Traditional or folk music
What is traditional or folk music?
it's the music that comes from a particular region or culture
What kind of songs help babies sleep and usually have a repetitive structure?
Lullabies / music for relaxing.
Which family of instruments is fundamental in traditional music?
Percussion instruments.
What Spanish art form includes music and dance and developed from Andalusian tradition?
Flamenco
Which cultures left their mark on the Iberian Peninsula and influenced Spanish folk music?
Celts, Iberians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Visigoths and Arabs.
How is folk music passed on from generation to generation?
Orally
What type of songs make hard physical work easier?
Work songs
What are the two wooden shells joined by a string and hit against each other called?
Castanets
What are the three fundamental elements of flamenco?
Toque, cante and baile.
What are songs performed in groups while walking through the streets called?
Ronda
Why did many rural musical traditions start to disappear at the beginning of the 20th century?
Because of industrialisation and the migration of rural communities to cities.
What type of traditional music was used in the past to inform people and tell stories?
Music for storytelling.
Which wind instrument has a leather bag and a double reed?
Bagpipe
where is the sardana from?
Cataluña
What traditional Spanish ensemble is made up of university students who sing and play string and percussion instruments in the streets?
Tuna
Why are there many versions of the same folk melody?
Because folk music was passed on orally and changed many times over the years.
What type of music was believed to have magical properties and could change the forces of nature?
Music for rituals
Which small instrument from the Canary Islands has five strings and is of Arabic origin?
The timple
where is the Muñeira from?
Galicia
What 19th-century musical movement used typical features from traditional music?
Nationalism
Who preserves folk music and keeps it alive, even if they are not professional musicians?
Members of the community / folk music performers.
What two musical characteristics does music for dancing usually have?
A clear structure and rhythm.
Which string instrument has a wheel that rubs the strings and a keyboard to press the strings?
The hurdy-gurdy
What are flamenco palos distinguished by?
By musical features such as rhythm or meter, character, verse structure, geographical origin and whether or not they include guitar accompaniment.
What is the tuna made up of?
University students who sing and play different string and percussion instruments in the streets.