Music 8_Q3

Which of the following is NOT a plucked stringed instrument?

• Ektar

• Gopichand

• Sarangi

• Rubab

What made India known to be the largest country in South Asia.

• Their songs are purely spiritual in nature.

• Indian music is only vocal and instrumental.

• Where people are focusing more on their music.

• Their music is as vast as its geographic location and as large as its demographic population

The following are significant musical instruments of Israel EXCEPT _______.

• Jewish Lyre

• Psalterion (Harp)

• Shofar

• Shankh

Which of the following is a metric cycle with a specific number of beats that recur in the same pattern?

• Tala

• Mridangam

• Tabla

• Theka

Which musical instrument in Israel is similar to the Philippine bandurria and the laud that traces its origin to the Middle East Oud and Indian sitar?

• Jewish Lyre

• Lute

• Psalterion

• Shofar

In North India, which of the following music goes back to Vedic period at around 1000BC?

• Arabic Music

• Carnatic Music

• Hindustani Music

• Punjabi Music

Which of the following is a style in vocal music of India which moves in several different notes in a single syllable of text?

• Melismatic

• Rig Veda

• Samagana

• Samaveda

Which of the following vocal styles in Pakistan is considered as a vibrant musical tradition that is known for 700 years?

• Dholak

• Ghazal

• Qawwali

• Rubab

What music in South India is more thoroughly oriented to the voice and was also called “temple music”?

• Arabic Music

• Hindustan Music

• Carnatic Music

• Punjabi Music

Which country in Central Asia is known for its unique vocal styles known as Ghazal and Qawwali?

• India

• Israel

• Pakistan

• Philippines