Music Traditions Around the World · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

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  1. Which instruments are named in the lesson as part of many Javanese gamelan ensembles?

    • Gongs and bronze keys
    • Violins and cellos
    • Trumpets and trombones

  2. Cumbia is a music and dance tradition from which country?

    • Norway
    • Colombia
    • Japan

  3. Sound does not require every musical tradition to use the same scale.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. What does a raga guide in Indian classical music?

    • A melody's notes and characteristic phrases
    • Only the materials used to build the instruments
    • Only the dancers' clothes and their stage positions

  5. Which description matches the traditional Colombian cumbia example in the lesson?

    • Solo violin playing without percussion
    • A brass fanfare without any flute melody
    • Drum patterns alongside flute melodies

  6. Which occasion for cumbia is named in the lesson?

    • A silent exam where music is not allowed
    • A festival or party with music and dancing
    • A solo audition restricted to orchestral violin players

  7. Which comparison directly shows that two groups use different scales?

    • The ordered note sets they choose as scales differ
    • They play the same scale on instruments made of different materials
    • They play the same scale at two different volume levels

  8. A pupil says a gamelan ensemble is out of tune because its pitches do not match a piano. Which reply is supported?

    • Every piano is badly tuned whenever gamelan sounds different
    • Gamelan players never tune their instruments to one another
    • The ensemble may use a tuning different from the piano's
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  1. Gongs and bronze keys · Many Javanese gamelan ensembles include gongs and bronze-key instruments.
  2. Colombia · Cumbia comes from Colombia, although its later forms have spread to many places.
  3. True · Different ordered selections of pitches are possible. There is no single scale required for all music.
  4. A melody's notes and characteristic phrases · A raga guides melodic movement through notes and characteristic phrases. It is more than a note list.
  5. Drum patterns alongside flute melodies · The example combines drum patterns and flute melodies. It does not describe every form of cumbia.
  6. A festival or party with music and dancing · The lesson names festivals and parties. People may listen or dance.
  7. The ordered note sets they choose as scales differ · Different ordered note sets chosen as scales show a scale difference. Materials and volume alone do not.
  8. The ensemble may use a tuning different from the piano's · A different tuning system can be intentional. A mismatch with a piano alone does not show a tuning mistake.
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