Indonesia
What is the name of the biggest gong in gamelan music? (It is said to contain all the sounds of the universe.)
the Gong Ageng
In "Makala," associated with the BaAka people, what "instrument" echoes back the sounds of the people, making it a 'participant' in the music?
The forest!
What is the Arabic word for high-pitch trilling, such as that heard at weddings?
What is the term for the Islam Call to Prayer?
Azan
Name the two scales used in gamelan music.
Slendro & Pelog
Which style of music features a bell, a lot of drums, singing, and dancing?
Agbekor
What is the Arabic word for improvisation?
Taqasim
What are the two instruments common in Ghana which are mimicked/referenced in Wiyaala's Africa?
Gyil
Seprewa
What is the name of the shadow puppetry associated with gamelan music?
wayang kulit
Name the two drums of Dagbamba talking drums.
Lunsi & gung-gong
What is the name of the4 song associated with gender complementarity and knife dancing?
Batal al Bab
What is the term for gradually acquiring musical knowledge simply by living in a community and being exposed to it regularly (especially during childhood)?
Enculturation
What is Indonesia's motto?
Unity in Diversity
(or, Many Yet One)
Name the two most common instruments of the Shona people.
The Mbira and the Deze (rattling resonator)
also accepted: hand clapping (mawka), singing, gourd rattles (hosho)
Name the six instruments of The Takht's "Al-Shaghal."
'Ud, Buzuq, Violin, Nay, Qanun, Riqq/Daff/Duff
What is the programmatic 'story' behind Horses by Rahim Alhaj?
the need to feel FREE (in the midst of cultural genocide)