Same music, different maps

Arts & Music · Music · ages 12-14

Name ______________________ Date ____________

What does the word cumbe mean?
- Trumpet
- Dance
- Silence
Cumbia comes from which country?
- Colombia
- Norway
- Japan
A scale is a choice a tradition makes, not a law of sound.
Circle one: True False
What are ragas in Indian classical music?
- Special note sets with rules for moving
- Drum brands
- Dance shoes
How does cumbia build its sound differently from European classics?
- Violins only
- No rhythm at all
- Layers of drums with flutes on top
When is cumbia played, and for whom?
- Exams for soloists only
- Festivals and parties where all dance
- Silent films
Three bands play: strings only, drum layers, bronze keys. What proves scales are choices?
- Each tradition organised pitch its own way
- Louder wins
- All sound exactly alike
A pupil says gamelan must be out of tune since pianos differ. What is wrong?
- Pianos are always wrong
- Gamelan has no tuning
- Gamelan follows its own tuning, not the piano's

Answer key

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Dance · Cumbia is named for dance itself.
Colombia · Cumbia grew in Colombia where three cultures met.
True · The West split the octave into 12 steps; others split it elsewhere.
Special note sets with rules for moving · Each raga is its own ladder with its own climbing rules.
Layers of drums with flutes on top · African drum layers meet Indigenous melody lines.
Festivals and parties where all dance · It belongs to celebrations, not just trained players.
Each tradition organised pitch its own way · Different ladders from the same raw sound show human choice.
Gamelan follows its own tuning, not the piano's · No single tuning rules all music worldwide.