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MICHAELBAKAN
WORLD MUSIC: TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS

QUIZ QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY

Chapter Nine
1. Which of the following are true of Northern Ireland?
b. Protestant majority; part of the United Kingdom
2. The main impetus for the Irish diaspora was
c. the Irish potato famine
3. Which of the following spurred the Irish music revival of the 1960s?
d. all of the above
4.Sean nsare
a. songs sung in Irish Gaelic
5. Rolls, crans, trebles and cuts are
d. ornaments
6. The most common context for traditional Irish dance tune and medley performances today is
b. the Irish music session
7. At Irish rural social gatherings prior to 1920,
a. dance tunes were almost always played to accompany dancing
8. Which of the following is NOT an aerophone commonly used in Irish music
b. hornpipe
9. The most common form for Irish instrumental dance tunes is
b. AABB
10. Common features of dierent Celtic music traditions include
d. all of the above
11. On the uilleann pipes, the main melody is played on the
c. chanter

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12. Which of the following is NOT a rhythm commonly used in Irish dance tunes?
c. sean ns
13. On the uilleann pipes, the regulators are used to
d. play chords
14. One of the most important early figures in the preservation, cultivation, and dissemination of Irish
traditional music was
a. Seamus Ennis
15. Which of the following influenced the development of a pan-Irish approach to Irish traditional
music?
d. B and C, but not A
16.Fleadhsare
a. competitions
17. As a result of the Irish music revival of the 1960s, traditional music
a. was increasingly performed by professional touring groups
18. Abodhrnis
a. a type of drum
19. Which of the following Irish music groups emerged from the pioneering ensemble Ceoltir
Cualann in the 1960s and continues to be a guiding force in the tradition and transformation of Irish
music still today?
b. The Chieains
20. Which of the following is characteristic of the post-1970s, modern ensemble style of Irish music?
d. all of the above
21. The music of the group Altan can be distinguished from the more traditional music of Seamus
Ennis because Altans music
b. is more controlled and planned out
22. The music of Eileen Ivers represents
b. a broad and eclectic range of musical styles
23. Sean Riadas contributions to the transformation and modernization of Irish music did NOT
include
d. the re-introduction of the fiddle into Irish music

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