WorksheetsOCR Rhythms of the World Samba
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Samba comes from which South American country?
Argentina
Ecuador
Brazil
Chile
Samba is heavily influenced by the rhythms of which continent?
North American
Australasian
European
African
Samba heavily features which family of instruments?
Percussion
Strings
Woodwind
Brass
TRUE OR FALSE?
Call and response involves one performer playing a rhythm and all other performers repeating it back to them.
TRUE
FALSE
The (a) is the largest samba drum, and provides the basic rhythmic pulse.
What is the name given to the instrument which leads the samba band?
Caixa
Repinique
Tamborim
Agogo
TRUE OR FALSE?
The Agogo can produce two different pitches.
TRUE
FALSE
The shaker-like instrument which plays a constant pattern underneath the main beat is called a (a) .
A samba band is called a?
Samba bateria
Samba salsicha
Samba chiero
Samba neymaro
List as many features of samba music as you can within the one minute time limit.
