LAS MAS MUS 337 Final Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Dynamics - Correct answer-volume and articulation of sounds
Form - Correct answer-underlying organizational structure of the sounds
Texture - Correct answer-phonic structure or relationships between the sounds
Pitch - Correct answer-frequency of the tone
Timbre - Correct answer-tone or aural color
how we can recognize an instrument from their tone
Rhythm - Correct answer-duration of sounds and silences and organization of such
Elements of Dance - Correct answer-body, effort, time, space
Idiophones - Correct answer-vibrations of instruments body
Chordophones - Correct answer-vibrations of strings
Membraneophones - Correct answer-vibrations of stretched skins, organic or
synthetic
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, Areophones - Correct answer-vibrations of air columns
How did Chicano music during the late 1960s and early 1970s change? - Correct
answer-People were frustrated with the government so music became more
political
How did the women in the film "Companeras" learn the mariachi traditions of
music - Correct answer-They were self-taught or they studied classical music in
school. But some of them did learn from their family
Why is the participation of other non-Mexican ensembles in the genre of mariachi
music significant? - Correct answer-To help spread mariachi across the world and
not have it exclusively be in Mexico
What are some of the issues in Mexican corridos? - Correct answer-Not only drugs
but they also discuss immigration and the Mexican work ethic
What are some of the issue of Mexico mentioned in the film "Hecho en Mexico"? -
Correct answer-Gender, borders, and the environment/pollution
Essentialization - Correct answer-The process of reducing people and their cultural
expression to a limited set of essential characteristics
Mestizaje - Correct answer-Indigenous-Spaniard offspring
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Questions and Answers
Dynamics - Correct answer-volume and articulation of sounds
Form - Correct answer-underlying organizational structure of the sounds
Texture - Correct answer-phonic structure or relationships between the sounds
Pitch - Correct answer-frequency of the tone
Timbre - Correct answer-tone or aural color
how we can recognize an instrument from their tone
Rhythm - Correct answer-duration of sounds and silences and organization of such
Elements of Dance - Correct answer-body, effort, time, space
Idiophones - Correct answer-vibrations of instruments body
Chordophones - Correct answer-vibrations of strings
Membraneophones - Correct answer-vibrations of stretched skins, organic or
synthetic
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, Areophones - Correct answer-vibrations of air columns
How did Chicano music during the late 1960s and early 1970s change? - Correct
answer-People were frustrated with the government so music became more
political
How did the women in the film "Companeras" learn the mariachi traditions of
music - Correct answer-They were self-taught or they studied classical music in
school. But some of them did learn from their family
Why is the participation of other non-Mexican ensembles in the genre of mariachi
music significant? - Correct answer-To help spread mariachi across the world and
not have it exclusively be in Mexico
What are some of the issues in Mexican corridos? - Correct answer-Not only drugs
but they also discuss immigration and the Mexican work ethic
What are some of the issue of Mexico mentioned in the film "Hecho en Mexico"? -
Correct answer-Gender, borders, and the environment/pollution
Essentialization - Correct answer-The process of reducing people and their cultural
expression to a limited set of essential characteristics
Mestizaje - Correct answer-Indigenous-Spaniard offspring
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