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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

The largest cave in the world is found in this country.

What is Vietnam?

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

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?

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

These islands can be found off the coast of Venezuela.

What are Trinidad & Tobago?

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 & Cuba 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

This country has more horses and sheep than people.

What is Mongolia?

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 are 2 animals that can kill you (that we talked about) from Australia.

What are the blue ringed octopus, the cassowary, or the stonefish?

500

A word for strange and unusual art or music, often the type of music the Theremin can be found playing.

What is avant-garde?

500

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

What is the güiro?