L2
讲座
1. What is the main purpose of the lecture?
To compare and contrast sounds made by different types of drums
To review a topic that students will write about for an upcoming assignment
To trace the history of drum development in North America and Africa
To continue a discussion of the various sections of an orchestra
2. What opinion does the professor express when he talks about percussion in an orchestra?
Percussion instruments make an orchestra more visually interesting to the audience
The percussion section is justifiably the smallest section of an orchestra.
The history of drums is more significant than the position of percussion players suggests
Not all orchestras need more than one percussionist.
3. What does the professor point out about the first drums?
They were likely used in religious ceremonies
They did not have a tightly stretched membrane.
They were widely used by hunter-gatherers before 6000 B.C.E.
They were believed to protect important leaders.
4. What does the professor say about Native American shamans and drums?
The shamans played drums made by medicin e men and medicine women
The shamans played drums to prepare themselves for healing sessions.
The shamans encouraged patients to join them in playing drums.
The shamans combined different kinds of drums into drum kit.
5. What is the professor explaining when he mentions that drum sounds can travel over several kilometers?
Why drums are positioned at the rear of an orchestra
Why African tribes varied the membranes they used in making drums
Why drums are traditionally used in military exercises
Why the drum was an effective communication device
6. What do the speakers imply when they discuss jazz music in the 1920s?
Jazz drummers made important improvements to drum kits.
Jazz drummers tended to improvise more than other jazz musicians did
Some jazz performances featured drummers who played alone
Jazz combined musical styles that were developed outside the United States.
