Listening Quiz for Global Perspectives: African Ostinato Forms

1. This is an example of what kind of music?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   pygmy polyphony

   B.

   a West African minstrel song

   C.

   an azan

   D.

   Inca processional music

   This is an example of what kind of music?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Global Perspectives: African Ostinato Forms in Chapter 8.
2. What are the low-pitched strings playing in this excerpt?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   quick, cascading melodies

   B.

   a single reciting tone

   C.

   an ostinato pattern

   D.

   free melodic phrases

   What are the low-pitched strings playing in this excerpt?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Global Perspectives: African Ostinato Forms in Chapter 8.
3. This is an example of what kind of music?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   pygmy polyphony

   B.

   a West African minstrel song

   C.

   an azan

   D.

   Inca processional music

   This is an example of what kind of music?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Global Perspectives: African Ostinato Forms in Chapter 8.
4. What are you mainly hearing in this excerpt?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   alternating melodic phrases with no clear ostinato

   B.

   a straightforward setting of a text

   C.

   elaborate instrumentation

   D.

   a choral ostinato, with soloists breaking in above the chorus

   What are you mainly hearing in this excerpt?

   Correct.

   Incorrect.See Global Perspectives: African Ostinato Forms in Chapter 8.
5. What is used to mark the beat in this music?

   Listen

   Question

   A.

   the singers’ solo melodies

   B.

   hand claps

   C.

   a drum

   D.

   two sticks struck together

   What is used to mark the beat in this music?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Global Perspectives: African Ostinato Forms in Chapter 8.