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Music And Dance Traditions Of Asia  Question Paper

Music And Dance Traditions Of Asia  

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Music

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ARTS, BACHELOR OF EDUCATION AND BACHELOR OF MUSIC
MAE 416:
MUSIC AND DANCE TRADITIONS OF ASIA

DATE:
Monday 30th March 2009
TIME: 8.00am-10.00am
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and any other TWO.
1.
Name and describe any SIX instruments used in Asian music traditions.









[30marks]

2.
Describe FIVE of the following in the context of music traditions of Asia.
a) Noh
b) Rag
c) Maqam d) Pien
Ch?ing

e) Huda
f) Lii g) Sangita h) yan

i)
?Ud
j)

Suling
[20marks]

3.
?The music of the Far East is indebted to the theorists and musicians of the
Chinese
Empire?
Discuss.
[20marks]

4.
Name and describe the TWO elements of Indian Music.
[20marks]

5.
According to the theory, the function of music was to imitate and sustain
the harmony between heaven and earth? (Hindley 1971). Discuss.








[20marks]
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