Music and World Cultures Listening Quiz Migration
A traditional African American spiritual featuring twangy, expressive vocals and simple guitar accompaniment. Collected as a field recording, it reflects the lived experiences and resilience of Black communities in the Deep South. Originates from the United States, North America.
twangy spiritual
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (field recording)
voices, guitar
African American Spiritual
Deep South, USA
North America
Key Terms
twangy spiritual
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (field recording)
voices, guitar
African American Spiritual
Deep South, USA
North Americ...
Concert spiritual
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (concert arrangement)
African American Spiritual
Deep South, USA
North America
plucked string scale opening
A Thousand Miles From Home
ca hue
voice, trong, dan nguyet, dan tranh, dan nhi, ken, dan bau, percussion,
Vietnamese diaspora
electric guitar like sound, one instrument
Ru
ru
dan bau
Vietnamese diaspora
North America
Ho
Ai Di Tren Dam Duong Truong
Who is Walking on the Endless Road
song cycle (adapted from ho)
voices, orchestra
Vietnamese Di...
Many vocables with instrumental backup and intro
Ai Vo Xu Hue Thi Vo
Come to Hue, Come
song cycle (adapted from Ru)
Vocals, orchestra
Vietnamese Diaspora
North Ameri...
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
twangy spiritual | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (field recording) voices, guitar African American Spiritual Deep South, USA North America |
Concert spiritual | Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (concert arrangement) |
plucked string scale opening | A Thousand Miles From Home ca hue voice, trong, dan nguyet, dan tranh, dan nhi, ken, dan bau, percussion, Vietnamese diaspora North America |
electric guitar like sound, one instrument | Ru ru dan bau Vietnamese diaspora North America |
Ho | Ai Di Tren Dam Duong Truong Who is Walking on the Endless Road song cycle (adapted from ho) voices, orchestra Vietnamese Diaspora North America |
Many vocables with instrumental backup and intro | Ai Vo Xu Hue Thi Vo Come to Hue, Come song cycle (adapted from Ru) Vocals, orchestra Vietnamese Diaspora North America |
Many vocables, starts right away | Ai Vo Xu Hue Thi Vo Come to Hue, Come song cycle (adapted from Ru) vocals, piano Vietnamese Diaspora North America |
Spoken verse like | Ng Bak Loi Gimsaan muyu voice Chinese Diaspora North America |
middle eastern strings instrumental sound | Wakef'ala shat baher standing on the shore mawwal voices, 'ud, qanun, violins, riqq, wood blocks arab diaspora north america |
Dink, donk | Zimbige song voices, Kalimba, njari Zimbabwe Africa |
fuzzy, kalimba, voice | Ilanga Lacona song voices, Kalimba, mirliton Zimbabwe Africa |
slow drum beat and trilling | Shoshone Flag Song flag song voices, drum Shoshone Nation North America |
Eighth note drum beat and trilling | Flag Song for Desert Storm flag song voices, drum Shoshone Nation North America |
trilling right away, jingling | War Dance Song No. 9 war dance voices, drum, bells Shoshone Nation North America |
Guitar, hispanic | Gregorio Cortez corrido voices, guitar Mexico/America North America |
drum roll start | When The Saints Go Marching In jazz/spiritual snare drum, trombone, bass drum, saxophones, sousaphone, trumpets, tambourines, voices New Orleans North America |
christmas tree | Mifalot Elohim The Works of God pizmon voice Syrian Jewish diaspora North America |
male vocable beginning twangy joined by chorus | Attah El Kabbir You, God, Are Mighty pizmon voices, 'ud Syria Asia |
middle eastern drum beats, high pitched solo, strings | The Wheat Song film music voices, tiran, riqq, qanun, violin, cello, bass, piano, piccolo Egypt Africa |
guitar like beginning, establishes meter pretty early on, male vocals | Ramach Evarai "Let My Whole Being Testify" voices, 'ud. darabukkah Syrian Jewish diaspora North America |
sacred harp, When I cross the stream of death, for Jesus Christ, this I know, home prepared for me, some sweet day, happy throne, going home, sounds kind of like Jesus saves, pilgrim on my way | Liberty Baptist Church sacred harp singing sacred harp voices Henager, Alabama north America |
sacred harp Hallelujah is vocal | Hallelujah + Amazing Grace sacred harp voices Fyffe, Alabama North Alabama |