Get in the Rhythm
Sing me a Melody
Where in World?
It's Instrumental
Colors and Weaves
100
A fast Irish dance in 6/8.
What is a jig?
100
Double the frequency, double the fun!
What is an octave?
100
The shakuhachi and koto call this country home.
What is Japan?
100
This instrument has 4 courses of double strings and is featured in many world styles, from bluegrass to Italian music.
What is the mandolin?
100
This always features singing, speaking, dancing, and martial arts.
What is Chinese opera?
200
Originally based on African bell patterns, this rhythm is the organizing force in much Latin American music.
What is the clave?
200
These exist between the steps on the Western melodic ladder.
What are microtones?


(also quarter tones)

200
The birthplace of Salsa.
What is New York?
200
It sounds like a collection of gongs.  Oh wait, it is. 
What is a gamelan?
200
Audio daily double!


Name the texture.

What is heterophony?
300
The way time flows in Gamelan, Hinustandi, and Western African music.
What is circular?
300
In Arabic music, it is common to modulate from one of these to another.
What is a maqam?
300
Audio daily double!


Country of origin

What is Brazil?
300
This Chinese lute is a "P" short of British royalty relations.
What is a Pipa?
300
Head down = soft, head up = strong
What are meri and kari?
400
There is no tala in this opening section.
What is an alap?
400
sa re ga ma pa dha ni
What are the syllables of Northern Hindustani classical music? (or the syllables of a Raga?)
400
A country where Buddhist monks throat sing and play giant trumpets to bring peace to the world.
What is Tibet?
400
The classification for a traditional organ.
What is an aerophone?
400
This is a beautiful buzzy sound in Japanese.
What is Sawari?
500
The time keeper, Gamelan style.
What are the gongs? (also, what is the largest gong?)
500
The king and the minister of raga.
What are vadi and samvadi?
500
It's not Peking anymore, but it still has opera.
What is Beijing?


500
These two Germans created the instrument classification system now used in ethnomusicology.
Who are Hornbostel and Sachs?
500
The unique sound of the biwa comes in part from the player striking the strings with this large pick.
What is a plectrum?
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