AMERICAS MUSICAL LANDSCAPE7E JEAN FERRIS - TEST BANK - UPDATED

Chapter 01

North American Indian Music

True/False

1. Vocal pulsation and high falsetto are characteristics found in Native American music throughout the United States.

ANS: F

Feedback:  Some Native American musical characteristics, including those listed above, vary from tribe to tribe.

2. Native Americans create patterns of repetition in both visual art and music.

ANS:  T 

3. Most traditional Native American music has been preserved via written notation.

ANS:  F

Feedback:  Native American music is passed from one generation to the next via oral tradition.

4. Traditional Native American music is usually associated with non-concert settings.

ANS:  T

5. Most traditional Native American music is performed in harmony.

ANS:  F

Feedback: Songs are usually sung by a solo voice or by singing in unison. 

 6. Native American music is rarely performed by instruments alone.

 ANS:  T  

 Feedback:   Instruments have a secondary role.  Vocal music is the focus.

7.  Vocables are meaningless syllables.

ANS:  F

Feedback:  Because vocables cannot be translated, they are sometimes mistakenly considered meaningless.  They often do, however, convey meaning.

8. Many Native Americans think of their songs as received in a dream or vision.

ANS: T

9.  There is no Native American word for the term "music."

ANS: T

10.  Powwows are sometimes accessible to a public audience.

ANS: T

Multiple Choice

11. Yeibichai Songs are associated with which of the following tribes?

A. Sioux

B. Navajo

C. Zuni

D. Apache

ANS:  B
Feedback: Yeibichai Songs are associated with the Navajo Night Way Ceremony

12. The gathering most likely to feature intertribal participation is the ________.

A. Night Way Ceremony

B. Grass Dance

C. Powwow

D. Courting Ceremony

ANS: C

13. When a solo voice performs in alternation with a group, this technique is called

A. falsetto

B. call-and-response

C. vocal composition

D. strophic form

ANS:  B

14.  Which of the following is rarely found in traditional Native American music?

A. singing in harmony

B. patterns of repetition

C. use of percussion instruments

D. unison singing

ANS: A
Feedback:  Almost all traditional singing is in unison.

15.  Carlos Nakai is most associated with which of the following?

A. compositions for trumpet and orchestra

B. compositions for Native American flute

C. Native American rock tunes

D. Native American healing ceremonies

ANS:  B

16.  Which of the following best describes falsetto?

A. a singing style with strong vocal pulsation

B. a singing range that lies above the normal singing range

C. a strained, tense vocal sound

D. a nasal, harsh vocal sound

ANS: B

17.  Which of the following instruments is n