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WorksheetsMusic Instruments of Africa & Latin American
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
It is composed of a wooden board with attached metal tines of graduated sizes. adding resonator like a calabash can increase its volume
Kora
Mbira
Musical bow
Zeze
It is a West African xylophone. It is a pitched percussion instrument with bars made from logs or bamboo
Agogo
Balafon
Charango
Djembe
It is made from bamboo tubes, but can also be made from condor feather, bone, and any materials. It is a split across two row pipes
Charango
Quena
Siku
Wooden Tarka
It is made from the horn of kudu antelope. It can release a mellow and warm sound that adds a unique African accent to music.
Panpipes
Reed pipes
Kudu Horn
Whistles
It consists of cane pipes of different lengths tied in a row. They are blown across the top, each producing a different note.
Kudu Horn
Pan pipes
Reed pipes
Whistles
Its size is like ukelele and is a smaller version of mandolin, imitating the early guitar and flute brought by the Spaniards. It can produce bright sounds and often used to serenade in Southern Peru.
Charango
Quena
Siku
Wooden Tarka
It is a type of gourd and shell megaphone from West Africa, consisting of a dried gourd with beads woven into a net covering the gourd.
Agogo
Balafon
Djembe
Shekere
Originated from the Arabic states, its shape is like a modern guitar and played in a similar technique. It has a resonating body, a neck, and one more string that stretch across the length of its body and neck.
Kora
Lute
Zither
Zeze
It is made of wood opened at the bottom and standing on the three legs cut from the base. Its top membrane of stretched animal skin is beaten by the hand or wooden mallet.
Huehueti
Rasp
Teponaztli
Whistles
It is a hand percussion instrument whose sound is produced by scraping a stick and has a series of indentations or notches with another stick, creating rattling effects.
Concha
Huehueti
Rasp
Whistles
