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Music Midterm - Spring 2026
Cards in this deck (43)
- 1Emic point of viewInsider
- 2Etic point of viewOutsider
- 3CanonA body of knowledge or works considered to be important within a culture
- 4CanonicalDescribing a work thought to be part of a canon
- 5HegemonyDominance of a group of people and their ideas and practices
- 6AuthenticityAn idea about what is "real" or genuine within a culture
- 7PedagogySystems of teaching and learning methods and practices
- 8SocietyGroups of people, usually in a shared physical or geographical location
- 9CultureThe "stuff" of society -- things that can be passed on: laws, religious beliefs, farming methods, clothing patterns, preferences for important colors or combinations of colors, music and dance forms, etc.
- 10DiasporaSpread of one culture across wider regions
- 11SyncretismMerging of ideas from one or more cultures, creating a new cultural practice
- 12Cultural normsIdeas about what is "normal"
- 13Oceania (region)Australia, Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia
- 14AnimismThe belief that all things—animals, plants, rocks, rivers, weather systems, and human handiwork—possess a distinct spiritual essence or soul
- 15TotemismA system of belief and social organization where a group or individual shares a mystical, kin-like relationship with a symbolic figure, usually an animal, plant, or natural force
- 16Arnhem LandNorthern territory of Aborigines of Australia
- 17The DreamingAborigines Cosmology and creation stories
- 18DidjeriduAborigines of Australia instrument -- a trumpet-type aerophone
- 19WondjinaAborigines ancestral spirits
- 20CorroboreeAborigines night-time ritual during which wondjinaare appealed to
- 21SusapMouth/jaw harp -- originates from Papua New Guinea. Lamellophone-type idiophone
- 22HindustaniNorth India
- 23Carnatic (Karnatak)South India
- 24SrutiSmallest perceptible division of octave -- originally, there were 24, most Indian classical use 12-tone system
- 25SargamScale system of Indian classical music, similar to western heptatonic scales
- 26RagaBlueprint for music performance, usually with a three-part introduction by the soloist, followed by the gat
- 27MurchanaHindustani melodic ornaments
- 28TalaRhythm cycle
- 29SamFirst beat of the tala -- comparable to the western "downbeat" or "beat one"
- 30TihaiThree-time rhythm or melody pattern used as a cadence (signaling a transition or ending)
- 31BolsMnemonic syllables use for rhythm recitation; based on drum strokes
- 32GuruMaster
- 33ShishyaStudent
- 34Gharana"School" of teaching --- a type of musical genealogy but incorporating the "right" ways to perform Indian classical music
- 35TamburaDrone-keeping instrument
- 36Sruti boxDrone-keeping instrument
- 37HarmoniumDrone-keeping instrument
- 38SitarCommon Hindustani melody instrument -- plucked lute-type chordophone
- 39ShanaiCommon Hindustani melody instrument -- double0reed aerophone
- 40SarodCommon Hindustani melody instrument -- plucked lute-type chordophone
- 41SaranghiCommon Hindustani melody instrument -- bowed lute-type chordophone
- 42DayanTabla -- Hindustani rhythm instrument
- 43BayanTabla -- Hindustani rhythm instrument
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- Music culture/society: Oceania and India
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