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Year 11 Non Western Consolidation

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the important family instrument for African Music?

a)

String

b)

Woodwind

c)

Percussion

d)

Brass

2.
What sort of drum is this?
a)
Dun Dun
b)
Djembe
c)
Drum
d)
Drum kit
3.

What is this instrument called?

a)

Djembe

b)

Shekere

c)

Bass Drum

d)

Talking Drum

4.
What would you play on this instrument?
a)
The beat with sticks
b)
The beat with your hands
c)
Rhythms with your hands. 
d)
Rhythms with sticks
5.
What is this instrument called?
a)
Shekere
b)
Shakira
c)
Shaker
d)
Djembe
6.
What is a beat?
a)
The stick you hit the drum with
b)
The constant pulse of the music
c)
A pattern of long and short notes
d)
Silence
7.
What is a rhythm?
a)
The constant pulse of the music
b)
Silence
c)
A pattern of long and short notes
d)
A stick you hit the drum with
8.

What does call and response mean?

a)

A leader plays something and nobody does anything

b)

A group plays something and the leader repeats it

c)

A leader plays something and the group repeat it

d)

A pattern you play on the go

9.
What does improvisation mean?
a)
Writing the music down first
b)
Making it up as you go along
c)
A beat
d)
Layering rhythms over a beat
10.

Name this Instrument.

a)

Kora

b)

Mbira

c)

Shekere

d)

Dun Dun

11.

What is the main reason why some music is called as "Non" Western music?

a)

It came from Asia

b)

It was made before 19th century

c)

It came from outside of Europe

d)

It is a traditional music

12.

Japanese music uses the same scales (Major and minor) that are common in American/European music

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is the Japanese instrument that is similar to a harp in sound, but uses moveable bridges and picks that are worn on the fingers to play?

a)

Shamisen

b)

Taiko

c)

Japanese guitar

d)

Koto

14.

What is the name of the giant Japanese performance drums?

a)

Tao Drums

b)

Taiko

c)

Tappety Tums

d)

Daichi

15.

What instrument is played in a similar way to a guitar but uses a fan-like instrument to tap on the front of the instrument for rhythm as the fingers play the strings?

a)

Koto

b)

Taiko

c)

Shamisen

d)

Shodo

16.

What is this instrument called?

a)

Koto

b)

Shakuhachi

c)

Taiko

d)

Shamisen

17.

What instrument is this?

a)

Taiko

b)

Shakuhachi

c)

Koto

d)

Rhyuteki

18.

What is this instrument?

a)

Noh

b)

Taiko

c)

Koto

d)

Geisha

19.

What is this intrument?

a)

Noh

b)

Taiko

c)

Shakuhachi

d)

Shamisen

20.

What type of traditional Japanese music is performance music?

a)

Shomyo

b)

Gagaku

c)

Buddhism

d)

Dadaiko

21.

What continent is Japan a part of?

a)

Asia

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

South America

22.

Name this instrument.

a)

Tabla

b)

Mridanga

c)

Khartal

d)

Pungi

23.

What type of scale is often used in Indian music?

a)

Raga Scale

b)

Major Scale

c)

Minor Scale

d)

Blues Scale

24.

Name this Indian instrument and which part in the ensemble does it play?

a)

Tabla

b)

Madrigam

c)

Sitar

d)

Drone

e)

Melody

25.

The Tanpura is an instrument from India and is used to create a drone sound

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Name this drone Indian instrument.

a)

Sitar

b)

Tambura

c)

Riq

d)

Ukulele

27.

Identify this instrument.

a)

pipa

b)

erhu

c)

veena

d)

tabla

28.
a)

Pipa

b)

Dizi

c)

Xiao

d)

Huqin

29.

What type of scale is often used in Chinese music?

a)

Raga Scale

b)

Pentatonic Scale

c)

Major Scale

d)

Minor Scale

30.

Name this Chinese instrument.

a)

Koto

b)

Erhu

c)

Guzheng

d)

Pipa

31.

Name this Chinese string instrument.

a)

Ukulele

b)

Sitar

c)

Pipa

d)

Erhu

32.

Name this wind Chinese instrument.

a)

Sheng

b)

Erhu

c)

Pipa

d)

Dizi

33.

Name this Arab music instrument.

a)

Sitar

b)

Ukulele

c)

Guitar

d)

Oud

34.

Name this Arab music instrument.

a)

Rebab

b)

Oud

c)

Qanun

d)

Riq

35.

Name this Arab string instrument.

a)

Rebab

b)

Qanun

c)

Oud

d)

Riq

36.

What does Piano mean?

a)

loud

b)

soft

37.

All musical aspects relating to the relative loudness (or quietness) of music fall under the general element of (a)  

38.
How many beats are in each measure when the time signature is 3/4?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
6
d)
42
39.

Rewrite these dynamics signs in order from quietest to the loudest:


Piano - Fortissimo - Mezzoforte - Pianissimo - Forte - Mezzopiano

4 lines
40.

What type of scales do you use in Arab music?

a)

Pentatonic

b)

12 tone scale

c)

Maqam

d)

Sargam

41.

WHAT SYMBOL IS THIS?

a)

BASS CLEF

b)

TREBLE CLEF

c)

STAFF

d)

TIME SIGNATURE

42.

What does crescendo mean?

a)

to gradually get louder

b)

to gradually get softer

43.

What does mezzo forte mean?

a)

moderately loud

b)

very loud

44.

What does forte mean?

a)

loud then soft

b)

loud

45.

Which element of music uses the terms smooth and detached?

a)

Articulation

b)

Duration

c)

Timbre

d)

Tonality

46.
________ is the speed of a song.
a)
Timbre
b)
Pitch
c)
Dynamics
d)
Tempo
47.
How man beats are there in a measure with a 4/4 time signature?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
900
48.
How many beats does this rest get?
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
49.

Which element of music refers to the sound quality of an instrument or voice?

a)

Texture

b)

Articulation

c)

Timbre

d)

Tempo

50.
What is this an image of?
a)
Note
b)
Staff
c)
Measure
d)
Barline
51.

WHAT SYMBOL ARE THESE?

a)

BASS CLEF

b)

TREBLE CLEF

c)

STAFF

d)

TIME SIGNATURE

52.

Which element of music uses the terms loud and soft?

a)

Timbre

b)

Duration

c)

Pitch

d)

Dynamics

53.

Which element of music uses the term high and low?

a)

Pitch

b)

Texture

c)

Dynamics

d)

Duration

54.

Which element in music uses the terms thick and thin?

a)

Dynamics

b)

Tempo

c)

Texture

d)

Tonality

55.

What two words can be used to describe tonality?

a)

Happy or sad

b)

Loud or soft

c)

High or low

d)

Long or short

56.

Define timbre.

a)

The volume of music

b)

The sound quality of a voice or instrument

c)

How many people are playing different parts

d)

Major or minor

57.

If your tonic(1st note) is C, your dominant (fifth note) will be?

a)

G

b)

A

c)

B

d)

E

58.

If your tonic (1st note) is D, your dominant (5th note) is?

a)

F

b)

C

c)

A

d)

G

59.

What is the enharmonic of A#?

a)

Bb

b)

C

c)

Gb

d)

B

60.

What is the enharmonic of Gb?

a)

E

b)

D#

c)

F#

d)

A