Exam 2 Vocab, Listening
Music 152 with Faux at Illinois State University
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By: K A
Created: 2011-11-09
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Acadia
In Canada
The old term for Nova Scotia
Acadia is the old term for _______
Nova Scotia
Acadians originally came from _____
France
Amede Ardoin
Father of both Cajun and zydeco music
Accordion player and singer, became famous in 20s and 30s
Played with Dennis McGee
Beaten to death
Americanism
The national ethic of margionalizing immigrants between the two world wars
Apartheid
The official policy of legal, institutionalized racism in South Africa and Zimbabwe
Arsenio Rodriguez
Band leader in Cuba
Blind tres player
Revolutionized Cuban dance music (revolutionized the son)
Assimilation
Trying to conform to the mainstream
In period of Americanism, immigrants tried to conform
Hackberry Ramblers tried to assimilate, got rid of culturally distinctive instruments
Back beat
Essential rhythm of rock and roll
Emphasis on beats 2 and 4 in a 4 beat pattern
Balfa Brothers
Cajun revitalists, revived the sense of pride in their culture
Leader was Dewey Balfa, fiddler
Bata
Sacred drums of Santeria
Trio of drums played in the syncretic religion of Cuba
Bongos
Pair of drums played between the knees
Constant in Cuban dance music (son)
Cajun
The word comes from Acadian
Represents the people and culture of southwest Louisiana
French speaking people
Trace heritage back to Acadia and back to France
Cajun revival
After WWII, revival of pride in Cajun culture and Cajun music led by the Balfas
Cajun fiddling
Either 2 fiddles, one playing the drone and one playing the melody, or one fiddle playing both
Particularly drone-y style
Two-voice texture brought over from France
Canto
The son, second part of the Cuban rumba, sung in Spanish
Be aware of the change between Canto and Montuno
Celia Cruz
Band leader from Cuba
Changui
Style came from Oriente (rural southeast corner of Cuba)
Gave its characteristics and energy to Cuban son
Tres, guitar, bongos and clave
Chanky-chank
Rhythm played on early Cajun accordion, became term for old-fashioned sounding Cajun music
Clave
The essential rhythm of Cuban son, the instrument itself (two cylindrical hardwood sticks that get slapped together)
Clifton Chenier
The zydeco star of the 1950s
Creole piano accordion player
Composed and performed Les Zydeco
Conga
Big Cuban drum, Arsenio Rodriguez emphasized it in the 1940s
Creole
Mixed race French speaking people from southwest Louisiana
Dennis McGee
Cajun fiddle player, carrier of tradition
Diana
The introductory section of a rumba, the improvised scat/nonsense syllables section
Diffusion
When traits cross cultural and geographic boundaries
Fania
Record company from New York City
Cuban-American record company
Put the term 'salsa' into the music industry
Frottoir
The corrugated metal vest used in zydeco music
Graceland
The American pop album produced by Paul Simon, featured among others Ladysmith Black Mambabzo, 1986
Guajira
The country music of southeast Cuba
Features the tres and songs in Spanish
One of the rural styles that fit into modern Cuban music
Hackberry Ramblers
Assimilationist Cuban band in 1940s, smoothed out the chanky-chank rhythm and made it sound more like Texas
Iscathimiya
The style that was made famous around the world by Ladysmith Black Mambabzo
Translates to "on tiptoe", previous to it was extremely forceful style
Joseph Shabala
In film "On Tiptoe", director and leader of Ladysmith Black Mambabzo
Ladysmith Black Mambabzo
The 10 piece acappella group from South Africa
"Les haricots sont pas sales"
Name of famous song by Clifton Chenier
"the beans don't have salt"
Montuno
The intense call and response section of a rumba and later of a son
Newport Folk Festival
1964, Newport in Rhode Island, where the Balfa Brothers made their debut
Moment when Cajun music became a national phenomenon
Nova Scotia
Current name for what used to be Acadia, province in Canada
Oriente
The rural mountainous area in southeast Cuba, where the guajira came from, where the changui came from
Region in Cuba
Orisha
Yoriba god
Paul Simon
American record producer and musician, responsible for Graceland in 1986 and creating genre called world beat
Petit fer ('tit fer)
The triangle, essential percussion instrument of Cajun music
Rumba
The afro-cuban street dance that emerged in Havana in 1900
3 part form
Uses congas, voice, and especially claves
3 part form of Rumba
Diana, Canto, Montuno
Instruments of Rumba
Congas, voice, and especially claves
Ry Cooder
Record producer behind the Buena Vista Social Club
Salsa
Marketing term for Cuban dance music, introduced by the Fania record company in NYC
Santeria
The syncretic religion of Cuba
Septeto
7 piece ensemble, distinctive instrument is the trumpet
Sexteto
6 piece ensemble
Shango
The chief Orisha, thunder god
Son
The whole historical lineage of Cuban dance music
Southwest Louisiana
The Cajun territory west of New Orleans all the way to Texas
Structuralism
Culture reflects the deep structure of the human mind, the human mind is set up on a binary model
Syncretic
Combines two very different elements from different cultures into something new
Tito Puente
The great salsa band leader, Puerto Rican-American from NY
Tres
Guitar used primarily in Cuban son
Unilinear Evolution
The idea that all societies go through the same evolution process along the same lines, evolving toward western European culture, idea that was dominant along the turn of the century, now outdated idea
World Beat
Marketing term for music that combines western pop and other styles from around the world
WWII Generation
Cajun music, returning veterans after WWII who revived Cajun music, chief among them Dewey Balfa
Yoruba
The largest ethnic group in West Africa, vast majority of African slaves who came to Cuba were Yoruba
Zydeco
The accordion driven music of Creoles in Southwest Louisiana
Movies
On Tiptoe
Buena Vista Social Club
J'etait Au Ball
"Homeless"
Ladysmith Black Mambabzo, Paul Simon - 1986 album Graceland
Mired in controversy during the time of the cultural boycott
"Habanera"
From opera Carmen, by French Romantic composer George Bizet
"habanera" = "from Havana"
Habanera rhythm became the basis for the tango (tango originated in Argentina)
Los Munaqitos de Matanzas
Rumba
3 part form: Diana, canto, montuno
"Guantanamera"
Guajira
Features tres and percussion, voice
Composed by Jose Diaz, lyrics by Jose Marti
"Que Bonita Es"
Septeto
Listen for the repeating 3-note bass line intersecting with the clave beat
Listen to the trumpet
"Para Bailar El Montuno"
Arsenio Rodriguez
Features electronic tres
"El Congo"
Celia Cruz
"Manteca"
Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo
"Latin jazz"
Improvised trumpet and saxophone solos
"Nina Y Senora"
Tito Puente
Salsa from NY
"Amede Two-Step"
Amede Ardoin accompanied by Dennis McGee
Black and white duo
"Aimez-moi ce soir"
Amede Ardoin accompanied by Dennis McGee
"Les Barres De La Prison"
Dennis McGee and Bois Sec Ardoin
Chanky-chank style
"Jole Blon"
Hackberry Ramblers
"Pretty Girl"
About this deck
By: K A
Created: 2011-11-09
Size: 76 flashcards
Views: 102
Created: 2011-11-09
Size: 76 flashcards
Views: 102
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