Week 1
This kind of band performs during Cinco de Mayo.
What is mariachi?
This music is primarily from Trinidad & Tobago.
What is Calypso?
This instrument from India, played by Ravi Shankar, has 26 strings.
What is the sitar?
This is a flutelike wind instrument used in Turkey.
What is the ney?
World Music is also known as...
What is Global Music?
Germans celebrate Oktoberfest in this month.
What is September?
Calypso lyrics often speak out against this.
What is political corruption?
Rhythmic patterns from this country are usually longer than those in Western music.
What is India?
This word means "made up on the spot."
What is improvised?
This is the traditional instrumental ensemble of Indonesia.
What is the Gamelan?
This dance may have originated in Switzerland.
What is the Chicken Dance?
This instrument was invented during WWII.
What are steel drums?
These are usually longer in Indian music than in Western music.
What are rhythm patterns?
These additional notes decorate a basic melody.
What are ornaments?
Bands have achieved great success...
What is countries with similar cultures and language to their own?
This refers to traditions and customs of a specific group of people that are passed on from generation to generation.
What is culture?
The goal of “Afirika” is to inspire people to think on a deeper level about these 3 things.
What is poverty, freedom, and family?
This is a characteristic of traditional Gambian music.
What is rhythmic variety?
This occurs when layers of melody or sound are heard.
What is Stratification?
These people are professional musicians that record history by composing songs.
This is the study of social and cultural aspects of music in local and global contexts.
What is Ethnomusicology?
This was the late 1920's to early 1930's.
What is Calypso's Golden Era?
This is a contemporary characteristic of the College Life Insurance headquarters buildings.
What is glass?
These 5 instruments are used in a Nagauta ensemble.
What is the o-tsuzumi, ko-tsuzumi, taiko, shamisen, and bue?
2 part question:
This artist is an acquaintance of Claude Debussy. The artistic style has the same name as the musical style.
Who is Claude Monet and what is impressionism?