Exam 5: Music and Memory

A two-headed drum with snares stretched across the bottom is called a ________ ________.

Which of the following statements about the process of creating a song by setting a new text to an existing melody is true?

Pizmonim have been sung to the melody of a(n):

Match each item to the correct description below. -An Arab song form composed in three parts (A B A)

Attah El Kabbir (You,God,Are Mighty)is a ________,which is a hymn with a Hebrew text set to a preexisting melody.

How does the pizmon Ramach Evarai (Let My Whole Being Testify)demonstrate music's ability to convey various significances and memories for a family,a religious community,and a larger Middle Eastern community?

Which of the following statements about the phonograph era is NOT true?

Most pizmonim borrow their tunes from Jewish songs.

Music performed in a jazz funeral is typically used to transmit detailed memories about the deceased person.

Match each item to the correct description below. -Four pitches that make up one section of a scale

The jazz funeral emerged from the nineteenth-century New Orleans custom of funeral societies sponsoring funerals,which included music by a brass band.

Match each item to the correct description below. -An evening party,such as an anniversary celebration,in the Syrian Jewish community

Match each item to the correct description below. -An instrumental lament played at a slow tempo

Which of the following is a sacred song used for worship?