Praxis 5113 World Music
Qin - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ table strings
dulcimer - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a modern folk instrument related to the guitar and plucked with
the fingers.
traverse flute - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ flute
lute - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ musical instrument
Portamento - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a smooth gliding from one note to another
pentatonic scale - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a five-note scale found often in folk music and non-
Western music
sitar - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A long necked instrument with 7 strings on the outside and 10 inside
the neck
tabla - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A pair of drums found in Hindustani music from India.
vocals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ the part of a piece of music that is sung, for example, by a lead
singer, a choir, etc.
Characteristics of Chinese Music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ -warbling sound
-pitch blending
-semitones
semitones - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ the 12 equally spaced intervals into which an octave is divided.
Gamelan Music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ traditional ensemble music of Java and Bali in Indonesia,
made up predominantly of percussive instruments
gambang - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Wooden xylophone with a box resonator, soft and delicate sound,
played with 2 flexible mallets in parallel octaves
vertical flute - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
indonesian drums - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
characteristics of Indonesian music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ -faster tempo
-rhythmic
koto - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Japanese plucked-string instrument with a long rectangular body,
thirteen strings, and movable bridges or frets
Japanese percussion - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
Japanese Vocal Music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
Japanese performance music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ -puppet shows
, -plays
dissonance - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds
Latin Dance Music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
Latin drums - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
violin - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin
family
drums - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Barrel-like containers used to store a wide variety of substances,
including food-grade materials, corrosives, flammable liquids, and grease. Drums may be constructed of
low-carbon steel, polyethylene, cardboard, stainless steel, nickel, or other materials.
Flutes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ ornamental vertical grooves cut into a column
accordion - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ portable wind instrument producing notes of one heart
Harp (Instrument) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
guitars - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a musical instrument with strings that you can either pluck or strum.
thumb piano - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Mbira
rattle (instrument) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
kora - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A harp-lute or bridge-harp performed on by jalolu from Senegal-
Gambia.
call and response - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a song style in which a singer or musician leads with a call
and a group responds
mazurka - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Type of Polish folk dance in triple meter
pipa - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Chinese plucked lute with roots in Central Asia
erhu - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Bowed, two-string fiddle from China, with its bow hairs fixed between
the strings; rests on the leg while playing.
Yangqin - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A Chinese hammered dulcimer with a trapezoidal sound box and
metal strings that are struck with bamboo sticks.
dizi - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ transverse bamboo flute
Kabuki - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance,
it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
cha cha - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a rhythmic Latin American dance with the basic pattern of three
steps and a shuffle
Mambo - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A type of ballroom dance that originated in Cuba
samba - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Brazilian dance with African influences
Qin - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ table strings
dulcimer - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a modern folk instrument related to the guitar and plucked with
the fingers.
traverse flute - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ flute
lute - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ musical instrument
Portamento - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a smooth gliding from one note to another
pentatonic scale - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a five-note scale found often in folk music and non-
Western music
sitar - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A long necked instrument with 7 strings on the outside and 10 inside
the neck
tabla - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A pair of drums found in Hindustani music from India.
vocals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ the part of a piece of music that is sung, for example, by a lead
singer, a choir, etc.
Characteristics of Chinese Music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ -warbling sound
-pitch blending
-semitones
semitones - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ the 12 equally spaced intervals into which an octave is divided.
Gamelan Music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ traditional ensemble music of Java and Bali in Indonesia,
made up predominantly of percussive instruments
gambang - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Wooden xylophone with a box resonator, soft and delicate sound,
played with 2 flexible mallets in parallel octaves
vertical flute - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
indonesian drums - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
characteristics of Indonesian music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ -faster tempo
-rhythmic
koto - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Japanese plucked-string instrument with a long rectangular body,
thirteen strings, and movable bridges or frets
Japanese percussion - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
Japanese Vocal Music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
Japanese performance music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ -puppet shows
, -plays
dissonance - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds
Latin Dance Music - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
Latin drums - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
violin - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin
family
drums - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Barrel-like containers used to store a wide variety of substances,
including food-grade materials, corrosives, flammable liquids, and grease. Drums may be constructed of
low-carbon steel, polyethylene, cardboard, stainless steel, nickel, or other materials.
Flutes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ ornamental vertical grooves cut into a column
accordion - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ portable wind instrument producing notes of one heart
Harp (Instrument) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
guitars - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a musical instrument with strings that you can either pluck or strum.
thumb piano - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Mbira
rattle (instrument) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔
kora - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A harp-lute or bridge-harp performed on by jalolu from Senegal-
Gambia.
call and response - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a song style in which a singer or musician leads with a call
and a group responds
mazurka - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Type of Polish folk dance in triple meter
pipa - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Chinese plucked lute with roots in Central Asia
erhu - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Bowed, two-string fiddle from China, with its bow hairs fixed between
the strings; rests on the leg while playing.
Yangqin - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A Chinese hammered dulcimer with a trapezoidal sound box and
metal strings that are struck with bamboo sticks.
dizi - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ transverse bamboo flute
Kabuki - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance,
it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)
cha cha - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ a rhythmic Latin American dance with the basic pattern of three
steps and a shuffle
Mambo - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A type of ballroom dance that originated in Cuba
samba - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Brazilian dance with African influences
