Praxis 5113 World Music
Qin - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ table strings
dulcimer - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ a modern folk instrument related to the guitar
and plucked with the fingers.
traverse flute - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ flute
lute - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ musical instrument
Portamento - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ a smooth gliding from one note to another
pentatonic scale - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ a five-note scale found often in folk
music and non-Western music
sitar - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ A long necked instrument with 7 strings on the
outside and 10 inside the neck
tabla - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ A pair of drums found in Hindustani music from
India.
vocals - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ 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 โโโ -warbling sound
-pitch blending
-semitones
semitones - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ the 12 equally spaced intervals into which an
octave is divided.
Gamelan Music - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ traditional ensemble music of Java and
Bali in Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments
gambang - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ Wooden xylophone with a box resonator, soft
and delicate sound, played with 2 flexible mallets in parallel octaves
vertical flute - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ
indonesian drums - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ
characteristics of Indonesian music - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ -faster tempo
-rhythmic
koto - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ Japanese plucked-string instrument with a long
rectangular body, thirteen strings, and movable bridges or frets
Japanese percussion - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ
Japanese Vocal Music - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ
Japanese performance music - CORRECT ANSWER โโโ -puppet shows
