ethnomusicologist during the last half of the twentieth century.

The early comparative musicologists, however, had little fieldwork experience and often based their research on recordings made by others—a style of work that became known as armchair ethnomusicology.

to force local cultures to adopt another

music from the 11th century

traditional music (music transmitted from the mouth)

Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry

made a system for classifying musical instrumentds based on what vibrates to make musical sound

study of musical instruments

pitches common to a musical tradition

embellishment/decoration of a melody

general direction and shape of a melody

a regular pulsation

an emphasized beat

relative rate of speed of a beat