MUNM 3613: Exam 1 Study Guide
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Oud - ANS ✔✔lower base sound (guitar)
Quinan - ANS ✔✔metallic sound, higher pitch
Violin - ANS ✔✔a musical instrument with strings, that you hold under your chin and play with
a bow
Nay - ANS ✔✔the end-blown reed flute featured especially in the eastern Arab art music
Mizmar - ANS ✔✔the Arab folk oboe
Tabla - ANS ✔✔a single-headed goblet-shaped drum
Riqq - ANS ✔✔a tambourine with five sets of cymbals mounted symmetrically around the frame
Azan - ANS ✔✔Islamic call to prayer, heard 5 times a day from mosques and over mass media
among Muslim communities throughout the world.
Imam - ANS ✔✔the head of a mosque
Azan text - ANS ✔✔the call to prayer text is written out in newspapers, posters, and anywhere
really around town.. as well as in the mosque itself
, Non-metrical - ANS ✔✔when a song has no set beat
Melismatic singing - ANS ✔✔-long vowel notes
-run of notes
Islamic communities as acoustic communities - ANS ✔✔a community characterized by the
acoustic space within which the call to prayer could be heard
5-6 sentences describing a Muezzin - ANS ✔✔-An imam who delivers the call to prayer
-Can only be a male, 12+ years old
-Must actively follow the faith
-Must audition to get the part
-How is one taught?
-Reasons why they pursue this profession.. married points, gain respect from community
5-6 sentences describing the Azan as a communal endeavor - ANS ✔✔-Any muslim can give the
Azan
-Relates to the concept of good merit... when one receives reward or merit for good deeds.
Saying the Kazan is a meritorious deed.
-On judgement day, all go before God and are judged based on how many good deeds they have
done in their lifetime.. determines heaven or hell. (Called sawab)
Musical texture - ANS ✔✔the organization of musical parts and the ways they relate to each
other
What is an example of musical texture? - ANS ✔✔-Harmonies
-Melodies
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Oud - ANS ✔✔lower base sound (guitar)
Quinan - ANS ✔✔metallic sound, higher pitch
Violin - ANS ✔✔a musical instrument with strings, that you hold under your chin and play with
a bow
Nay - ANS ✔✔the end-blown reed flute featured especially in the eastern Arab art music
Mizmar - ANS ✔✔the Arab folk oboe
Tabla - ANS ✔✔a single-headed goblet-shaped drum
Riqq - ANS ✔✔a tambourine with five sets of cymbals mounted symmetrically around the frame
Azan - ANS ✔✔Islamic call to prayer, heard 5 times a day from mosques and over mass media
among Muslim communities throughout the world.
Imam - ANS ✔✔the head of a mosque
Azan text - ANS ✔✔the call to prayer text is written out in newspapers, posters, and anywhere
really around town.. as well as in the mosque itself
, Non-metrical - ANS ✔✔when a song has no set beat
Melismatic singing - ANS ✔✔-long vowel notes
-run of notes
Islamic communities as acoustic communities - ANS ✔✔a community characterized by the
acoustic space within which the call to prayer could be heard
5-6 sentences describing a Muezzin - ANS ✔✔-An imam who delivers the call to prayer
-Can only be a male, 12+ years old
-Must actively follow the faith
-Must audition to get the part
-How is one taught?
-Reasons why they pursue this profession.. married points, gain respect from community
5-6 sentences describing the Azan as a communal endeavor - ANS ✔✔-Any muslim can give the
Azan
-Relates to the concept of good merit... when one receives reward or merit for good deeds.
Saying the Kazan is a meritorious deed.
-On judgement day, all go before God and are judged based on how many good deeds they have
done in their lifetime.. determines heaven or hell. (Called sawab)
Musical texture - ANS ✔✔the organization of musical parts and the ways they relate to each
other
What is an example of musical texture? - ANS ✔✔-Harmonies
-Melodies
