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BSD Unit 6: World Percussion

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which description best describes the Tabor, which you are listening to in this audio sample?

a)

A small frame drum from Medieval times played by a fifer

b)

A frame drum played by women in Morocco

c)

An Irish wooden drum played with a beater

d)

Large circular drum traditionally used in Inuit culture alongside throat singing

2.

This instrument is often featured in what style of music from Brazil?

a)

Salsa

b)

Calypso

c)

Samba

d)

Merengue

3.

Which instrument is playing in this audio sample- often used in folk music and is held in one hand?

a)

Tambourine

b)

Bodhran

c)

Glockenspiel

d)

Water Drum

4.

Which instrument is featured this audio sample?

a)

Chimes

b)

Glockenspeil

c)

Balafon

d)

Saron

5.

Which instrument is a percussion instrument of definite pitch?

a)

Castanets

b)

Chimes

c)

Djembe

d)

Talking Drum

6.

What instrument is featured, from Spain.

a)

Tambourine

b)

Claves

c)

Castanets

d)

Clapper Stick

7.

What instrument is featured in this audio sample from West Africa?

a)

Djembe

b)

Dohl

c)

Taiko

d)

Tabla

8.

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

a)

South America

b)

Oceania

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

9.

How do you play this instrument from South America?

a)

Stand behind it and hit with a mallet

b)

Sit on top of it and hit with a mallet

c)

Stand behind it and hit with your hands

d)

Sit on top of it and hit with your hands

10.

Which instrument is featured in this sample, known for replicating human speech? originated in West Africa

a)

Djembe

b)

Dun dun

c)

Taiko

d)

Dohl

11.

What is this drum called featured in the video?

a)

Bullroarer

b)

Bullroarer

c)

Puniu

d)

Pandiero

12.

What instrument is featured in this audio sample? Originally from West Africa but used in various styles of music from South America/Latin Music

a)

Agogo Bell

b)

Cowbell

c)

Cuica

d)

Mbira

13.

Which instrument is this? Similar to a xylophone and comes from West Africa?

a)

Mbira

b)

Balafon

c)

Shekere

d)

Bendir

14.

What is a Teer drum (heard in the audio sample) traditionally made from?

a)

Metal sheets of different sizes

b)

Hollowed-out log and animal skin

c)

Clay pot and water

d)

Gourds and seeds

15.

Which instrument is featured in this audio sample- which originated from Papua New Guinea?

a)

Bombo

b)

Thongophone

c)

Cajon

d)

Maracas

16.

What instrument is this, the national instrument of Brazil?

a)

Cajon

b)

Cuica

c)

Pandiero

d)

Maracas

17.

Which instrument is a small wooden slat attached to a string that makes a roaring noise when whirled?

a)

Bullroarer

b)

Guiro

c)

Chocalho

d)

Frame Drum

18.

Which drum is used in traditional Andean music alongside pan flutes?

a)

Zampoña Drum

b)

Water Drum

c)

Baffin Drum

d)

Powwow Drum

19.

What is a clapper stick used for?

a)

To create melodies

b)

To keep a beat

c)

To signal danger

d)

To call animals

20.

Which continent is this percussive music genre from?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Oceania

21.

Which type of percussion instrument is the xylophone?

a)

Membranophone

b)

Idiophone

c)

Chordophone

d)

Aerophone

22.

Which type of percussion instrument is the djembe?

a)

Membranophone

b)

Idiophone

c)

Chordophone

d)

Aerophone

23.

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)

a)

Dohl

b)

Bongos

c)

Conga

d)

Tabla

24.

What large, bass drum is featured in this video clip? From Japan

a)

Dohl

b)

Taiko

c)

Tariparau

d)

Bombo

25.

Which idiophone from Asia is featured in this audio sample?

a)

Saron

b)

Bianzhong

c)

Cymbals

d)

Gong

26.

What South American instrument is featured in the audio clip?

a)

Guiro

b)

Claves

c)

Cabasa

d)

Tambourine

27.

What type of North American drum is featured in this clip?

a)

Baffin

b)

Powwow

c)

Clapper stick

d)

Teponaztli

28.

What area of the world is this style of drum from?

a)

Northern North America

b)

Northern Asia

c)

Southern Europe

d)

Southern South America

29.

What were most membranophones made out of (no matter what continent they were from?)

a)

Animal organs

b)

Animal skin

c)

Animal hair

d)

Animal hoofs

30.

With any type of drum, no matter where it is from: the bigger it is the ___ the pitch.

a)

Higher

b)

Lower