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MUSIC OF ISRAEL

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

Mystic rituals is used in mosque, synagogue and church.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

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.

a)

Devotional music

b)

Secular music

6.

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

a)

Devotional music

b)

Secular music

7.

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

a)

Hora

b)

Hara

8.

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

a)

Kinnor

b)

Psalterion

9.

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

a)

Kinnor

b)

Psalterion

10.

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

a)

Shofar

b)

Darbuk

11.

Also known as goblet drum is an hour-glass-shaped drum or goblet-shaped drum popular throughout the Middle East.

a)

Shofar

b)

Darbuk

12.

It means a big hand frame drum.

a)

Toft or Bendir

b)

Oud

13.

A short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped stringed instrument with 11 or 13 strings

a)

Toft or Bendir

b)

Oud

14.

A folk song of Israel about its country's historical background

a)

Zum Gali Gali

b)

Hymn to Shiva