There are four classifications of musical instruments, they are:

a) String, Woodwind, Brass and Percussion, b) Membranophones, Idiophone, Aerophones and Chordophones

Important Features of African Music include ....

c) Rhythm, especially polyrhythm and traditional instruments

d) Two or more notes sung to a word or syllable

a) Instruments that have a skin

Harmony is best described as ?

d) Two or more notes sung or played at the same time

Traditional Music of Japanese is usually performed by ..... ?

c) Small ensembles of instruments and voices

b) Instruments whose bodies vibrate when they are struck.

Kakumeika is a Japanese song in Strophic form. Strophic Form .... ?

b) Uses the same melody for each verse

c) A membranophone, a) Double headed drums with an hourglass shaped body

Basic to all traditional music of Indonesia is the Gamelan. A Gamelan is .... ?

a) An Orchestra consisting mainly of Idiophones

The Dreamtime, in Aboriginal culture was ..... ?

b) Aboriginal spiritual beliefs and existence

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Year 9 Music of a Culture Pre-Topic Quiz

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A quiz that tests prior knowledge of World Music Adapted from https://create.quiz.it/profiles/cde90922-4d44-4d60-958d-3d077c98ef75

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There are four classifications of musical instruments, they are:
a) String, Woodwind, Brass and Percussion
c) Chordata, Annelida, Nematoda and Mollusca
d) Thallophyta, Bryophyta, Angiosperms, Pteridophyta
b) Membranophones, Idiophone, Aerophones and Chordophones
2
Important Features of African Music include ....
b) Music with frequently changing tempos
a) A vocal style that involves a soloist singing one idea
c) Rhythm, especially polyrhythm and traditional instruments
d) The predominance of Aerophones in the music
3
A Melisma is .... ?
b) A vocal technique used in the 1950s
c) Several notes sung by two or more instruments
a) An old fashioned vocal technique
d) Two or more notes sung to a word or syllable
4
Membranophones are?
d) Stringed Instruments.
a) Instruments that have a skin
c) Instruments that are blown.
b) Instruments whose bodies vibrate when they are struck.
5
A Kalimba is known as a ... ?
d) Mbira
b) Thumb Piano
c) All the other responses
a) African tongued instrument with a resonating soundbox
6
The Time Signature Compound Duple is also known as ..... ?
c) 4 / 4
b) 6 / 12
d) 3 / 4
a) 6 / 8
7
Harmony is best described as ?
c) Two or more rhythms being played simultaneously
a) Music based on the Pentatonic scale
d) Two or more notes sung or played at the same time
b) Chant-like singing styles
8
In Aboriginal Music, Clapsticks are ... ?
a) A small Aerophone.
c) Small sticks used to eat Chinese food.
b) A long piece of wood used to create a Drone.
d) Two pieces of wood or bone.
9
Traditional Music of Japanese is usually performed by ..... ?
d) Groups of singers who present music for worship
c) Small ensembles of instruments and voices
a) Pentatonic specialist musicians
b) Solo Shansin and Koto players
10
Idiophones are ?
b) Instruments whose bodies vibrate when they are struck.
a) Drums made from hollowed out objects, with a skin.
d) Stringed Instruments.
c) Instruments that are blown.
11
Kakumeika is a Japanese song in Strophic form. Strophic Form .... ?
d) Is varying and contrasting
a) Where the melody changes repeatedly
b) Uses the same melody for each verse
c) Uses a Verse and Chorus structure
12
A Jig is a lively Irish Dance. It is in ..............
b) Compound Time - 6/8
a) 2 / 4 time
c) Simple Time - 4/4
d) A slow tempo
13
Chordophones are ?
a) Drums made from hollowed out objects, with a skin.
b) is able to play melodies and accompaniments on it
c) Instruments that are blown.
d) Stringed Instruments.
14
Dun Duns are ?
c) A membranophone
b) Traditional African Aerophones
a) Double headed drums with an hourglass shaped body
d) Primative keyboard instruments
15
Basic to all traditional music of Indonesia is the Gamelan. A Gamelan is .... ?
b) A group of Strings and Woodwind instruments
c) Another name for a cross-over Rock Band
d) An elaborate group of Chordophones and Aerophones
a) An Orchestra consisting mainly of Idiophones
16
The Dreamtime, in Aboriginal culture was ..... ?
d) All of the other responses.
a) The time when didjeridu became very popular.
c) People came from Arnhem Land.
b) Aboriginal spiritual beliefs and existence
17
A Pentatonic Scale is based on .......... notes ?
d) 5
a) 7
b) 8
c) 6
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Aerophones are ?
a) Drums made from hollowed out objects, with a skin.
b) Instruments whose bodies vibrate when they are struck.
d) Stringed Instruments
c) Instruments that are blown.

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