MUS Final Exam Questions with
Complete Solutions 2024/2025
Syncretism - ANSWERSCombining of different elements to create something entirely new and different.
Cultural Diffusion - ANSWERSCultural traits crossing geological and social boundaries
Titon Onion Model - ANSWERSMusic - Musicians - Audience - Community - History
Why make Music? - ANSWERSFlow, Sociological Reasons, Edward Hall, Healing Agent, and Music &
Evolution
Immigration - ANSWERSMoving into a certain area or place
Emigration - ANSWERSLeaving a Place
Akonting - ANSWERSThree-string instrument related to the banjo.
Clawhammer - ANSWERSWest African Technique, must be shown from one person to another. Cannot be
taught through YouTube
Stereotypes - ANSWERSA commonly held oversimplified image of a particular type of person. Shared,
Learned, and Inherited Ideas.
Dan Emmett - ANSWERSMinstrel banjo player/Songwriter
Song: "Dixie"
Jim Crow - ANSWERSA main character that was apart of the minstrel shows
Complete Solutions 2024/2025
Syncretism - ANSWERSCombining of different elements to create something entirely new and different.
Cultural Diffusion - ANSWERSCultural traits crossing geological and social boundaries
Titon Onion Model - ANSWERSMusic - Musicians - Audience - Community - History
Why make Music? - ANSWERSFlow, Sociological Reasons, Edward Hall, Healing Agent, and Music &
Evolution
Immigration - ANSWERSMoving into a certain area or place
Emigration - ANSWERSLeaving a Place
Akonting - ANSWERSThree-string instrument related to the banjo.
Clawhammer - ANSWERSWest African Technique, must be shown from one person to another. Cannot be
taught through YouTube
Stereotypes - ANSWERSA commonly held oversimplified image of a particular type of person. Shared,
Learned, and Inherited Ideas.
Dan Emmett - ANSWERSMinstrel banjo player/Songwriter
Song: "Dixie"
Jim Crow - ANSWERSA main character that was apart of the minstrel shows