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Which of the following Japanese examples does NOT feature the koto? |
| | A) | "Manzairaku" (disk 1, track 3) |
| | B) | "Daha" (disk 1, track 14) |
| | C) | "Tori no Yo ni" (disk 2, track 1) |
| | D) | "Sakitama" (disk 4, track 24) |
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| 2 | |
Listen to disk 4, track 29, "Spring on Snowy Mountains," then indicate the best answer for each of the following questions.
The zheng features |
| | A) | tremolos |
| | B) | arpeggios |
| | C) | chordal accompaniment |
| | D) | all of the above |
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| 3 | |
Modern Western influence is heard in this piece mainly in the presence of |
| | A) | textures featuring melody in the right-hand melody part and arpeggiated chords in the left-hand accompanying part |
| | B) | its basis in the Western-derived baban form |
| | C) | the bending of certain pitches upward by pressing into the strings |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Listen to disk 4, track 33, "Music from the Muqam," then indicate the best answer for each of the following questions.
The opening section is in |
| | A) | free rhythm |
| | B) | duple meter |
| | C) | triple meter |
| | D) | a metric cycle of seven beats |
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The final portion of the excerpt (i.e., from 2:05-end) includes all of the following EXCEPT |
| | A) | close rhythmic synchrony between the zheng and dap (drum. parts |
| | B) | changes in the instrumentation |
| | C) | virtuosic zheng playing |
| | D) | acceleration of tempo |
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