Elements of Music
What is an ostinato?
A short, repeated musical pattern.
What is one traditional instrument used in Indigenous Australian music?
Didgeridoo, clapsticks, gum lead, bullroarer
How much is a crotchet worth?
1 beat
What is the name of a traditional African membranophone drum played with hands?
Djembe
How many strings does a ukulele have?
4
What element is used to describe the quality of a sound?
Timbre
Name one Indigenous Australian musician.
Thelma Plum, Jess Mauboy, The Kid LAROI.
True or False: A minim lasts longer than a dotted crotchet.
True.
What are 2 instruments commonly used in traditional West African music?
Djembe, dunun drums, vocals, and shakers
Which chord shares the same second finger position as A minor?
F major
What texture type is used when there is one melodic line and no harmony?
Monophonic
What is the technique used when a leader sings a phrase, and a group responds?
Call and response.
What note is worth 4 beats?
Semibreve
What are two djembe hand techniques?
Tone, bass, slap, flam, hit.
How would you describe the sound of a major chord?
What is syncopation?
When emphasis is placed on the weak or off-beats in music.
What category of instruments are clapsticks?
Idiophone
What does the top note of a time signature tell us?
The number of beats in a bar.
What region is Kassa music originally from?
Guinea, West Africa
Name 4 parts of the ukulele.
Neck, frets, tuners, headstock, fretboard, body, soundhole.
What is the Italian word that means "gradually getting faster"?
Accelerando
What does a songline do?
It connects stories, places, and cultural knowledge across Country.
What does a dot do to a note?
It adds half of the original value to the note e.g. a 2 beat minim, becomes a 3 beats when it is a dotted minim.
What was the original purpose of the Kassa rhythm?
To accompany farming work and community gatherings.
What is a chord?
Two or more notes being palyed at once.