U.S., Canada, and Latin America
Europe and Russia
Africa, Southwest and Central Asia
South and East Asia
Southeast Asia, Austrialia, and Oceania
100
A kind of music influenced by work songs, field hollers, country dances, and spirituals?
What is blues music?
100
Russian music notation that choral music is written
What is shape-note?
100
This instrument has 30 strings and are played with a pick or the fingers.
What is the zither?
100
A plucked string instrument made popular by Ravi Shankar.
What is the sitar?
100
Instruments made of bronze and are used for ceremonies and social celebrations.
What are gongs?
200
Native American events that have helped keep ancient traditions alive.
What are powwows?
200
Music from Spain that expresses pain and the melodies and dances come across with passion and emotion.
What is flamenco?
200
This instrument is also known as a thumb piano.
What is a mbira?
200
One or more notes that constantly play in the background.
What is a drone?
200
A wooden trumpet made from the branch of a eucalyptus tree that has been hollowed out by termites.
What is a didgeridoo?
300
A small mandolin made from an armadillo shell.
What is a charango?
300
Type of Russian music used at weddings and funerals.
What are laments?
300
An instrument that has 10 strings, a pear-shaped body, a bent neck and is played with a feather quill or a plectrum.
What is the oud?
300
A large group of musicians performing on cylindrical or barrel-shaped drums.
What is a taiko?
300
A Hindu tale of a young prince who must rescue his beautiful wife from a demon king who kidnapped her.
What is Ramayana?
400
People of Central Mexico who used wooden drums, flutes, and other percussion instruments.
What are the Aztecs?
400
Middle Eastern music that flourished throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
What is Gregorian Chant?
400
The layering and interlocking of two or more rhythms at the same time.
What is polyrhythm?
400
The fundamental tunes in Chinese art music that correspond to the 12-note scale of Western music.
What is the lu?
400
A large gathering of people from Papua New Guinea who compete and perform music.
What is Singsing?
500
Vowel sounds with no real meaning
What are "vocables"?
500
One of the earliest instruments to emerge from Europe.
What is the bagpipe?
500
This group passes down their talents through the generations and record historical events in songs.
Who are the griots?
500
This historical event occurred between the years of 1966 - 1978.
What is the Cultural Revolution?
500
This New Zealand chant is the most important form of music.
What is haka?
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