MUNM 3613 Quizzes with verified
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Cultural diffusion is demonstrated through the lineage between the Middle Eastern ____ and
the European lute. - correct answer ✔✔Oud
Which Middle Eastern musical instrument is discussed in the opening pages of the PowerPoint?
- correct answer ✔✔The Oud
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification. (Do not label the
membranophone, but the other instrument) https://youtu.be/Dad8dPgAqww - correct answer
✔✔Struck zither chordophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovhO5IRmp3oLinks to an external site. - correct answer
✔✔Struck idiophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://youtu.be/md_CqRqH6zQ - correct answer ✔✔Struck membranophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9JBFeHS49A - correct answer ✔✔Reed aerophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vKFrQvJmZM&t=1s - correct answer ✔✔Plucked zither
chordophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMylqXmiJE - correct answer ✔✔Plucked lute
chordophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoLXkUNx2G0 - correct answer ✔✔Bowed lute
chordophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P1ga8LkB70 - correct answer ✔✔Flute aerophone
The qanun is a ________. - correct answer ✔✔Plucked zither chordophone
Which one country is not considered to be part of the Middle East (or, as more recently used,
the MENA - Middle East and North Africa)? - correct answer ✔✔India
Which of the following is not an Arabic-speaking majority country? - correct answer ✔✔Iran
Name an Iranian zither chordophone mentioned in the powerpoint. - correct answer ✔✔Santur
The opening words of the azan are: ___________ - correct answer ✔✔Allahu Akbar
, In Chapter 1 of our textbook, Scott Marcus interviews men in Cairo who regularly deliver the
Azan. His primary informant and muezzin is _________. - correct answer ✔✔Shaykh Mohamed
Gebril
In chapter 1, Scott Marcus characterizes Islamic communities as ___________, arguing that
their soudscapes are defined by the sound of the Azan. - correct answer ✔✔"Acoustic
communities"
One of the requirements for someone to deliver the azan is to be a(n) ________. - correct
answer ✔✔Male
The first azan of the day is delivered approx. __________. - correct answer ✔✔an hour before
sunrise
The azan was initiated by: - correct answer ✔✔Prophet Muhammed
The melodic rendering of the azan is __________. - correct answer ✔✔not fixed; notes are not
written down
When delivering the elaborate type of azan ("with melody" or "bi naghma"), callers use
_____________. - correct answer ✔✔melismatic singing
Muezzins and non professional callers most typically learn how to deliver the azan by/through
__________. - correct answer ✔✔listening and imitation
Why did the muezzin whose voice is included in the textbook CD raise his concern? - correct
answer ✔✔Because there should be a separation between the sacred and the secular
Iranian muezzins deliver the Azan in (language)_________. - correct answer ✔✔Arabic
answers graded A+ passed
Cultural diffusion is demonstrated through the lineage between the Middle Eastern ____ and
the European lute. - correct answer ✔✔Oud
Which Middle Eastern musical instrument is discussed in the opening pages of the PowerPoint?
- correct answer ✔✔The Oud
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification. (Do not label the
membranophone, but the other instrument) https://youtu.be/Dad8dPgAqww - correct answer
✔✔Struck zither chordophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovhO5IRmp3oLinks to an external site. - correct answer
✔✔Struck idiophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://youtu.be/md_CqRqH6zQ - correct answer ✔✔Struck membranophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9JBFeHS49A - correct answer ✔✔Reed aerophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vKFrQvJmZM&t=1s - correct answer ✔✔Plucked zither
chordophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMylqXmiJE - correct answer ✔✔Plucked lute
chordophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoLXkUNx2G0 - correct answer ✔✔Bowed lute
chordophone
Label the following instruments (click on the hyperlinks to listen to the sound and observe the
instrument/technique) according to the international system of classification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P1ga8LkB70 - correct answer ✔✔Flute aerophone
The qanun is a ________. - correct answer ✔✔Plucked zither chordophone
Which one country is not considered to be part of the Middle East (or, as more recently used,
the MENA - Middle East and North Africa)? - correct answer ✔✔India
Which of the following is not an Arabic-speaking majority country? - correct answer ✔✔Iran
Name an Iranian zither chordophone mentioned in the powerpoint. - correct answer ✔✔Santur
The opening words of the azan are: ___________ - correct answer ✔✔Allahu Akbar
, In Chapter 1 of our textbook, Scott Marcus interviews men in Cairo who regularly deliver the
Azan. His primary informant and muezzin is _________. - correct answer ✔✔Shaykh Mohamed
Gebril
In chapter 1, Scott Marcus characterizes Islamic communities as ___________, arguing that
their soudscapes are defined by the sound of the Azan. - correct answer ✔✔"Acoustic
communities"
One of the requirements for someone to deliver the azan is to be a(n) ________. - correct
answer ✔✔Male
The first azan of the day is delivered approx. __________. - correct answer ✔✔an hour before
sunrise
The azan was initiated by: - correct answer ✔✔Prophet Muhammed
The melodic rendering of the azan is __________. - correct answer ✔✔not fixed; notes are not
written down
When delivering the elaborate type of azan ("with melody" or "bi naghma"), callers use
_____________. - correct answer ✔✔melismatic singing
Muezzins and non professional callers most typically learn how to deliver the azan by/through
__________. - correct answer ✔✔listening and imitation
Why did the muezzin whose voice is included in the textbook CD raise his concern? - correct
answer ✔✔Because there should be a separation between the sacred and the secular
Iranian muezzins deliver the Azan in (language)_________. - correct answer ✔✔Arabic
