Scottish and World music

What is the name of the common song form in which every verse has different words but the same melody?

• Strophic

• Ternary

• Theme and variations

• Binary

What word is given to a singing texture where one syllable of text is set to one note?

• Melismatic

• Syllabic

• Strophic

• Homophonic

What word is given to a singing texture where one syllable of text is set to multiple notes?

• Melismatic

• Syllabic

• Strophic

• Polyphonic

Listen to the music excerpt and choose one answer to describe what you hear.

• African

• Latin American

• Indian

• Steel Band

Answer explanation

A group consisting of multiple drummers and other un-pitched percussion instruments, playing different rhythms at the same time (cross-rhythms).

Listen to the music excerpt and choose one answer to describe what you hear.

• Steel Drum

• Latin American

• Indian

• Sitar

Answer explanation

A metallic tuned percussion instrument played with two beaters. The instrumentalist will often play 'rolls' by repeatedly and rapidly striking the same note. May be part of a band, and often plays the tune. A group consisting of many steel drums is called a Steel Band.

Listen to the music excerpt and choose two answers to describe what you hear.

• Tabla

• Latin American

• Indian

• Steel Band

• African

Answer explanation

Of Indian origin, two different sized drums struck with the hands and fingers producing a huge variety of different tones. May be played solo but often in groups with instruments such as the Sitar.

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• African

• Latin American

• Indian

• Reggae

Answer explanation

Choral singing in a continental African language. The main feature is call-and-response along with harmony singing with simple melodies.

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• Sitar

• Tabla

• Steel Band

• Pan Pipes

Answer explanation

Indian fretted string instrument played by plucking. The instrumentalist will often perform pitch-bends by bending the string with the fretting finger, causing the pitch to change a small amount.

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• Bothy Ballad

• Waulking Song

• Scots Ballad

• Gaelic Psalm

Answer explanation

Call-and-response singing of religious text in Gaelic language. Choir sings in unison.

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• Bothy Ballad

• Waulking Song

• Scots Ballad

• Pibroch

Answer explanation

Solo male, unaccompanied singing in Scots or English. Song normally about pastoral (farming) life.