Exam 5: Music and Memory

In Jewish religious tradition,setting a sacred Hebrew text to a non-Jewish melody is believed to bring out the melody's "holy spark."

The corrido Gregorio Cortez is an example of a ________ corrido,which portrays larger-than-life figures.

A ballad,such as the Mexican corrido,usually does NOT:

Match each item to the correct description below. -A hymn with a Hebrew text set to a melody borrowed from a non-Jewish source

During the street procession from the cemetery in a jazz funeral,onlookers join the ________ ________,which follows behind the band and mourners.

Attah El Kabbir (You,God,Are Mighty)demonstrates the use of:

Which of the following types of music is often written and composed to transmit specific memories of people,places,and events?

A song that is created by writing new lyrics to a preexisting melody is called a ________.

How does a jazz funeral use several different types or genres of music to commemorate the deceased person in both a solemn and celebratory way?

Which of the following types of music is NOT typically performed in the first half of a jazz funeral?

A maqam is a basic scale divided into two sections of four pitches each,called ________.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the melody of the corrido Gregorio Cortez makes it easy to perform the long lyrics?

Match each item to the correct description below. -A sacred song used for worship

Each subsequent hearing of a piece of music,like Auld Lang Syne,adds new layers of associations that alter our musical memory over time.

Using several corridos mentioned in this chapter as examples,explain how music can transmit detailed memories of people,places,and events.

The drum commonly used in the Arab Middle East is called the:

Match each item to the correct description below. -A Mexican ballad about powerful drug lords

The corrido emerged in the first half of the twentieth century as a song genre shaped by conflict between Mexicans and Anglo-Americans in the Mexico/US border region.

After the popularity of hero corridos declined in the early twentieth century,a new type of corrido called the victim corrido became popular.

The pizmon Mifalot Elohim (The Works of God)uses: