Music Features (World Music)

Question 1

Tango

Answer 1

Latin America, Argentina (Verse & chorus)

Question 2

Choro

Answer 2

Latin America, Brazil (rondo form)

Question 3

Slendro

Answer 3

Indonesian gamelan (scale)

Question 4

Shenai

Answer 4

India (wind / blown / ‘oboe type’)

Question 5

Kokyu

Answer 5

Bowed string

Question 6

No chordal harmony

Answer 6

Chinese / Japanese / Indonesian Gamelan /

Question 7

Biwa, Shamisen, Koto

Answer 7

Plucked string

Question 8

Tambura

Answer 8

India (plucked string, with drone)

Question 9

Ryuteki

Answer 9

Japan (wind / horizontally blown)

Question 10

Maqam

Answer 10

Arab (modes)

Question 11

Parallelism

Answer 11

Africa

Question 12

Sheng

Answer 12

Chinese (wind)

Question 13

Call and response

Answer 13

Arab / African / Latin America

Question 14

Shakuhachi

Answer 14

Japan (wind / end blown)

Question 15

Improvised

Answer 15

Indian / Arabic (Taqasim) / Latin American (Salsa & Choro)

Question 16

Tala

Answer 16

Indian (beats / rhythm)

Question 17

Alap - Jhor - Jhalla

Answer 17

Indian (music structure)

Question 18

Er-hu

Answer 18

Chinese (bowed string)

Question 19

Xiao

Answer 19

Chinese (wind / end blown)

Question 20

Tabla

Answer 20

India (percussion)

Question 21

Gagaku

Answer 21

Japanese (court music)

Question 22

Hichiriki

Answer 22

Japan (wind / end blown)

Question 23

Percussion break (paradinho)

Answer 23

Latin America

Question 24

Programmatic music (through composed)

Answer 24

Chinese / Japanese

Question 25

Iqa’at

Answer 25

Arab (rhythmic cycles)

Question 26

Bansuri

Answer 26

India (wind / blown / ‘flute type’)

Question 27

Through composed

Answer 27

Indonesia gamelan / Chinese / Japanese

Question 28

Raga

Answer 28

Indian (melody)

Question 29

No fixed pitch

Answer 29

Indian / Arab

Question 30

Syncopation

Answer 30

Africa / Latin America (may also exist in other styles)

Question 31

Sitar, Sarod

Answer 31

India (plucked string)

Question 32

Pelog

Answer 32

Indonesian gamelan (scale)

Question 33

No dissonances

Answer 33

Chinese

Question 34

Drone

Answer 34

Indian

Question 35

Pipa, Qin, Guzheng

Answer 35

Chinese (plucked string)

Question 36

Sarangi

Answer 36

India (bowed string)

Question 37

Ryo and Ritsu

Answer 37

Japanese (Lydian & Dorian modes)

Question 38

Salsa

Answer 38

Latin America (usually in major)

Question 39

Ornamentation

Answer 39

Chinese, Indian, Latin American (do listen out for it in other styles)

Question 40

Dizi

Answer 40

Chinese (‘flute type’ / wind / horizontally blown)

Question 41

Focus in melody (vocal / instrumental)

Answer 41

Chinese / Japanese /

Question 42

Suona

Answer 42

Chinese (wind / blown / ‘oboe type’)

Question 43

Percussion instruments for the emphasis on strong beats

Answer 43

Chinese / Japanese

Question 44

Oral tradition

Answer 44

Japanese / Indian / Chinese / Arab / African

Question 45

Raga (Melody)

Answer 45

Indian

Question 46

Modes / Scales

Answer 46

Japanese (Ryo / Ritsu), Arab (Maqam), Indonesia (Slendro / Pelog)

Question 47

Pentatonic

Answer 47

Chinese / Indonesian Gamelan / African

Question 48

Heterophonic

Answer 48

Chinese / Japanese / Arabic / Indonesia Gamelan

Question 49

Yun-lo

Answer 49

Chinese (percussion / drums)

Question 50

Polyrhythm

Answer 50

Africa

Question 51

Pitch bend (gamakas)

Answer 51

Mainly in Indian music (exist in all styles)

Question 52

Polyphonic drumming

Answer 52

Africa

Question 53

Quarter tones

Answer 53

Arab / Indian

Question 54

Jo - Ha - Kyu

Answer 54

Japanese (music structure)

Question 55

Santur

Answer 55

India (zither with mallets)