World

Question 1

Indian Music

Answer 1

Sitar: plucked string instrument
Tabla: pair of drums, improvises solos and plays the raga
Raga: melody part, represents the mood, season or time of day
Tala: the rythmic pattern played by the tabla drums

Question 2

African singing

Answer 2

Capella
Strophic form
Verses and chorus repeated
Call and reponse

Question 3

Carribean music

Answer 3

Reggae:
English lyrics
Guitar is played off beat on beat 2 and 4
Keyboard uses piano/organ sound to play chords off the beat
Bass guitar plays a strong, steady bass line

Question 4

Steel band music

Answer 4

Features rolls- one note played repeatedly to give the effect of a long, held note
Syncopation
Calypso
Tremolo

Question 5

Latin American instruments

Answer 5

Percussion and flutes
Bongo drums
Congas
Calves
Shakers
Scrapers
Cowbells
Castanets
Panpipes
Variety of small drums played with sticks
Ostinato/riff
Improvisation

Question 6

Spanish and Portugese music

Answer 6

Harp
Fiddle
Plucked guitar

Question 7

African instruments

Answer 7

Balafon
Djembe
Gonkogui bell
Kora
Dondo drum
Bendir drum
Ramkie
Kalimba
Cross rhythms

Question 8

American Music

Answer 8

Jazz style
Percussion

Question 9

Homophonic

Answer 9

Having one line of melody played by all instruments at the same time

Question 10

Ostinato/riff

Answer 10

Short melodic phrase repeated persistently

Question 11

Cross rhythms

Answer 11

Rhythms with different patterns and time signatures played at the same time

Question 12

Congas

Answer 12

Tall drums played with hand

Question 13

Claves

Answer 13

2 rounded sticks hit together

Question 14

Latin American dance styles

Answer 14

Salsa
Rumba
Cha-cha
Merengue
Samba
Tango
Bossa nova

Question 15

Salsa

Answer 15

44
Repeated rhythm then repeated pattern of chords
Piano plays syncopated broken chords
Congas
Cowbells
Question answer

Question 16

Rumba

Answer 16

Slower than salsa
44
Syncopated rhythms

Question 17

Cha-cha

Answer 17

Dancers feet shuffling
24 or 44

Question 18

Merengue

Answer 18

24
Syncopated groups of 5 drum hits

Question 19

Samba

Answer 19

Energetic
24
Large dam (surdo) plays beat
Layers of repeated syncopated patterns on smaller drums
Shakers
Agogo bells

Question 20

Bossa nova

Answer 20

24
Samba and jazz
More emphasis on melody than the rhythmic percussion

Question 21

Tango

Answer 21

Dramatic
44
Syncopated Ostinato
Repeated accented notes
Short stacatto notes

Question 22

Castanets

Answer 22

Shells
Clicking
Rattling sound

Question 23

Bongo drums

Answer 23

Percussion
Played with palm and fingers

Question 24

Panpipes

Answer 24

Hollow
Played by blowing

Question 25

Tremolo

Answer 25

Wavering effect often produced by repeatedly playing 2 slightly notes very quickly