Instruments
Maps
Culture
Vocabulary
S. American & Island Instruments
100

This 2 stringed instrument was brought to China from Mongolia around the 7th c.

What is the Erhu?

100

The Aboriginal instrument made of eucalyptus trees.

What is the Didgeridoo?

100

This country's musicians study Ragas, which are rules, melodies, and themes that can be sung, or played on the Sitar.

What is India?

100

This music is passed down through generations.

What is Traditional Music?

100

This Brazilian friction drum features a stick in the middle.

What is the cuíca?

200

This is a single stringed instrument from Vietnam?

What is the Dan Bau?

200

This instrument features up to 21 strings, but the player only plays ~6.

What is a Sitar?

200

This happens before the lent season and the largest celebration takes place in Rio de Janeiro.

What is Carnival?

200

Examples of this music are Beethoven, hip-hop, or European-based classical music.

What is Western Music?

200

This instrument comes in many sizes and can be found in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile.

What is the siku?

300

Representing a dragon, this Japanese stringed instrument was played for the imperial courts.

What is the Koto?

300

This Russian instrument is played without being touched by the artist.

What is the Theremin?

300

This dance style started in Puerto Rico and became famous after it was brought to New York City.

What is the Salsa?

300

A person who studies foreign music.

What is an ethnomusicologist?

300

The Surdo, Tamborim, and Pandiero are all instruments that play this Carnival music style.

What is Samba?

400

This style of singing can be found in Central Asia, far northern North America, and South Africa.

What is (Tuvan) Throat Singing?

400

This metal instrument was invented after the French banned African music on Trinidad.

What is the Steelpan?

400

After their percussion and celebrations were outlawed, Afro-Trinidadians used these bamboo instruments that are often found today in grade-school music rooms.

What is Tamboo Bamboo?

400

Music that is from the original peoples, not brought in from outsiders.

What is Indigenous Music?

400

The Charango from Argentina was traditionally  made from this.

What is an Armadillo shell?

500

A triangular guitar-like instrument, can be very little, or huge.

What is the Balalaika?

500

This instrument may or may not be ancient, but we only have record of it from the 1970's on.

What is the Tibetan Singing Bowl?

500

These Indigenous Andean mountain people played pan flutes and do not play competitive games.

Who are the Aymara people?

500

An instrument that vibrates, such as the singing bowl.

What is an idiophone?

500

This percussion instrument originated in Puerto Rico, and a metal version can be found in the Dominican Republic.

What is the güiro?