WorksheetsOCR Rhythms of the World: Samba
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Samba is a dance and music genre from which region of the world?
North America
South America
Africa
Eastern Mediterranean
Batucada is a substyle of samba which focuses on what type of instruments?
brass instruments
percussion instruments
stringed instruments
wind instruments
The name of a samba batucada ensemble is a what?
bateria
bacteria
banana
batucada
2/4 and 4/4 are examples of what?
polyrhythm
syncopation
metre
call and response
Which metre is used in traditional samba batucada?
2/4
3/4
4/4
8/8
Samba batucada performances are often performed at which type of special event?
weddings
birthday parties
carnivals
funerals
Samba batucada is inspired by which TWO musical traditions?
American military marching bands
African drumming
Calypso music from Trinidad and Tobago
Israeli Sephardic songs
Which type of drum is usually played by the leader of a samba batucada performance?
repinique
surdo
caxia
tamborim
The samba batucada music tradition originates from which of the following countries?
Brazil
Greece
Israel
India
Which of the following keywords best describes the music heard in this excerpt?
polyrhythm
unison
call and response
imitation
Which of the following keywords best describes the music heard in this excerpt?
polyrhythm
unison
call and response
imitation
Which of the following keywords best describes the music heard in this excerpt?
polyrhythm
unison
call and response
imitation
Which of the following keywords best describes the music heard in this excerpt?
polyrhythm
unison
call and response
imitation
Which of the following keywords best describes this rhythm?
polyrhythmic
syncopated
straight
swung
What is the name of the rhythmic cycle heard in this excerpt?
chaal
maqsum
tintal
son clave
The rhythms provided by the surdo de primeria (first surdo) and the surdo de segunda (second surdo) are used to reflect which of the following sounds?
a beating heart
a pair of marching feet
a trio of screaming monkeys
a string quartet
Other than the two surdo drums, which other traditional percussion instrument has been used in this excerpt?
a caxia
a tamborim
an agogo
a cuica
A repeating a rhythmic (or melodic) motif played continuously through a piece of music (or a section of music) is known as a what?
a cross-rhythm
a hemiola
an ostinato
an annoyance
Which of the following traditional percussion instruments are being used in this excerpt?
rocars
agogos
ganzas
tamborims
Which of the following keywords best describes the tempo heard in this excerpt?
accelerando
presto
rallentando
rubato
