Cuyamaca College Ancient Chinese Influences Discussion A. Discussion 150 words Many Japanese cultural traits include ancient Chinese influences. Please di

Cuyamaca College Ancient Chinese Influences Discussion A. Discussion 150 words

Many Japanese cultural traits include ancient Chinese influences. Please discuss examples of Chinese influence that you have discovered in Japanese religious activities, theater, traditional music and instruments.

Your discussion post should be around 150 words (5 pts), cover all of the topic points (5 pts), and be submitted on time (5 pts).  You are also required to respond to at least one of your fellow classmate’s posts (5pts), and give constructive feedback and/or pose questions that are relevant to the discussion topics. There are 20 points possible for this assignment.

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B. Study Guide: Middle East

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1. What is the capital of Iran? _______________________________ 

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2. The mode or scale of a piece in Arabic music is called _____________________________. 

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3. The mode or scale of a piece in Persian music is called _____________________________. 

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4. ______________________ means “before the introduction” and is a composed metric piece. 

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6. In Persian music, the improvised, non-metric section performed vocally or instrumentally that is central in the performance is called _______________. 

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7. The mystical movement of Islam that involves musicians and dancers interacting in a complex spiritual ritual is called _______________. 

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8. Describe the different levels of music that exist in the Middle East.

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9. Islam was established in ___________ by the ____________, and introduced to _________________ and __________________________. 

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10.Middle Eastern music is almost always __________________, meaning there is only one melody. When several instruments play the same tune in basic unison, but each in a slightly different version, _________________________ is produced. 

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11. Middle Eastern music features a prevailingly ___________________________ style of singing and playing, with many or most notes “bent” or embellished with trills, glissandos or short secondary notes. 

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12. Persian hammered zither-________________       Arabic plucked zither-_____________________       Persian plucked lute-_______________________      Arabic plucked lute-_______________________

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13. Vocal and compositional style in Middle Eastern music is derived from the ___________________

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14. Define the term tarab

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15. The system of musical values in the Middle East assigns high value to___-metric, vocal, ___________, _________________ music, and assigns lower value to __________, instrumental, ________________ music based on the relative similarity to or difference from the sound of the Koran. 

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