MUSIC OF ISRAEL

Israel's music is a combination of Jewish and non-Jewish music traditions. They were influence by West Asian music like Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Saudi.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Mystic rituals is used in mosque, synagogue and church.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Examples of life passage events are weddings, bar, anniversaries and mitzvah or commandments.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Israeli singers have a distinctive vocal style. They sing with guttural and throaty enunciation.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Called religious music of Israel that is featured during Sabbath and other holy day. Hazan is the leader of prayer and Shofar is used to call to prayer and repentance.

• Devotional music

• Secular music

Called the non religious music of Israel where instruments and voice and dance are used. It is played during life passage event.

• Devotional music

• Secular music

A dance that often has strong off beats and asymmetric meters and defined as a Romanian and Israeli folk dance which is performed in a circles

• Hora

• Hara

An ancient Israelite musical instrument known as the Jewish harp or lyre

• Kinnor

• Psalterion

An ancient stringed instrument played by plucking the strings, smaller than kinnor and differs in number of strings

• Kinnor

• Psalterion

An ancient musical horn typically made of a ram's horn, used for Jewish religious purposes.

• Shofar

• Darbuk