Indonesia & Africa

The tuning system in Javanese gamelan is known as………..

• laras

• tala

• bala

• lawas

Slendro (1-2-3-5-6) refers to a scale with notes………

• C-D-E-G-A

• C-D-E-F-G

• C-E-G-Bb-C              

• C-D-G-C-D'

Pelog (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) in Javanese gamelan.....

• E-F-G-Bb-B-C-D              

• C-D-E-F-GE-F#-G#-A-B-C#-D#

• E-F#-G-A-B-C-D             

• E-F-G-B-C-C#-D

The function of the gong in ghending is........

• signaled a conclusion of a cycle              

• plays the melody

• plays the bass            

• plays the “buka”

Melodies in African songs.

• repeatedly             

• chromatic

• microtonal       

• pentatonic

Musicians in Mende are also known as….

• jali             

• bali

• shaman     

• shaun

Ewe drum is a musical ensemble of……

• Ghana            

• Zimbabwe

• Pygmy     

• Mende

Mbira is a musical instrument categorized as.....

• lamellaphone            

• metallaphone

• idiophone    

• keyboard

The practice of fitting one’s pitches and beats into the spaces of other parts.

• interlocking            

• call and response

• improvising    

• ostinato

Ketawang is …….

• ghending with more than 32 beat            

• ghending with 16 beats

• membranophone  

• unmetered