LAS MAS MUS 337 Final Exam (spring
2023) complete Questions & Answers;
attempt Score:100%.
Dynamics - Answer volume and articulation of sounds
Form - Answer underlying organizational structure of the sounds
Texture - Answer phonic structure or relationships between the sounds
Pitch - Answer frequency of the tone
Timbre - Answer tone or aural color
how we can recognize an instrument from their tone
Rhythm - Answer duration of sounds and silences and organization of such
Elements of Dance - Answer body, effort, time, space
Idiophones - Answer vibrations of instruments body
Chordophones - Answer vibrations of strings
Membraneophones - Answer vibrations of stretched skins, organic or synthetic
Areophones - Answer vibrations of air columns
How did Chicano music during the late 1960s and early 1970s change? - Answer
People were frustrated with the government so music became more political
How did the women in the film "Companeras" learn the mariachi traditions of music -
Answer They were self-taught or they studied classical music in school. But some of
them did learn from their family
Why is the participation of other non-Mexican ensembles in the genre of mariachi music
significant? - Answer To help spread mariachi across the world and not have it
exclusively be in Mexico
What are some of the issues in Mexican corridos? - Answer Not only drugs but they
also discuss immigration and the Mexican work ethic
, What are some of the issue of Mexico mentioned in the film "Hecho en Mexico"? -
Answer Gender, borders, and the environment/pollution
Essentialization - Answer The process of reducing people and their cultural expression
to a limited set of essential characteristics
Mestizaje - Answer Indigenous-Spaniard offspring
Participatory Performance - Answer the audience has a role in the performance
Presentational Performance - Answer the audience simple listens and watches the
performance
Sesquialtera - Answer a 2-beat phrase divided into two groups with six beats
Zapateado - Answer the foot-stomping heard in Mexican son that creates rhythmic
accents
Structure of Corrido - Answer Each copla is sung to a repeated strophic melody to tell
an often epic story.
Verses build a story:
opening verses sets the scene (date, time, place)
narration of the story
closing verse is the concluding message (despedida)
poetry follows ABCB rhyme scheme
predictable alternation of two or three chords
Rhythm of waltz and polka (duple/triple meter)
upbeat no matter what
Why do practitioners of Danza Aztec take issue with Danza de los Concheros? -
Answer Because of the use of the concha represents European influence on indigenous
practices
Gloria Rios - Answer Queen of rock and roll
One of the earliest stars of Mexican rock music on TV and recordings
Pancho Villa - Answer A major leader during the revolution who's real name is Doroteo
Arango (1878-1923)
Porfirio Diaz - Answer the president/dictator of Mexico from 1848 to 1876
Porfiriato - Answer the name of the era in which Porfirio Diaz ruled
Ritchie Valens - Answer Influential Chicano musician who toured with the Big Bopper,
Buddy Holly, and Frankie Sardo, but died at 17 years old in small flight accident ("The
day the music died")
2023) complete Questions & Answers;
attempt Score:100%.
Dynamics - Answer volume and articulation of sounds
Form - Answer underlying organizational structure of the sounds
Texture - Answer phonic structure or relationships between the sounds
Pitch - Answer frequency of the tone
Timbre - Answer tone or aural color
how we can recognize an instrument from their tone
Rhythm - Answer duration of sounds and silences and organization of such
Elements of Dance - Answer body, effort, time, space
Idiophones - Answer vibrations of instruments body
Chordophones - Answer vibrations of strings
Membraneophones - Answer vibrations of stretched skins, organic or synthetic
Areophones - Answer vibrations of air columns
How did Chicano music during the late 1960s and early 1970s change? - Answer
People were frustrated with the government so music became more political
How did the women in the film "Companeras" learn the mariachi traditions of music -
Answer They were self-taught or they studied classical music in school. But some of
them did learn from their family
Why is the participation of other non-Mexican ensembles in the genre of mariachi music
significant? - Answer To help spread mariachi across the world and not have it
exclusively be in Mexico
What are some of the issues in Mexican corridos? - Answer Not only drugs but they
also discuss immigration and the Mexican work ethic
, What are some of the issue of Mexico mentioned in the film "Hecho en Mexico"? -
Answer Gender, borders, and the environment/pollution
Essentialization - Answer The process of reducing people and their cultural expression
to a limited set of essential characteristics
Mestizaje - Answer Indigenous-Spaniard offspring
Participatory Performance - Answer the audience has a role in the performance
Presentational Performance - Answer the audience simple listens and watches the
performance
Sesquialtera - Answer a 2-beat phrase divided into two groups with six beats
Zapateado - Answer the foot-stomping heard in Mexican son that creates rhythmic
accents
Structure of Corrido - Answer Each copla is sung to a repeated strophic melody to tell
an often epic story.
Verses build a story:
opening verses sets the scene (date, time, place)
narration of the story
closing verse is the concluding message (despedida)
poetry follows ABCB rhyme scheme
predictable alternation of two or three chords
Rhythm of waltz and polka (duple/triple meter)
upbeat no matter what
Why do practitioners of Danza Aztec take issue with Danza de los Concheros? -
Answer Because of the use of the concha represents European influence on indigenous
practices
Gloria Rios - Answer Queen of rock and roll
One of the earliest stars of Mexican rock music on TV and recordings
Pancho Villa - Answer A major leader during the revolution who's real name is Doroteo
Arango (1878-1923)
Porfirio Diaz - Answer the president/dictator of Mexico from 1848 to 1876
Porfiriato - Answer the name of the era in which Porfirio Diaz ruled
Ritchie Valens - Answer Influential Chicano musician who toured with the Big Bopper,
Buddy Holly, and Frankie Sardo, but died at 17 years old in small flight accident ("The
day the music died")
