Nigerian Folksongs
Music · 50 practice questions
Types (cradle, folk-tales, games, war, satirical, dirges/funeral, historical, praise and worksong); forms (call and response, strophic, through-composed); characteristics - vocal styles (recitative, yodeling, ululation, incantation, heaving, whistling), scales/modes (tritonic, tetratonic, pentatonic, hexatonic), and metre/rhythm (metric and non-metric, polymetric, cross-rhythm, syncopation, hemiola, polyrhythm).
- Identify various folksongs and their types.
- Define and compare their forms and features.
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- Practice question 1
A pentatonic scale, a scale type found in some Nigerian folksongs, specifically consists of
- A.seven notes within an octave, a count instead associated with a diatonic scale
- B.twelve notes within an octave, a count instead associated with a chromatic scale
- C.five notes within an octave
- D.a factor entirely unrelated to consisting of five notes within an octave
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C. five notes within an octave
A pentatonic scale, a scale type found in some Nigerian folksongs, specifically consists of five notes within an octave.
- Practice question 2
Nigerian folksongs, broadly, specifically commonly are passed down through
- A.formal, standardized university coursework exclusively, with no oral tradition involved
- B.oral tradition across generations
- C.a factor entirely unrelated to being passed down through oral tradition across generations
- D.strictly written contracts signed between performers and their own audience
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B. oral tradition across generations
Nigerian folksongs, broadly, specifically commonly are passed down through oral tradition across generations.
- Practice question 3
A Nigerian folksong's text specifically often carries proverbs, wisdom, or moral lessons alongside its own
- A.a factor entirely unrelated to carrying proverbs or moral lessons alongside its own musical content
- B.exact market price, a factor entirely unrelated to the folksong's own musical content
- C.precise recording format, a factor entirely unrelated to the folksong's own musical content
- D.musical content
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D. musical content
A Nigerian folksong's text specifically often carries proverbs, wisdom, or moral lessons alongside its own musical content.
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