Music Around The World

Question 1

The Blues originates from...

Accepted Answer

African slaves in America

Question 2

How many bars are in the Blues cycle?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 3

There are ____ instrumental families in African music

Accepted Answer

4

Question 4

The capital of China is

Accepted Answer

Beijing

Question 5

What is improvisation?

Accepted Answer

Making it up as you go along

Question 6

The leader of an African percussion group is called the

Accepted Answer

Master Drummer

Question 7

Traditional Scottish songs originate from

Accepted Answer

Storytelling

Question 8

Texture means

Accepted Answer

Layers of sound

Question 9

Complete the Blues pattern: C C C C F F C C _ _ _ _

Accepted Answer

GFCG

Question 10

Traditional Chinese music has ostinato, improvised melody and a .....

Accepted Answer

Drone

Question 11

The process of music changing over time is called Musical....

Accepted Answer

Evolution

Question 12

An ostinato is

Accepted Answer

A short repeated musical pattern

Question 13

Traditional African instruments are made out of....

Accepted Answer

Whatever could be found

Question 14

Many layers of sounds played at the same time is...

Accepted Answer

Polyphonic Texture

Question 15

Scottish and Chinese music use the ________ scale

Accepted Answer

Pentatonic

Question 16

The beats in traditional Scottish Music tend to be group in 3. This is called

Accepted Answer

Compound Time

Question 17

A short quick note in Scottish Music is called a...

Accepted Answer

Scotch Snap

Question 18

An African drum is a ...

Accepted Answer

Membranophone

Question 19

Combining the conventions of many different musical styles is called...

Accepted Answer

Fusion

Question 20

How many notes are in the pentatonic scale?

Accepted Answer

5

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