In the selection, a (the) consistent metrical structure is A. ...

[arivle123]

In the selection, a (the) consistent metrical structure is
 
  A. duple/quadruple.
  B. triple/compound.
  C. found only in the solo singers part.
   D. lacking throughout the example.

Question 2

Discuss and give an example of each of these general features of Native-American music: music that is straight from the emotions, vocables, time characteristics, and repetition.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[jgranad15]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D. lacking throughout the example.

Answer to Question 2

 music that is straight from the emotionspiercing falsetto, portamentos (pitch sliding at the end of phrases or swooping down over wide musical intervals)
 time characteristicsmusi c is commonly not in Euro-American meters and often accompanied by driving drums and/or rattles
 vocablessung syllables without any (lexical) meaning; for example, the Sioux Grass dance. (Many other examples of vocables in traditional Native-American music appear in the chapter and could also be mentioned.)
 repetitionvaried repetition of musical ideas (melodies, rhythmic patterns)is common throughout Native-American music; for example, the repeating four-note motive in the Zuni lullaby.

[arivle123]

TYSM

[kusterl]

Excellent