Music Lit Unit 4: World Music

Match the following:

• Idiophones

• Sound is primarily generated by vibrating air (either through blowing or buzzing air into the instrument).

• Membranophones

• Sound is created through electric means, such as synthesizers

• Chordophones

• Something like animal skins or synthetic materials that are stretched over the base of the drum vibrate creating sound.

• Aerophones

• Instruments generate sound through the vibration of a string, whether it is plucked, bowed, or struck.

• Electrophones

• The instrument’s body itself vibrates to create sound by being either struck, shaken or scraped.

Match the following:

• Electrophones

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• Aerophones

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• Chordophones

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• Idiophones

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• Membranophones

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Match the following styles of music with their country of origin

• Polka

• Ireland

• Flamenco

• Hungary

• Opera

• Czech Republic

• Celtic

• Spain

• Romani Folk Music

• Italy

Match the instrument to the correct picture

• Accordion

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• Bodhrán

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• Castanets

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• Cimbalom

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• Cajón

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Match the following

• slight, rapid variation in pitch/OPERA

• Oboe

• handclaps/ FLAMENCO

• Palmas

• originated in Scottish music

• Gaelic

• double-reed instrument from France

• Bagpipes

• often used in Celtic music

• Vibrato

Match the following

• Balafon/similar to a xylophone

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• Djembe/ hand drum

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• Goud shaker/ Shekere

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• African Talking Drum/ Dundun

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Match the following

• Mbira

• Music from east Africa that features instruments/music that blends African and Arab music

• Taarab

• Vibrant, energetic music from Democratic Republic of Congo featuring electric guitar.

• Yoruba

• Music from Zimbabwe and other parts from southern Africa that features the thumb piano

• Griot

• Music from Nigeria. Features talking drums.

• Soukous

• Story teller, musician and oral historian from West Africa

Match the following

• Yoruba

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• Griot

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• Gnawa

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• Taarab

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• Mbira

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Match the following:

• Ancient Sumerians

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• Ancient Greece

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• Ancient Rome

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• Ancient China

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• Ancient Egypt

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Match the following

• Turkic Music

• Nomadic music featuring the dombra, komuz, and darbuka playing epic songs about heroes or myths

• Russian Folk Music

• Featuring metallophones , rebab, suling flute, gong and drums used in religious ceremonies

• Gamelan

• Hindustani and Carnatic based on ragas and talas featuring instruments like sitar and tabla.

• Classical Indian Music

• Features instruments like the balalaika, domra and accordion with long narrative stories about heroes

• Maqam

• Music from the middle east that has been around fro 1,000 years featuring the oud and qanun