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World Instruments - Australia and India

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Australian instrument made from living parts of the Eucalyptus tree?

a)

Gum Leaf

b)

Bullroarer

c)

Clap Sticks

d)

Didgeridoo

2.

Which instrument is a straight, wooden trumpet made of a termite-eaten Eucalyptus tree?

a)

Gum Leaf

b)

Didgeridoo

c)

Bullroarer

d)

Clap Sticks

3.

Which instrument is used not just for music but for communication?

a)

Gum Leaf

b)

Didgeridoo

c)

Bullroarer

d)

Clap Sticks

4.

Which instrument is made of two pieces of high-density wood that often accompanies the didgeridoo?

a)

Gum Leaf

b)

Didgeridoo

c)

Bullroarer

d)

Clap Sticks

5.

What are the names of the two styles of Classical Indian Music?

a)

Carnatic

b)

Khanjira

c)

Hinduship

d)

Hindustani

6.

What is the name for the 7 notes of the Raga?

a)

Swaras

b)

Sarods

c)

Sarons

d)

Sarangis

7.

What is the name of the Indian scales or melodic frameworks?

a)

Swara

b)

Raga

c)

Taala

d)

Sarod

8.

What is the name given to rhythmic patterns often taught by word-of-mouth?

a)

Swara

b)

Raga

c)

Taala

d)

Sarod

9.

What is the name of the native people on Australia?

a)

Native American

b)

Aboriginal

c)

Abornorial

d)

Alaskan

10.

This 4-stringed drone instrument is responsible for creating the foundation of the Raga:

a)

Tampura

b)

Sarangi

c)

Sitar

d)

Veena

11.

This box-shaped piano uses two bellows to produce sound with air blowing over metal reeds:

a)

Harmonium

b)

Sarangi

c)

Tabla

d)

Veena

12.

This oval-shaped percussion instrument has a high and low-pitched drum head:

a)

Tabla

b)

Venu

c)

Mridangam

d)

Khanjira

13.

A member of the tambourine family, this lizard-skinned percussion instrument is hydrated and dehydrated for flexibility of pitch:

a)

Khanjira

b)

Mridangam

c)

Tabla

d)

Veena

14.

A pair of two drums of different sizes, this pair of Hindustani percussion instruments often accompanies melodic instruments:

a)

Mridangam

b)

Ghatam

c)

Khanjira

d)

Tabla

15.

A clay pot played with the hands:

a)

Khanjira

b)

Tabla

c)

Mridangam

d)

Ghatam

16.

A bowed lute instrument with 3 playable strings and 35 sympathetic strings:

a)

Veena

b)

Sitar

c)

Sarangi

d)

Tampura

17.

A Hindustani plucked lute instrument with moveable frets:

a)

Veena

b)

Sitar

c)

Sarangi

d)

Tampura

18.

A Carnatic plucked lute instrument with fixed frets played while resting on the lap:

a)

Veena

b)

Sitar

c)

Sarangi

d)

Tampura

19.

What are the two names of the bamboo flute played in Classical Indian Music?

a)

Bansuri

b)

Venu

c)

Veena

d)

Santoor

e)

Morsing

20.

Name of the Indian jaw-harp:

a)

Morsing

b)

Venu

c)

Bansuri

d)

Santoor

21.

Name of the Indian hammered dulcimer played with tiny, wooden hammers:

a)

Venu

b)

Bansuri

c)

Santoor

d)

Morsing

22.

Which type of Indian music often focus on human emotions?

a)

Hindustani

b)

Carnatic

23.

Which type of Indian music often focuses on devotion to the gods:

a)

Hindustani

b)

Carnatic

24.

Which type of Indian music was influenced by the Persian Empire?

a)

Hindustani

b)

Carnatic

25.

Which type of Indian music was influenced by the southern temples?

a)

Hindustani

b)

Carnatic