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The Highland Pipes from Scotland are bellows-driven. 

True

The Highland Pipes from Scotland are lung-driven.

True

The Union Pipes from Ireland are bellows-driven.

True

The Union Pipes from Ireland are lung-driven.

False

The Rom (or Romani), colloquially known as "Gypsies," originally came from __________ and are well-known throughout Europe for their music-making. 

India

When Bulgarian singers perform close intervals, such as a minor or major second, they seek to create tension in the music __________.

by "ringing like a bell"

Byzantine chant is typical of the religious singing of the __________.

Greek Orthodox church

A(n) __________ is the primary instrument used in Spanish Flamenco music.

Guitar

A distinctive feature of the Russian __________ is its triangular-shaped body.

Balalaika

The Highland pipes are the most distinctive bagpipes of __________.

Scotland

The "Uilleann" pipes are distinctive because __________.

the performer pumps a bellows with his elbow to fill the air bag

The sound of the hurdy gurdy is produced by __________.

turning a crank attached to a wheel to vibrate the strings

The __________ bagpipes are often used as a symbol of the British military.

Scottish

Béla Bartók is a well-known composer and early ethnomusicologist noted for his transcriptions of __________ folks songs.

Hungarian

__________ was a Russian nobleman responsible for promoting the balalaika as the country's national instrument.

Vasily Andreyev

The term "uilleann" translates as __________.

Elbow

Drums, such as the atumpan, function as a speech surrogate by imitating the tonal contour and speech rhythm of a language.

True

Drums, such as the atumpan, are used as speech surrogates by responding to vocal phrases with rhythmic reference points.

False

Drums, such as the atumpan, require a high and low sound to function as a speech surrogate.

True

Africa is often considered in three cultural zones, including the __________, __________, and __________.

Pan-Arabic, Sahel, Sub-Saharan

The __________ is a lute-harp, a type of chordophone common to the Mandinka people of West Africa

Kora

The primary role of a __________ in Mandinka society (West Africa) is as an oral historian.

Jali

__________ is a style of vocal ensemble performance found primarily among the Zulu of South Africa.

Mbube

The three musical manifestations of the "collective community" in Sub-Saharan Africa include __________, __________, and __________.

dance, call & response, polyrhythm

__________ is a typical proverb expressing the Sub-Saharan African emphasis on social identity.

"If you can walk, you can dance; if you can talk, you can sing"",""Success is 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration"",""I am, because we are"",""The drums of the king are the spirit of the nation"

__________ is the predominant type of instrumental music organization found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Polyrhythm

A "talking drum" is able to communicate by __________.

mimicking the tonal contour and speech rhythm of a language

The __________ is the primary instrument of Palm Wine "Highlife" music.

Guitar

A unique aspect of pygmy music performance is the use of __________.

vocal polyrhythm

The __________ is a lamellophone, a type of idiophone with lamellae (tongues) that sound when flexed and released.

mbira dza vadzimu

As compared with other Sub-Saharan African xylophone traditions, the akadinda is unique for its __________.

triple-interlocking technique

The akadinda is a type of __________ from Uganda.

Xylophone

The kora is a type of __________ from Senegal.

Lute-harp

The individual patterns of African-based polyrhythm are known as __________.

Time-lines

__________ are the musical manifestations of the African emphasis on community. (More than one answer.)

• Dance

• Call-and-response

• Polyrythm