World Music Flashcards
What country’s music is known for:
sitar
tabla (percussion)
vocals
warbling sound
pitch bending &
semitones?
India
What area’s music is known for:
santour
chant
vocal
setar and
accompaniment for popular music?
Middle East
What country’s music is known for:
qin (table strings)
hammer dulcimer
traverse flute
lute
sliding on strings (portamento) and
pentatonic scale?
China
What country’s music is known for:
koto (long strings)
lute
flue
percussion
vocal harmonies
pentatonic scale
performance music (puppet shows & plays) and
dissonance?
Japan
What country’s music is known for:
Gamelan music
Gambang (metal xylophones)
vertical flute
vocal
drums
faster tempo and
rhythmic?
Indonesia
What area is known for:
thumb piano
rattle
kora (guitar)
clapping
chanting
drums
use of call & response
ostinato
hocket and
vocables (nonsense vocals)?
Sub-Saharan Africa
What area’s music is known for:
dance music
drums
flutes
violin
accordian
harp
guitars and
vocal duets or quartets?
Latin America
What area’s music is known for:
Bahamian music
rake n scrape
rumba
accordian
vocals
drums
steel drums
congas
upbeat
rhythmic &
dancelike?
Caribbean
What area of music is known for:
singing
chanting
drums
call & response
performed for hunts meetings, wars and other occasions?
Native American
What country’s music includes:
singing
monophonic
vocables
decending terraced patterns
improvisational?
Native American
Kan Ha Diskan
call and response of Britain
Klesmer music
Jewish bands usually comprised of 3-4 players
tejano
strong ties to Mexico;
heavy German & Czech influence;
polka, waltz & accordian fused with mariachi
