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1Where did Cumbia originate?
- AColombia
- BMexico
- CArgentina
- DPeru
2Cumbia has African-based rhythms and drums.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
3Cumbia has Europe influences from the language of the lyrics, form, and tonal harmony.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
4Cumbia has indigenous influences from instruments, especially the flutelike gaitas.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
5The Peru version of Cumbia music is called chicha.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
6What are in the instruments in Conjunto de Gaitas and what is their role?
- AFlutes - Amerindian origin, drums - African derivation, and lyrics and form - European.
- BTwo long, vertical gaita flutes made from a type of cactus tree. Gaita hembra (female) has a higher sound than the gaita macho. Gaita macho doubles or contrasts with the other two flutes (plus gaita larga). Gaita hembra plays parts of the melody.
7Which two instruments improvise in cumbia?
- AGaita Macho and Gaita Hembra
- BGaita Hembra and Tambor alegre
- CGaita Macho and Tambor alegre
- DTambor llamador and gaita macho
- ETambor llamador and gaita hembra
8The dance for cumbia music symbolizes what?
- ACouples around the musicians. Males held candles that symbolized courtship. The candle represented semen and women taking the candles represented sex
- BThere was no traditional dance for cumbia
9The lyrics of cumbia were in what language and form?
- ASpanish and strophic form. They were syllabic and in rhyme scheme.
- BPortuguese and strophic form. They were syllabic and in rhyme scheme.
10During the transformative years (1940s-1970s), cumbia was influenced by mambo, son, merengue, jazz, and salsa. The first three involved Caribbean dance music and the latter increased the ensemble size. The woodwind section was unique because it had a smooth sound.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
11What were some changes in instrumentation, arrangements, and important compositions?
- AGaitas were made smoother and were highly featured. The rest of the ensemble expanded.
- BEnsembles started to use accordions. The music was featured on radio broadcasts.
- CThe music was made more dancable and called musica tropical.
- DLucho Bermudez and Pacho Galan used earlier format of music with folkloric drums and jazz and mambo.
- EAll of the above
12Pacho Galan did what to cumbia?
- AWrote Ay Cosita Linda Mama
- BHad simple rhythms and less improvisation
- CAdded piano and bass. The piano emphasizes offbeat like the Tambor llamador
13Lucho Bermudez did what for cumbia music?
- AAdded big band - jazz influence
- BElaborate musical arrangements with long intros, background melodies, clarinet improv, trumpets used wah-wahs and mutes, and jazz harmonies
- CAdded piano and bass.
14Mexican Cumbia was influenced by what?
- AFilm industry
- BLuis Carlos Meyer introduced music to Mexico and tried to get it into the film industry to internationalize the music.
15What is Cumbia Nortena?
- Afirst type of Mexican version of Cumbia
- Bused accordions, drumset, electric bass with more original rhythmic patterns.
16What is Cumbia Tejana?
- AInvolves SELENA and CUMBIA KINGS (band of Selena's brothers).
- Binvolves more techno music
17What is Cumbia Villera?
- Athis is Cumbia music in Argentina known as village cumbia
- Bslower, uses synthetizers, electronic instruments, influences of reggaeton
- Ctook on idea of socio-political criticism (criticizing the government)
18What were the multiple meanings of Brazilian Forro?
- AAccompanying ensembles in dance gatherings
- BParty
- CUmbrella term that includes various rhythmic patterns and dance choreographies.
19Forro originated in Northeast Brazil. What is significant about that?
- AThere were droughts and this forced people to move south to Rio and Brasilia.
- BThey were forced to migrate to find a better lifestyle. They migrated as early as the 1940s. The music would then change and be transformed.
20What are some of the characteristics of forro?
- ADifferent rhythms
- BOffbeats on triangle, accordion, zabumba drum
- CSometimes used agogo bells
21Luiz Gonzaga impacted Forro/Baiao how?
- APerformed, recorded, went on tour
- BEstablished the format of instruments and people later followed this
22Brazilian Forro influenced what two other styles of music?
- APolka
- BContradance
- CJazz
- DMerengue
23What are the musical characteristics of forro?
- AModerate tempo and duple
- BTriangle - sometimes muted, fast 16th notes, plays on downbeat and offbeat
- CZabumba drum - syncopated followed by downbeat
- DDrum - felt plays offbeat, plastic plays downbeat
- EAgogo bells - keep the beat
- FAccordion - provides melody and harmony
24As a result of migration, those that practiced forro music formed what?
- AHouses (forro universitario)
- BAdded electric instruments in 1990s (forro electronico)
- CForro Rabecado
25Gonzaga changed the accordion instrumentation by doing what?
- ASwitching from the button to piano accordion
- BLeft hand played harmonies
- CRight hand played melodies
26What is Brazilian Candomble?
- AA religion that has preserved direct links with its original West African Yoruba culture. (remember Roman Catholicism)
- BKnown for call and response
- Cinstrumentation of sacred drums - atabaques
- DOrishas - this referred to deities and the people wanted them to possess their bodies and communicate with the worshippers
27Where did samba originate and how did it evolve?
- ALate 1800s: Salvador/Bahia - Candomble (Iansa and Cabula), Samba de Roda (martial arts)
- B1900s: Rio de Janeiro - Carnival Samba or Samba Carioca, Escolas de Samba: S. Enredo (songs couldn't talk about race bc of government wanting Brazilian theme), Puxeador (leader of cues), Cavaquinho (ukulele-like stringed instrument), Pelo Telefone
- C1930s-1940s: Samba Cancao - Dorival Caymmi (crooner), Ary Barroso (added African rhythms that had been taken away), Carmen Miranda (first to export samba to US and hired by Disney)
- D1950s-1960s: Bossa Nova - Joao Gilberto (changed performing, classically trained guitar, thumb for surdos), Jobim (composer), Clave, Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd (JAZZ SAMBA), Girl from Ipanema, Elizabeth Cardoso
- E1970s-1990s: Samba Reggae: Ile Aiye (surdo/clave), lyrics, Olodum (repinique), Timbalada - bateria de surdos, axe
28What makes up the Rioplatense Region?
- AArgentina
- BUruguay
- CParaguay
29Music of the pampas comes from _?
- AGauchos - cowboys that live in the pampas
- BPayada - gauchos perform this ballad with guitar
- CPayador - someone who improvises (singing) in DECIMA form and plays the guitar pattern of habanera
- DPayada de Contrapunto - competition of improvisation between 2 singers in decima form
30What is milonga?
- Aoriginally and primarily instrumental in rural setting
- BDECIMA FORM
- CPlayed by guitar
- DRhythmic pattern: 1a an da 2 e an da
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