Cuba
Instruments
West Africa
Indonesia
Misc. Facts
100

Type of music that primarily uses string instruments, trumpet, percussion and voice.

What is Son?

100

A string instrument that went through a metamorphosis before arriving in Cuba.

What is the laúd?

100

This is the technique when an African leader plays/sings a short solo followed by the group answering.

What is call & response?

100

The two tuning systems in Gamelan music.

What are pelog and slendro?

100

Number of trips to Cuba Jeff has made.

What is 5?

200

The capital of the island and a major port city.

What is Havana?

200

This instrument is used in Gamelan orchestra and is played like a xylophone.

What is the génder?

200

One of the most important instruments that has both a primary and secondary version.

What is the bell?

200

The repeated nature of gamelan music can be classified like this.

What is a cycle?

200

Year that GFS was founded.

What is 1845?

300

The word to describe the joining together of West African and Spanish cultural elements.

What is a melting pot?

300

This is the pair of sticks that are often played together in Cuban music - the rhythm also has the same name.

What are claves?

300

Benin, Togo, and this country all contain members of the Ewe people.

Where is Mali?

300

Instrument found in many cultures that keeps steady time in Indonesian Gamelan music.

What is the kendang or drum?

300

Title of the song by Camila Cabello that is quite famous right now and loosely related to our course.

What is Havana?

400

The style of music from Cuba that is easy to dance to and the lyrics are usually comical.

What is Cha-Cha-Chá?

400

This is a gourd that you tap and scrape.

What is a güiro?

400

This double bell is common to the music of Ghana and Togo. It is played with a stick and held out in front of the body facing the floor.

What is Gankogui?

400

The most prominent religion in Indonesia.

What is Muslim?

400

Teacher who teaches a Russian language class in the Upper School.

Who is Andrew?

500

Famous Cuban band consisting of both older and younger Cuban musicians - some of which were forgotten for many years

Who are the Buena Vista Social Club?

500

This is the master drum in Ewe culture.

What is a sogo?

500

When multiple rhythms are played at the same time over top of each other.

What is polyrhthm?

500

The reason why one instrument can't play with another Gamelan orchestra?

What is tuning?

500

Jeff's current age.

What is 30?