The term “orchestra” refers to the performers of any non-vocal sounds heard on the record, whether they be body-produced (clapping, stamping) or object-produced by anything from two sticks to a symphony orchestra.
Read the Coding Guide for this Line. Listen to each example at least twice. Once you have listened to all the examples, take the Test which follows.
N. America, Southwest U.S., Aha Makhav. Mohave song with rattle from the Turtle Dance cycle, typically held in the winter with a smaller dancing group as it was performed inside crowded houses. (Boulton, 14) S. Asia, India, C. India. Gond tribal gardeners. Strophic folk song with manjeera and hand cymbals. (India #2, 6) S. Europe. Greece. Krousonas, Crete. Cretan dance song featuring lyra and laouto. (Llewellyn-Smith, A8) C. Europe, Czech Republic. Sephardic Jews Bohemian male solo with flageolet interludes. (Slovak Radio-Bratislava, A1B) S. America, Peru, Interior Amazonia, Asháninka. Social dance music, panpipes, drums and voices in jam session. (Tschopik, B8) Oceania, New Guinea, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Kuma. Festival song. Male chorus and drums. (Luzbetak) S. America, N. Colombia, Atanquez Kogi. “Tiempo Malo,” sung by Lomero Bernabe Arias with son and friend, 5-holed embra flute (female flute), single-holed macho (male flute), and maracas. (Moser, Side 2, 3A.1) N. America, Southeast U.S., Appalachia. This song appears under a variety of titles, it is essentially a variant of the nineteenth century popular song Kitty Clyde. (Earle, Seeger, Kahn, and Rinzler, A1) Which form of Rhythmic Relationship of Vocal Group to Orchestra is recorded here?
For each example below, choose the feature that best fits from the following scale.
Non-occurrence
Small orchestra (1-3 players), subordinate
Large orchestra (4+ players), subordinate
Large or small orchestra, predominant
Orchestral interludes
Small orchestra (1-3 players), unrelated
Large orchestra (4+ players), unrelated
Small orchestra (1-3 players), complementary
Large orchestra (4+ players), complementary
Consult the Coding Guide as needed. Note your answers in order to check them against the answer key.
W. Europe, Netherlands. Clogging song, sung and danced by the people of Ruurlo (Gelderland) with accordion, a popular folk-dance. (Kunst, 3) Reveal Answer E. Asia, Korea. Korean court music. (Schwartz, 2) Reveal Answer Caribbean, E. Caribbean, Grenada. Like many other Caribbean islands, Grenada had its own version of kalinda, a neo-African dance-drumming genre once performed as part of its Nation Dance complex. The style of drumming heard in this Grenadian selection is similar to Trinidadian kalinda drumming. (Lomax, 1) Reveal Answer E. Europe, Russia. The Volga Kalmyks (Kalmyk) were mounted warriors and cattle herders of the Steppes west of the Volga. (Former U.S.S.R. #7, 2) Reveal Answer W. Europe, Spain, Aragón. Jota. Recorded from an Aragonese singer/shepherd during the festival in Mallorca. (Lomax #27, B3) Reveal Answer N. Eurasia, Chukchi Peninsula, Anadysky Chukchi. Strophic song over drum. (Institute of the Peoples of the North, 4) Reveal Answer E. Africa, Uganda, Basoga. Male solo with five xylophone players. (Smith, 6) Reveal Answer Oceania, New Guinea, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Kaningara. War dance, male chorus with drums and scrapers. (Fanshawe) Reveal AnswerLine 2 Test Answers: 1) Large orch, subordinate. 2) Orchestral interludes. 3) Small orch, complementary. 4) Small orch, subordinate. 5) Orchestra predominant. 6) Small orch, unrelated. 7) Large orch, complementary. 8) Large orch, unrelated.