Instruments
Terms to know
Religious and Ethnic Groups
Cultural Considerations
Musical Genres
100
Double-reed aerophone found in classical ensembles in Thailand.
What is a pi.
100
This word means passion when referring to flamenco music.
What is duende?
100
A religion associated with throat singing.
What is animism?
100
These two main cultures influenced the development of flamenco music.
What are the moors of North Africa and the Rom/Gypsies?
100
A Spanish musical tradition featuring vocals with guitar accompaniment.
What is flamenco?
200
A bamboo, free-reed mouth organ from Northeast Thailand and Laos.
What is a khaen?
200
The Islamic call to prayer.
What is the adhan?
200
The mystical branch of Islam.
What is Sufi or Sufism?
200
One of the original uses for this instrument was to signal the start of a battle.
What are the highland bagpipes?
200
A classical ensemble from Thailand characterized by the use of melodic and rhythmic percussion and a double-reed aerophone.
What is a Piphat Ensemble?
300
A chordophone that uses a crank to turn a wheel to vibrate the strings.
What is a hurdy gurdy?
300
The term for mode of composition for the Greek Byzantine monks.
What is echoi or echo?
300
Mainstream or majority branch of Islam.
What is Sunni?
300
This type of dancing might accompany a Takht music ensemble.
What is belly dancing?
300
Popular music theater form developed for Japan's middle class in the 17th and 18th centuries.
What is Kabuki?
400
A japanese zither.
What is a koto?
400
Persian mode or system of rules and expectations for composition and improvisation (like raga in Indian music).
What is dastgah?
400
A purpose served by a Balinese gamelan performance.
What is an offering to Hindi god(s)?
400
Thai musical example that could be performed for a wedding or party and might include jokes about love, politics, etc.
What is Lam Klawn?
400
The instruments that represent the silk and the bamboo in a Sizhu ensemble.
What are flutes (bamboo) and strings (silk)?
500
A fretless, pear-shaped lute found in Arabic music; one of the oldest instruments still used today.
What is an ud?
500
Arabic/Turkish mode or system of rules for composition and improvisation (like raga in Indian music).
What is maqam?
500
In Sufism the traditional black and white clothing represent this.
What is the earthly world (black) and the purity of god (white)?
500
A theory as to the origin of throat singing in Mongolia.
What is imitating the sounds of a newborn sheep or goat who had been rejected by its mother?
500
A chant style associated with the Greek Orthodox Church.
What is Byzantine Chant?
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