World Music
Two common instruments in Indian music
What are sitar and tabla?
An instrument, similar to the piano, which is featured in Baroque music.
What is the harpsichord?
When the same music is used for each verse in a song.
What is strophic?
A commonly used pattern where the notes of a chord are broken up.
Three traditional Scottish dances
What are march, reel, and waltz?
A style of music which features dances such as the samba and merengue.
What is Latin American music?
A texture where instruments play notes that fit harmonically, but are rhythmically different.
What is counterpoint?
The tempo slightly speeds up and slows down to allow for expression.
What is rubato?
What is binary?
Five traditional Scottish instruments
What are accordion, fiddle, bagpipes, clarsach, and bodhran?
A style of music which the djembe is a symbol of.
What is African music?
A texture where one instrument plays the melody and the other instruments play the same rhythms but different notes to accompany the melody.
What is homophony?
A change of key.
What is modulation?
The musical structure containing three sections.
What is ternary?
Common scale used in Scottish music
What is the pentatonic scale?
Accented notes that are played off the beat, commonly in Latin American music.
What is syncopation?
A theme in the bass that is repeated many times while the upper parts are varied.
What is ground bass?
A texture which consists of two or more independent melodic lines.
What is polyphony?
A piece written for full orchestra.
What is a symphony?
A note held on or repeated in the bass.
What is a drone?
A style which features missing beat emphasis.
What is Reggae music?
Decorating a melody by adding short notes.
What is an ornament?
A chord in which certain notes clash.
What is discord?
A piece written for soloist and orchestra.
What is a concerto?
A very short accented note before a long note.
What is a scotch snap?