What do you hear in the music that marks this selection as a work song? (See also Transcription 4-9 Worlds of Music pp. 193) What is the function of this particular work song?
What will be an ideal response?
• The sound of axes chopping—occurs on the fourth beat of each measure
• To regulate the axe blows of many workers chopping down a tree together
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Improvised singing on nonsense syllables that usually imitates the playing of an instrument is known as ____
A) fill B) onomatopoeia C) scat D) growling
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Who was the most vigorous proponent of chance music?
a. Edgard Varèse b. John Cage c. Pierre Boulez d. Elliott Carter
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