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Analysis Of Non-Western Music Question Paper

Analysis Of Non-Western Music

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 MUSIC
MAE 315: ANALYSIS OF NON-WESTERN MUSIC

DATE:
Friday 3rd April 2009

TIME: 2.00pm-4.00pm

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question ONE and any other TWO.
1.
Listen to the following FIVE musical excerpts. Each will be played THREE
times with an interval of 30 seconds between each play. For each music excerpt.

i)
Identify the region and community from which the music is sourced.

ii)
Give any TWO general characteristics of the music in the excerpt.

iii)
Name and explain any TWO occasions in the community when the music
is
performed.
iv)
Name and describe the role of any ONE musical instrument in the
performance.
[30marks]

2.
Discuss the influence of religion on music of any two of the Non-Western
communities.
[20marks]

3.
?Word arranged in regular metrical patterns are regarded by many Non-
Western communities as song? (Blacking 1967). Discuss. [20marks]

4.
Name and describe the TWO music regions of India.
[20marks]

5.
Name and describe the TWO basic scales of Indonesia.
[20marks]

6.
Compare and contrast the P?i~p?a and the Biwa of China and Japan

[20marks
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