Music Genre Quiz

Which musical genre originated as an expressive folksong in narrative verse with text typically about love?

• Maracatu

• Ballad

• Apala

• Afrobeat

Who is known as the 'Philippine Queen of Bossa Nova'?

• Michael Jackson

• Madonna

• Sitti Navarro

• Bob Marley

Which musical genre is dominated by bass guitar and drums, strongly influenced by traditional mento and calypso music?

• Reggae

• Blues

• Cumbia

• Samba

What is the name of the African drum shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands?

• Apala

• Maracatu

• Marabi

• Djembe

Which dance and music originated in Brazil, with three steps to every bar?

• Cumbia

• Reggae

• Samba

• Maracatu

What are percussion instruments that are either struck with a mallet or against one another called?

• Chordophones

• Idiophones

• Membranophones

• Lamellaphones

Which instrument produces sounds from the vibration of strings?

• Idiophones

• Chordophones

• Aerophones

• Membranophones

What is the South African three-chord township music of the 1930s-1960s that evolved into 'African Jazz' called?

• Reggae

• Afrobeat

• Samba

• Marabi

Who is known as 'The King of Pop'?

• Bob Marley

• Sitti Navarro

• Madonna

• Michael Jackson

What is the term used to describe the fusion of West African with black American music?

• Reggae

• Apala

• Afrobeat

• Maracatu