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Section 7.1

A Ewe festival orchestra includes
A) chordophones, aerophones, and membranophones
B) gongs and drums
C) drums, percussion, singers, and dancers
D) strings, winds, brass, and percussion


The axstse in the percussion section of Ewe ensembles is/are
A) a gourd covered with beads B) a drum C) bells D) woodblocks


Reich's 1993 work, The Cave, requires
A) audience interaction B) eighteen musicians and five video screens C) two days to perform D) drums, percussion, singers, and dancers


The leader of the drum section in an Ewe ensemble is called the
A) lead drummer B) master drummer C) leader D) conductor drummer


Philip Glass's Company was composed for
A) gamelan B) sitar and tabla C) string orchestra D) prepared piano

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1) A Ewe festival orchestra includes C) drums, percussion, singers, and dancers. Ewe people are an African ethnic group whose self developed culture is mainly based on  drumming.Keep in mind that drumming is a part of Ewe musical culture, and the most important one is cross-rhythm drumming. 

2) The axatse in the percussion section of Ewe ensembles is A) a gourd covered with beads. Axatse is the main part of traditional Ewe drumming.  Itis a rattle-like instrument which was made out of a hollowed-out gourd that covered with a net of seeds. Ewe people usually play this instrument sitting down.

3) Reich's 1993 work, The Cave, requires B) eighteen musicians and five video screens. Steve Reich created melodies and images which were generated by computer, and such approach to the job called for  eighteen musicians and five video screens that projected the images. Also the opera contains pre recorded interviews and both sample and live music.

4) The leader of the drum section in an Ewe ensemble is called the B) master drummer. As you know, Ewe people belong to West African tribes. Remember that in West African drumming ensembles, the drum which leads the group is usually called master drum. The master conducts when to play or to stop playing in ensemble.

5) Philip Glass's Company was composed for C) string orchestra. This composition is commonly known as String Quartet No. 2. It is a string quartet that was meant to be a piece of instrumental music for novella. String Quartet No. 2 consists of four movements.

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