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WorksheetsMUSIC OF ISRAEL
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
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.
TRUE
FALSE
Mystic rituals is used in mosque, synagogue and church.
TRUE
FALSE
Examples of life passage events are weddings, bar, anniversaries and mitzvah or commandments.
TRUE
FALSE
Israeli singers have a distinctive vocal style. They sing with guttural and throaty enunciation.
TRUE
FALSE
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.
Devotional music
Secular music
Called the non religious music of Israel where instruments and voice and dance are used. It is played during life passage event.
Devotional music
Secular music
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
Hora
Hara
An ancient Israelite musical instrument known as the Jewish harp or lyre
Kinnor
Psalterion
An ancient stringed instrument played by plucking the strings, smaller than kinnor and differs in number of strings
Kinnor
Psalterion
An ancient musical horn typically made of a ram's horn, used for Jewish religious purposes.
Shofar
Darbuk
Also known as goblet drum is an hour-glass-shaped drum or goblet-shaped drum popular throughout the Middle East.
Shofar
Darbuk
It means a big hand frame drum.
Toft or Bendir
Oud
A short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped stringed instrument with 11 or 13 strings
Toft or Bendir
Oud
A folk song of Israel about its country's historical background
Zum Gali Gali
Hymn to Shiva
