World Music - Final Exam

This is a long metal trumpet blown during Tibetan ritual.

These are all chordophones of India, EXCEPT...

Music plays a vital role in expressions of ethnic identity among many cultures.

What is Adhan?

Bob Marley is a superstar of what type of music?

This type of instrument requires air to make the sound.

Gagaku is ...

A dance and associated music originating in Argentina. It takes two to....

The Chinese Dizi is what kind of instrument?

These are two sticks used to make rhythms in Son music from Cuba.

"I want to come back as a dog" would be appropriate lyrics from what style of music?

Gamelan is never accompanied by dance.

Where is the Nyckelharpa from?

Mexico's folk music.

What is the specific area of Indonesia where Gamelan music is a popular style?

The average human voice has about a two octave....

The origin of this musical instrument is from Portugal, but became a favorite among Hawaiians.

The talking drum is from what area?

I will pass this exam...

The quality of a musical sound; nasal, dark, mellow, strained, etc.

You do this dance sitting down if you are hanging out in Kiribati.

A Brazilian dance with wailing whistles and shouting! Uses agogo bells.

This is the music culture of North India. It is primarily instrumental.

This is the Lao's most known instrument. It is a reed-free mouth organ with numerous pipes

These are instruments use a vibrating stretched membrane as the means of sound production.

The aboriginal spiritual belief system and concept of creation.

Piphat is a style of music from Vietnam.

Portion of the raga that coincides with where the drums enter.

Scholars of music in culture. Main field devoted to World Music.

This is the first portion of a Raga. The soloist “explores” it!

Which of these styles of music comes from the country of Laos?

The main Thai court ensemble. It requires 3 melodic instruments and 2 rhythmic instruments.

This is a Arabic music ensemble including zithers, bowed/plucked lutes, drums aerophones etc..

India’s term for the popular music commonly circulated through Indian films.

This instrument is native to Australia. It is an aerophone and can make sweet dubstep.

These started life as a 55 gallon oil drum and eventually became this musical instrument...

Javanese Gamelan must be built and tuned as a unit (Set).

A Gamelan ensemble typically has the most of this type of -phone?

This is the main instrument in jingju opera?

A single line of music performed either by a soloist, or by an ensemble in unison.

Sikuri Ensembles originate from....

Explored by Captain James Cook, this is the 50^th state in the United States of America.

Music is universal, but it is not necessarily a universal language.

Nhac Tai Tu comes from what country?

This is the set of islands where you can find Kiribati. It means "small islands".

The roots of Klezmer can be traced to this country.

Music from Southeast Asia is considered free rhythm and is difficult to find a steady pulse.

What area of the world would you find Polka?

This is the belief that all living things and natural phenomena have a spirit.

Where do the bagpipes originate from?

Taiko drums can come in any size.

The Italian mandolin is what kind of -phone?

A piece of music that has no regular pulse or pulsation...Hard to tap your foot to it.

What music can involve people dancing in a circle?

Which of these instruments is NOT used in Gagaku?

This is the mood or sentiment associated with artistic activity, like raga performance.

The group in this picture are most likely from which country?

Zulu solo singing called Mbube is from what area?

What is the name of "slit-drum" idiophone from Vietnam?

This is the music and dance tradition associated with the islands from the last question.

George Harrison studied with this famous sitar player.

This area of the world is known for polyrhythmic instrumental performance; usually drumming.

A straight bar of wood, bamboo, or metal on the neck of a lute instrument; moveable on a sitar!

This country was known as Persia before the 20th century.

How is a Santur traditionally played?

Japan has many genres of music that are extremely similar to ones in the U.S.

Every country in the world has adopted the European notation system.

What Islamic branch is not regionally accepted?

Which of these drums is from Japan?

Nhac Tai Tu is commonly described as?

The bodhran is a frame drum used in the folk music form this country.

Lam singers created a new face-paced, popularized, brightly lit genre called….

The word Fado from Portugal means "Fate"

Juju is popular music from what area?

Folk Music in Europe was NOT usually used for what function?

This is the assumption that one's own culture is considered normal, while others are "exotic".

This is the pair of drums used in most Indian music.

The first-hand study of music in its original context, a technique derived from anthropology.

Originating in and characteristic of a particular country; native.

The Kiribatian meetinghouse where communities would gather to sing the night before a battle.

This place is often called the "Emerald Isle."

Iran is located in the Middle West.

The film "Dr. Zhivago" (1965) used which Russian stringed instrument shaped like a triangle?

The overall pattern or structure of a piece of music as it unfolds over time.

This is the perspective of a cultural insider.

Where is this instrument from?

Pakistan’s most prominent music in the eyes of the rest of the world; Sufi devotional songs.

What is a Dribu?

What is Raqs Sharqi?

The Persian Santur is a...

A tone’s specific frequency level, measured in Hertz (Hz).

A technique used to maintain a continuous exhaled airflow in aerophone performance.

This type of music from China uses nasal singing, face paint, and beautiful outfits.

This country is considered to be in both Europe and Asia.

A pair of cup shaped cymbals from Thailand.

This is a Carnatic classical vocal devotional piece from South India.

Where does Flamenco originate from?

This is a free-reed mouth organ from Japan. 17 pipes are used to create tone clusters.

A set of pitches used in particular performances. Do, Re, Mi….

The Opera "Aida" was written by what Italian composer?

This style of music uses many idiophones made of metal. You hit them with hammers and mallets.

What is the main branch of Islam?