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WorksheetsBSD Unit 6: World Percussion
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which description best describes the Tabor, which you are listening to in this audio sample?
A small frame drum from Medieval times played by a fifer
A frame drum played by women in Morocco
An Irish wooden drum played with a beater
Large circular drum traditionally used in Inuit culture alongside throat singing
This instrument is often featured in what style of music from Brazil?
Salsa
Calypso
Samba
Merengue
Which instrument is playing in this audio sample- often used in folk music and is held in one hand?
Tambourine
Bodhran
Glockenspiel
Water Drum
Which instrument is featured this audio sample?
Chimes
Glockenspeil
Balafon
Saron
Which instrument is a percussion instrument of definite pitch?
Castanets
Chimes
Djembe
Talking Drum
What instrument is featured, from Spain.
Tambourine
Claves
Castanets
Clapper Stick
What instrument is featured in this audio sample from West Africa?
Djembe
Dohl
Taiko
Tabla
What continent is this instrument from? Made of metal keys mounted on a wooden board or resonator box. The player plucks the keys with their thumbs, producing a soft, melodic sound
South America
Oceania
Asia
Africa
How do you play this instrument from South America?
Stand behind it and hit with a mallet
Sit on top of it and hit with a mallet
Stand behind it and hit with your hands
Sit on top of it and hit with your hands
Which instrument is featured in this sample, known for replicating human speech? originated in West Africa
Djembe
Dun dun
Taiko
Dohl
What is this drum called featured in the video?
Bullroarer
Bullroarer
Puniu
Pandiero
What instrument is featured in this audio sample? Originally from West Africa but used in various styles of music from South America/Latin Music
Agogo Bell
Cowbell
Cuica
Mbira
Which instrument is this? Similar to a xylophone and comes from West Africa?
Mbira
Balafon
Shekere
Bendir
What is a Teer drum (heard in the audio sample) traditionally made from?
Metal sheets of different sizes
Hollowed-out log and animal skin
Clay pot and water
Gourds and seeds
Which instrument is featured in this audio sample- which originated from Papua New Guinea?
Bombo
Thongophone
Cajon
Maracas
What instrument is this, the national instrument of Brazil?
Cajon
Cuica
Pandiero
Maracas
Which instrument is a small wooden slat attached to a string that makes a roaring noise when whirled?
Bullroarer
Guiro
Chocalho
Frame Drum
Which drum is used in traditional Andean music alongside pan flutes?
Zampoña Drum
Water Drum
Baffin Drum
Powwow Drum
What is a clapper stick used for?
To create melodies
To keep a beat
To signal danger
To call animals
Which continent is this percussive music genre from?
Africa
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Which type of percussion instrument is the xylophone?
Membranophone
Idiophone
Chordophone
Aerophone
Which type of percussion instrument is the djembe?
Membranophone
Idiophone
Chordophone
Aerophone
A pair of hand-played drums of North Indian origin, this featured percussion instrument consists of a smaller drum (the dayan) and a larger one (the bayan)
Dohl
Bongos
Conga
Tabla
What large, bass drum is featured in this video clip? From Japan
Dohl
Taiko
Tariparau
Bombo
Which idiophone from Asia is featured in this audio sample?
Saron
Bianzhong
Cymbals
Gong
What South American instrument is featured in the audio clip?
Guiro
Claves
Cabasa
Tambourine
What type of North American drum is featured in this clip?
Baffin
Powwow
Clapper stick
Teponaztli
What area of the world is this style of drum from?
Northern North America
Northern Asia
Southern Europe
Southern South America
What were most membranophones made out of (no matter what continent they were from?)
Animal organs
Animal skin
Animal hair
Animal hoofs
With any type of drum, no matter where it is from: the bigger it is the ___ the pitch.
Higher
Lower
