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100
The most important family of instruments in Africa.
What is percussion?
100
This is a key feature of all Latin American music.
What is rhythmic vitality?
100
The hawaiian word for "chant".
What is mele?
100
A repeated rhythmic or melodic idea.
What is ostinato?
100
A musical form with only two differing sections.
What is binary?
200
A Japanese stringed instrument that is plucked.
What is a koto?
200

This forced migration of people caused the spread of African music and culture.

What is slavery?

200

Melody that is made up on the spot.

What is improvisation?

200
A style of singing that involves echoing or alternating phrases between a leader and a chorus.
What is call and response?
200
An example of a Latin dance.
What is merengue / beguine / rumba / mambo / cha cha?
300
The instruments in a Mariachi band.
What are guitars, trumpets, violins, marimba and percussion?
300

These three cultures influenced the music in Latin America.

What is American Indian, Spanish and African?

300

African music often uses this scale.

What is pentatonic?

300
The distance between two notes.
What is an interval?
300
A style of music incorporating African and European elements which was developed in Jamaica.
What is reggae?
400
This is a typical Andean wind instrument using a variety of pipes.
What are panpipes?
400

Using music to transmit cultural values and stories.

What is oral tradition?

400

Mexican music often employs melodies which are harmonized by this interval.

What is a third?

400
Different rhythms played at the same time.
What is polyrhythm?
400
Music from this country does not follow a formal structure.
What is Japan?
500
An African thumb piano.
What is a kalimba / sansa / mbira?
500

The music of this country is often descriptive and based on nature. 

What is Japan?

500

This country is known for its falsetto singing style.

What is Hawaii?

500
Accenting a beat or part of a beat that is not normally accented.
What is syncopation?
500

A romantic, ballad-type song, popular in Mexico.

What is corrido?