Community of Music
The organization that uses its resources to support world music advocacy.
What is WOMAD
The relaxed settings where amateur musicians play Irish instrumental music
What is an Irish Session
The passing down of information from one generation to another by word of mouth
What is oral tradition
This Chinese instrument has four strings and is plucked with fingers like a guitar
What is the Pipa
To hit or strike
What is Gamelan
These two internet based applications have made the world music genre more accessible
What are YouTube and iTunes
This Irish instrument is made with a single tin pipe.
What is a Tin Whistle
Polyythmic drumming often features a feeling of tension from this.
What is 2 against 3
This Chinese instrument belongs in the Dulcimer family and groups its' strings together to make courses of 5.
What is the Yangqin
This Indonesian instrument is a double headed drum, and is responsible for keeping the pulse
What is a Kendhang
What are gifts
The most common Irish dances
What are Jigs and Reels
This type of rhythm helps the African musicians of a polyrhythmic drumming group to interlock all of their rhythms.
What is Reference Rhythm
This Chinese instrument has two strings and uses a bow. It is played vertically.
What is the Erhu
This Indonesian instrument is a set of pitched large gongs that are suspended from a wooden stand
What is a Kempul
This talent is most often shared to build community all over the world
What is music
An Irish instrument that is basically a violin, but made from lower quality of wood and bowed in a different manner
What is the fiddle
This African instrument consists of two small maracas attached by a string or rope
What is an Aslatua
This Chinese instrument is a bamboo flute carved from a single piece of bamboo.
What is the Dizi
This Indonesian instrument is a bronze metallophone responsible for the melody
What is a Saron
What is World Music
This Irish instrument is similar to a guitar, but has a wider body and flat back
What is a Bouzouki
This African drum can change pitch by squeezing the body of the drum with the elbow
What is a Talking Drum
What are amateurs
This Indonesian instrument is a collection of small gongs on a frame that embellishes the main melody