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The country where the sitar, tanpura, shehnai, and mridangam are commonly used to play traditional music.
What is India?
100
The continent that includes Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Perú.
What is South America?
100
This type of Jewish-European music comes from the Hebrew word that means "vessels of song" or "containers of song".
What is Klezmer music?
100
The North African country that is separated from Spain by 8 miles of water and is culturally diverse with Arabic, European, and Berber peoples.
What is Morocco?
100
This period of music (1750-1820) is characterized by simpler, clearer forms and catchy, "hummable" melodies.
What is the Classical period?
200
The country where gongs and the gender are commonly used to play traditional music.
What is Indonesia?
200
This Andean instrument has 5 pairs of strings and is made from either wood or the shell of an armadillo.
What is El Charango?
200
The country between Ukraine and Hungary where a lot of Klezmer music comes from.
What is Romania?
200
The majority religion of Morocco that heavily influences art, architecture, and music in that country.
What is Islam?
200
This composer was born in Rohrau, Austria and wrote the “Surprise" Symphony.
Who is Franz Joseph Haydn?
300
This three-stringed instrument originates from Japan and is similar to a guitar or a banjo (it is also in the movie "Kubo").
What is the shamisen?
300
This instrument is influenced by the African percussion and gives the steady pulse when played with the violin, guitar and singer.
What is El Bombo?
300
The four-stringed bowed instrument that is commonly used to play Klezmer music.
What is the violin?
300
A short-neck guitar-like, pear-shaped 13-stringed instrument that is often used to play music in Morocco
What is an oud?
300
This composer was born in Salzburg, Austria and wrote the opera “The Magic Flute”.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
400
The names of the Indonesian islands where Gamelan music comes from.
What are "Bali" and "Java"?
400
This traditional folk music, born in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, is played in 6/8 or 3/4, which gives a strong dancing feel.
What is Chacarera?
400
A highly improvised lament in Klezmer music.
What is a "doina"?
400
A bowed string instrument held upright on one's lap that is commonly used to make music in Morocco.
What is a kamencha?
400
Both Haydn and Mozart wrote a lot of music for this type of ensemble that is made up of 2 violins, 1 viola, and 1 cello.
What is a string quartet?
500
A pattern of notes (scales) used as a basis for improvisation in Indian music.
What is a raga?
500
The title of an Argentinian Tango that means "by a head".
What is "Por una Cabeza"?
500
The Romanian-style circle dance in a hobbling 3, commonly played at Jewish weddings.
What is a Hora?
500
The ethnic group of people indigenous to Morocco (similar to the Native Americans in the U.S.).
Who are the Berbers?
500
Written by Mozart, the title of this piece means "A Little Night Music" in German.
What is "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"?