Instruments
This Chinese instrument has 2 strings and originated from Mongolia.
What is the erhu?
The flute-like instrument from Peru, Bolivia, or Chile that comes in many sizes.
What is a Siku?
Erhus can sound like this animal.
What is a horse?
This percussion instrument is from Puerto Rico.
What is a güiro?
This music is from the original peoples and not brought in by outsiders.
What is indigenous?
This Vietnamese instrument has only one string.
What is the Dan Bau?
This word means possum in Portuguese, but is also the name of their friction drum.
What is Cuica?
This movie industry is the 2nd largest in the world, right after Hollywood.
What is Bollywood?
The Surdo & Tamborim are used to play this Carnival music.
What is samba?
This music is passed down through generations.
What is Traditional?
Russians have this traditional triangular-shaped guitar.
What is the Balalaika?
This Indian instrument has up to 21 strings, but you really only play 6-7 of them.
What is the sitar?
The Aymara people who played the Siku lived in this mountain region.
What is the Andes Mountain Region?
This is the largest celebration around the Lent season in Rio de Janeiro.
What is Carnival?
This music is European based like Beethoven or hip hop.
What is Western?
This style of singing can be found in Central Asia, Northmost North America, and South Africa.
What is Tuvan Throat Singing?
When the Europeans kept outlawing their instruments and culture, the Afro-Trinidadians invented this instrument out of oil drums.
What is the steelpan?
The charango was traditionally made of this animal.
What is the armadillo?
This dance/music from Puerto Rico became famous after it was brought to New York.
What is Salsa?
This term is for someone who studies world or foreign music.
What is an ethnomusicologist?
The Koto from Japan represents this mythical animal.
What is a dragon?
This instrument was invented by a Russian spy and you do not touch it to make it play.
What is the Theremin?
This country has more sheep and horses than people.
What is Mongolia?
This style of dance and music is really popular and comes from the Dominican Republic.
What is Bachata? or What is Merengue?
These "phones" are instruments that vibrate to make noise like a singing bowl or steelpan.
What is an idiophone?