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Polyrhythm and Minimalism and Time Signature

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What instrument is most popular with African?

a)

Piano

b)

Horns

c)

Drums

d)

Organ

2.

Which of the following is not a tone on the African percusssion?

a)

Bass sound

b)

Slap sound

c)

Centre sound

d)

Tone sound

3.

Rhythms in African music that are repeated over and over again are called__________

a)

Dotted rhythm

b)

Cyclic Rhythm

c)

Polyrhythm

d)

Simple rhythm

4.

A ___________ can be achieved by playing different rhythms at the same time.

a)

Polyrhyhtm

b)

Cyclic rhythm

c)

Dotted rhytm

d)

Simple rhythm

5.

Which of the following is not a type of art?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Minimalism

d)

Depressionism

6.

Which of the following is not a feature of African Music?

a)

Repititive

b)

Cyclic Rhythm

c)

Polyrhythm

d)

Heterometer

7.

The main feature of minimalist music is a limited number of short, melodic, rhythmic and harmonic patterns called ________.

a)

Motif

b)

Theme

c)

Texture

d)

Tempo

8.

________ Composed 'Vexations'

a)

Eric Satie

b)

Mike Oldfield

c)

Steve Reich

d)

Danny Young

9.

Name the four American Composers that made up the Monotonous School

(a)  

10.

________ wrote 'Tubular Bells' in ______.

a)

Mike Oldfield, 1972

b)

Steve Reich, 1894

c)

Erik Satie 1989

d)

Ben Steven, 1500

11.

Mention two instruments used in Mike Oldfields piece titled 'Tubular bells'

(a)  

12.

Which of the following regions did not influence the music of the monotonous school?

a)

Chinese

b)

West African

c)

Indian

d)

Balinese Gamelan

13.

This type of art is called (a)   .

14.

What is polyrhythm ?

a)

Singing without music

b)

A drum popular in west africa

c)

When you had more than 1 rhythm been play at the same time

d)

when someone say first and the other repeat

15.

Which culture does polyrhythm came from ?

a)

African music

b)

American music

c)

Thailand music

d)

Cambodian music

16.

Which of these is a West African Country?

a)

USA

b)

Brazil

c)

Mali

17.

When multiple rhythms are played at the same time in a song is called

a)

Lots of rhythms

b)

multiple melodies

c)

polyrhythms

18.

What parts of your hand do you use to play drums?

a)

wrist

b)

fingers

c)

palms

d)

elbows

19.

This type of drum is called

a)

Djembe

b)

Bongo

c)

Ngoma

20.

What are the three sounds played on a djembe?

a)

slap

b)

bass

c)

tone

d)

hit

21.

The form in music where one group plays a rhythm and another group plays a different rhythm back is called

a)

echo drumming

b)

Repetitive Drumming

c)

Call and Response

22.

In which period is Minimal music?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th Century

23.
Who composed Clapping Music
a)
Steve Reich
b)
Mike Oldfield
c)
John Cage
24.
Minimalist often uses Music Technology
a)
True
b)
False
25.
The top number in a time signature tells us-
a)
nothing
b)
what kind of note gets a beat
c)
the number of beats per measure
d)
the number of measures in the song
26.

What does the bottom number mean in time signatures?

a)

How many beats per measure.

b)

What numbers are going into the song.

c)

What note gets 1 beat.

d)

The speed of the song.

27.

What does the top number mean?

a)

6 measures in the whole song

b)

there are 6 beats in each measure

c)

the song can only play 6 beats

28.

What does the bottom number mean?

a)

the eighth note gets the beat

b)

it is 1/8 of the song

c)

It completes the fraction

29.

How many beats does this note get in 6/8?

a)

2

b)

1

c)

3

d)

0

30.

How many beats does this note get in 6/8 time?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3