This government agency has been at the center of this debate because its primary purpose is to give a voice to all cultures as it "increases the public awareness of our cultural heritage."

In The Tides of Mananaun, Henry Cowell introduced ________, groups of randomly selected notes played with the flat of the hand or the arm.

A. quartal harmony B. quarter tones C. tone clusters D. music concrète

Discuss the differences between motivated sounds and environmental sounds. Could the same sound effect be a motivated sound in one context, and an environmental sound in another context? For instance, consider contexts that might make a gunshot, a door slamming, or a car crunching on gravel a motivated sound. Then discuss a context in which they might be environmental sounds.

What will be an ideal response?