Asia
A singing style that uses harmonics to sound two notes at once
What is Tuvan Throat Singing?
This song became the sole National Anthem after a three year period in which there were two national anthems.
National Anthem of South Africa
This instrument is played in traditional Arabic music across several countries.
What is the oud?
This instrument is one commonly used in Peruvian folk music.
What are panpipes?
This loud instrument was originally used in battle, and is now used for outdoor events such as funerals and University of Dubuque graduation ceremonies.
What are bagpipes?
This modern, electronic dance song is influenced by a traditional music genre from East Asia.
What is gamelan?
This ancient form of Christian liturgical music, also known as zema, has been preserved in the style of St. Yared since the 6th century.
What is Ethiopian Orthodox chant?
These sounds contain pitches in-between the notes on a Western piano.
What are microtones?
These four instruments are commonly used in mariachi.
What are guitar, guitarrón, trumpet, and violin? (vihuela is also commonly used)
This is what distinguishes a fiddle from a violin.
What is playing folk music? Or..."you can spill beer on a fiddle."
This Vietnamese instrument is a monochord
What is the dan bau?
The Ghanaian atumpan drum is useful for this reason, not just for musical entertainment.
What is communicating messages in the local tonal language (Twi)?
This music begins with slow, mournful hymns until the snare drum marks a shift into more upbeat, celebratory songs.
What is the New Orleans jazz funeral?
Eastern European and Russian folk orchestras often contain a large, triangular string instrument.
What is a balalaika?
This interlocking technique creates a faster melody and more complex rhythm than could be played by one individual.
What is kotekan?
Jamaican reggae was inspired by a spiritual movement originating in this African country (name the movement AND the country).
Rastafarianism in Ethiopia
This type of Syrian Jewish song is a contrafacta, a type of song that sets popular melodies to sacred Hebrew text.
What is the pizmon?
The African American spiritual influenced these genres of American music. (Name at least 4)
gospel, blues, jazz, rock and roll, hip hop
This Portuguese music genre is characterized by soulful vocals and melancholy lyrics.
What is the fado?
Adi Tala is one of the most commonly used talas in Carnatic music. This is what it refers to (give a definition and location of where it originates).
What is an 8-beat rhythmic structure from South Indian classical music?
This technique is used in cultures all around the world, including in this video
What is hocketing?
Arabic music is structured using dozens of these melodic modes as a basis for improvisation.
What is a maqam (what are maqamat)?
The tall chordophones pictured to your right are associated with the capoeira tradition.
What is the berimbau?
This music emerged during this country's Revival Period as a way to enhance a sense of national identity and pride.
What is Bulgarian folk singing?