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Music of the Middle East

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Muslim call to prayer is called __________.

a)

hajj

b)

masjid

c)

adhan

d)

dastgah

2.

The person who does the Muslim call to prayer is called a __________.

a)

adhan

b)

muezzin

c)

mihrab

d)

hajji

3.

The one who does the call to prayer needs to stand in one of the tall towers of a mosque called a __________,

a)

minaret

b)

masjid

c)

musiqa

d)

mosquette

4.

The call to prayer and Quran recitation are considered by the Muslims as __________.

a)

legitimate musiqa

b)

controversial musiqa

c)

illegitimate musiqa

d)

non-musiqa

5.

The musical texture of the call to prayer is a single melodic line or __________.

a)

monophonic

b)

homophonic

c)

polyphonic

d)

mixed texture

6.

If the smallest interval between pitches in Western music are semitones, the smallest interval between pitches in Middle Eastern music are __________.

a)

quasi-tones

b)

quarter tones

c)

monotones

d)

pure tones

7.

In Middle Eastern music, the set of pitches that they use to make melodies is called __________.

a)

dastgah

b)

masjid

c)

maqam

d)

takht

8.

The Persian musical system of pitches from which their melodies are based is called __________.

a)

dastgah

b)

masjid

c)

maqamat

d)

iqa

9.

The patterns of beats played by drummers in the Middle East is called __________.

a)

hajj

b)

dastgah

c)

iqa

d)

adhan

10.

The musical tradition of people in the Middle East is __________.

a)

written

b)

oral

c)

museum

d)

picturesque

11.

What is the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of this Middle Eastern musical instrument?

a)

Aerophone

b)

Chordophone

c)

Idiophone

d)

Membranophone

12.

What is the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of this Middle Eastern musical instrument?

a)

Aerophone

b)

Chordophone

c)

Idiophone

d)

Membranophone

13.

What is the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of this Middle Eastern musical instrument?

a)

Aerophone

b)

Chordophone

c)

Idiophone

d)

Membranophone

14.

What is the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of this Middle Eastern musical instrument?

a)

Aerophone

b)

Chordophone

c)

Idiophone

d)

Membranophone

15.

What is the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of this Middle Eastern musical instrument?

a)

Aerophone

b)

Chordophone

c)

Idiophone

d)

Membranophone