World Music Exam 2

Instrument produces noise with Air

Instrument has a skin membrane that is struck

Instruments with string that is stretched and vibrated to make sound

Instrument which sounding-producing body is metal

Instruments that create sound via the vibration of itself

Melody

Harmony

Rhythm

Texture

Timbre

Dynamics

Form

Bansuri

Harmonium

Sitar

Sarod

Sarangi

Tabla

Tamboura

Bonang

Gong

Gender

Ensemble: Gamalan

Vertical wooden flute

India

Areophone

India

Keyboard Areophone

accordion like keyed instrument

India

plucked Chordophone

Hindustani Stringed instrument

India

Hindustani plucked chordophone

deeper sound than Sitar

India

Bowed short-neck string instrument

Bowed Chordophone

-Has skinned membrane, but for a resonator

India

Twin hand drums

India

Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia

• Vocal

• Sitar

• Sarod

• bansuri

• Tabla (North India)

• Mridangam (South India)

• Tamboura (north India)

• Harmonium (south India)

Oral/Arual

Teacher = Guru

Solfege parallel to ours

learned by demonstration or singing

Parts are learned by sitting and playing with teacher

• ( think George Harrison of “The Beatles”)

Pitches assigned number identified within 2 scales

Mahabharata \n Ramayana

Brahma

Vishnu \n Shiva, Siva

South India

improvised melody structures that reveal the musical characteristics of a raga

India

A raga or raag is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode

North Indian classical music

South Indian classical music

India

Hindu movie/film song genre

India

classical dance music

India music teacher

Indonesia “Motto” - this is what she said in class.

traditional Indonesian ensemble with mostly percussive instruments

Indonesia

Music scale

Indonesian

music scale

Indonesian

Mythical panther like character

Indonesian

Puppeteers/shadow puppeteers

Indonesian

Pop music Genre

Indonesian

traditional form of puppet shadow play

Indonesian

Ramayana story monkey army