MUNM 3213 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Performative Traditions vs. Oral Traditions - Answers - -oral tradition: use of tape
recorders, communicated primarily through sound especially storytelling
-performative tradition: when rituals are performed, which uses art to explain
information that speech alone cannot
Native American Music - Answers - -style of music performed by someone whose
ancestors lived in North America prior to European contact in the 1400s
Indigenous - Answers - -occupied land prior to European settlement
Aboriginal - Answers - -used in Canada to describe Native Americans
Inuit vs. Eskimo - Answers - -aboriginal population from the arctic region of North
America and coastal areas of Greenland
-previously referred to as Eskimo, now Inuit
First Nations - Answers - -term used for non-Inuit aboriginal people
Métis - Answers - -people of mixed indigenous and most often European descent
Nations/Tribes - Answers - -prefer tribes in America and nations in Canada
Pitch - Answers - sound wave frequency
Pitch Range - Answers - how high or low an instrument can sing, the range between the
lowest and highest note in a specific piece of music
Note - Answers - a single sound within a piece of music
Interval - Answers - the distance in pitch between two notes
Octave - Answers - frequency of notes is 2:1
Scale - Answers - combination of all pitches used in a song
Rhythm - Answers - timing of when sounds and silences occur within a piece of music
Rest - Answers - a moment of silence in a piece of music
Text/vocals - Answers - words in a song
Vibrato - Answers - change in pitch to create a shaking sound
, Accompaniment - Answers - instrument that accompany a song
Melodic Contour - Answers - shape of the melodies pitch content
Dynamics - Answers - how loud or soft the music is
Timbre - Answers - tone/color of the music
Tempo - Answers - how fast a piece is performed
Beat - Answers - rhythm that occurs in a regularly repeating pattern
Instrumentation - Answers - refers to instruments including voice are used to perform
the musical piece
Harmony - Answers - when multiple pitches are played at the same time
Crescendo - Answers - when music becomes louder
Decrescendo - Answers - when music becomes softer
Ostinato - Answers - continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm
Hernán Cortés - Answers - expeditions led by him led to the fall of the Aztec Empire, the
beginning of Spanish power in the Southwest, the creation of New Spain, and the
formation of modern day Mexico
Christopher Columbus - Answers - desired gold and discovered already settle upon land
Trail of Tears - Answers - final 1838 relocation of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw,
Creek, and Seminole tribes, forced removal of Native Americans
Richard Pratt - Answers - established off-reservation school, "kill the Indian, save the
man"
Relocation Act of 1956 - Answers - paid moving expenses and provided vocational
training to Native Americans who were willing to move off the reservations into urban
areas
American and Canadian Boarding and Residential Schools - Answers - hair was cut,
could only speak English, stripped of their Native qualities
Perry Ground - Answers - eagle would brag about how high he would fly and thrush
outflew him
Performative Traditions vs. Oral Traditions - Answers - -oral tradition: use of tape
recorders, communicated primarily through sound especially storytelling
-performative tradition: when rituals are performed, which uses art to explain
information that speech alone cannot
Native American Music - Answers - -style of music performed by someone whose
ancestors lived in North America prior to European contact in the 1400s
Indigenous - Answers - -occupied land prior to European settlement
Aboriginal - Answers - -used in Canada to describe Native Americans
Inuit vs. Eskimo - Answers - -aboriginal population from the arctic region of North
America and coastal areas of Greenland
-previously referred to as Eskimo, now Inuit
First Nations - Answers - -term used for non-Inuit aboriginal people
Métis - Answers - -people of mixed indigenous and most often European descent
Nations/Tribes - Answers - -prefer tribes in America and nations in Canada
Pitch - Answers - sound wave frequency
Pitch Range - Answers - how high or low an instrument can sing, the range between the
lowest and highest note in a specific piece of music
Note - Answers - a single sound within a piece of music
Interval - Answers - the distance in pitch between two notes
Octave - Answers - frequency of notes is 2:1
Scale - Answers - combination of all pitches used in a song
Rhythm - Answers - timing of when sounds and silences occur within a piece of music
Rest - Answers - a moment of silence in a piece of music
Text/vocals - Answers - words in a song
Vibrato - Answers - change in pitch to create a shaking sound
, Accompaniment - Answers - instrument that accompany a song
Melodic Contour - Answers - shape of the melodies pitch content
Dynamics - Answers - how loud or soft the music is
Timbre - Answers - tone/color of the music
Tempo - Answers - how fast a piece is performed
Beat - Answers - rhythm that occurs in a regularly repeating pattern
Instrumentation - Answers - refers to instruments including voice are used to perform
the musical piece
Harmony - Answers - when multiple pitches are played at the same time
Crescendo - Answers - when music becomes louder
Decrescendo - Answers - when music becomes softer
Ostinato - Answers - continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm
Hernán Cortés - Answers - expeditions led by him led to the fall of the Aztec Empire, the
beginning of Spanish power in the Southwest, the creation of New Spain, and the
formation of modern day Mexico
Christopher Columbus - Answers - desired gold and discovered already settle upon land
Trail of Tears - Answers - final 1838 relocation of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw,
Creek, and Seminole tribes, forced removal of Native Americans
Richard Pratt - Answers - established off-reservation school, "kill the Indian, save the
man"
Relocation Act of 1956 - Answers - paid moving expenses and provided vocational
training to Native Americans who were willing to move off the reservations into urban
areas
American and Canadian Boarding and Residential Schools - Answers - hair was cut,
could only speak English, stripped of their Native qualities
Perry Ground - Answers - eagle would brag about how high he would fly and thrush
outflew him
