Question
Answer the following about the philosopher al-Farabi’s musings in his magnum opus The Great Book of Music, for 10 points each.
[10h] al-Farabi’s treatise identified the ratio of 33:32 to correspond to the quarter-tone in this kind of tuning. Tuning systems of this kind assign musical intervals to ratios of whole numbers, such as 4:3 for fourths and 3:2 for fifths.
ANSWER: just intonation [or pure intonation]
[10m] The Great Book of Music also lists and discusses various maqams, which are Arabic analogs of these musical constructs. In ancient Greek musical theory, examples of these constructs include the Lydian and the Phrygian.
ANSWER: musical modes [or melodic modes; prompt on scales]
[10e] The book also includes an extensive description of the al-Tunboor al-Baghdadi, an instrument of this type. Other examples of these types of instruments include the lute and the zither.
ANSWER: stringed instruments [accept chordophones]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 80% | 0% |
Data
| Columbia A | Rutgers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NYU A | Swarthmore A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Swarthmore B | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| University of Delaware A | Penn | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Columbia B | University of Delaware B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |