World Music

Question 1

Indian instruments

Answer 1

Sitar, tabla, tanpura - drone

Question 2

Features of the Sitar

Answer 2

• stringed instrument
• played by plunking
• 6 or 7 main strings, 12+ total

Question 3

Features of the Tabla

Answer 3

• pair of small drums
• keeps time and improvises solos

Question 4

Features of the Tanpura

Answer 4

• 4 stringed, played by plunking
• low notes played continuously

Question 5

Features of African music

Answer 5

• voices and drums
• call and response
• accented beats
• cross rhythms
• ostinato
• dancing

Question 6

Reggae Music

Answer 6

• started in Jamacia, late 60s
• guitar plays off beats (2+4)
• piano plays chords on beat
• drums emphasis beats 2+4
• bass plays strong steady line

Question 7

Steel Band

Answer 7

• Trinidad and Tobago
• oil drums moulded to notes
• played using rubber-ended beaters
• features rolls
• syncopation
• played solo or part of band

Question 8

Influence of other countries on Latin Music

Answer 8

• US
  - jazz
• Indigenous music
  - percussion and flutes - pan pipes
• Spanish/Portuguese
  - dancing
  - harp, guitar, fiddle
• African
  - call and response
  - cross rhythms
  - ostinatos
  - percussion