The Wonderful World of Instruments
This electrophone is played without any physical contact from the musician.
The theremin
Write the following 4 words as you hear them.
She READS the RED book I READ with my clarinet’s REED.
The bandurria is a key instrument in this Philippines musical ensemble with origins in Spain.
Rondalla
In our states class this year, we learned that Nashville, Tennessee is the capital of this type of music:
Country
Jazz
Blue
Hip Hop
1. Country
This spooky musical composition was written by which composer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG-Ml_EN-wU&t=1s
Beethoven
Bach
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
2. Bach
You probably want to wear gloves if you play a song on this brilliant invention.
The laser harp
Write the following 4 words as you hear them.
The BEAR with a BEARD is friends with the BIRD with a BEER.
In this class, we studied the Filipino art of hanada. Hanada is a type of traditional:
orchestra
serenade
marching band
poetry recital
serenade
In elementary school, many American students study this song to learn the recorder:
“Hot crossed buns”
“Cross hot buns”
“Criss cross apple sauce”
“Hot cross buns”
4. Hot cross buns
This wind instrument developed by the aboriginal peoples of Northern Australia produces a constant drone.
Didgeridoo (+50 for correct spelling)
Using your previous knowledge, pronounce these words as best you can like a native English speaker:
culture, temperature, schedule
/cul-chur/
/tem-per-a-chur/
/ske-jul/ or /she-jul/
Gamelan is a traditional musical ensemble:
with a few musicians and origins in the Philippines
with many musicians and origins in the Philippines
with a few players and origins in Indonesia
with many players and origins in Indonesia
4. with many players and origins in Indonesia
It is typical to see one of these musical ensembles at an American high school football game.
Marching band
The winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, JJ, says this very Filipino activity at family parties helped him learn to sing.
Karaoke
This bowed string instrument with origins in the middle ages has a wheel with a crank and keys.
The hurdy gurdy
Write down these four words as you hear them.
still steel/steal seeing sing
Name 3 differences between this Cheraw dance from India and the tinilking dance we learned in our class.
Number of dancers, clothes, orientation of the sticks, body movements, etc.
New Orleans is known as The Big _ _ _ _ because it was not as difficult for musicians to find work there.
The Big Easy
This is the name of a traditional Angolan musical bow instrument.
The berimbau
Write down these four words as you hear them.
THOUGH he is very THOROUGH, he forgot the ball she THREW THROUGH the window.
The name of our dance, the tinikling, comes from the Tagalog word “tikling”. What does “tikling” refer to and how did it inspire the dance?
The tikling is a type of bird from the Philippines. It inspired the dance because of how it jumps over sticks.
In many US states, including California, the official dance is this one from the days of the Old West. It has a geometric name.
Square dance