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MICHAELBAKAN
WORLD MUSIC: TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS

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Chapter Eight
1. The term introduced in the chapter that refers to the note-by-note expansion of a raga in
performance (as well as other manifestations of a ragas growth) is
b. barhat
2. Although India has great religious diversity, the majority of the population is
b. Hindu
3. The oldest style of Hindu religious chant, based on ancient Hindu scriptures, is
a. Vedic chant
4. A distinctive dierence of Sufism compared to other forms of Islam is that in Sufism
c. it is believed that music may serve as a pathway to the divine
5. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan became an international star singing a style of Sufi music called
c. qawwali
6. The two great traditions of Indian classical music discussed in the chapter are
b. Hindustani and Karnatak
7.Bhangrais a musical style that
d. all of the above
8. Hindustani and Karnatak music are similar in that they both
d. A and B, but not C
9. Hindustani and Karnatak music are dierent in that
c. the specific ragas, talas, and music-related terminologies dier in the two traditions
10. Which of the following features is NOT a part of traditional Indian classical music?
b. harmonized melody
11. Members of agharanaare typically united by
b. a shared style or approach to musical performance practice
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12. According to Ravi Shankars An Introduction to Indian Music, aragais

c. a precise melody form
13. Which of the following define a Hindustani raga?
d. all of the above
14. Which of the following is NOT a standard feature of atala?
c. a flexible rhythmic pattern in which the number of beats can change from one cycle to the next
15. Thealapsection of a raga features
b. melodic improvisation
16. Thegatsection of a raga features
d. all of the above
17. During thegat, the growth of a raga is evident in
d. B and C, but not A
18. The skeletal drum pattern that outlines the basic rhythmic structure of atalais called the
b. theka
19. The empty or weak beat in a tala cycle, marked by a silent wave of the hand when keeping tal, is
called
c. khali
20. A rhythmic pattern that is repeated three times in succession at the conclusion of a performance is
called a
a. tihai
21. Ravi Shankar believed that Indian raga and American jazz
c. were resolutely distinct, despite the fact that both feature improvisation and exciting rhythms
22. Although Ravi Shankar was generally tolerant of new contexts for Indian music, he was strongly
opposed to
c. the use of drugs by audience members at Indian music concerts
23. Which of the following influential recordings was the first to be recorded?
b. Ravi Shankar and Bud ShanksImprovisations
24. The group Shakti
a. featured John McLaughlin on guitar
25. Playback singers are famous in India for __________ in Bollywood films.
c. singing, but not appearing

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