The cards Question What is the doumbek? Tap to flip Answer A drum used in Arabic and Palestinian folk music, played with the hands and fingertips. Question How many strings does the oud have? Tap to flip Answer 11. Question Which modern instrument is the oud an early predecessor of? Tap to flip Answer The guitar. Question On the doumbek, where is the 'doum' sound played? Tap to flip Answer In the middle of the drum. Question On the doumbek, where is the 'tek' sound played? Tap to flip Answer On the edge of the drum. Question On the doumbek, how is the 'ka' sound played? Tap to flip Answer With the ring finger on the edge of the drum. Question What is a wazn? Tap to flip Answer A repeating rhythmic cycle or pattern that forms the rhythmic basis of a composition. Question What is the saidi? Tap to flip Answer An upbeat wazn that uses fast rhythmic patterns. Question Is hand drum technique the same across the world? Tap to flip Answer No. Tabla, doumbek and djembe use very different techniques; for example, the doumbek uses the fingertips in a way the djembe does not. Question What is ataaba? Tap to flip Answer A traditional form of solo Palestinian love song, often heard at weddings and other occasions. Question What is dabke? Tap to flip Answer A type of folk dance, which can be performed with different styles of music. Question What is microtonal music? Tap to flip Answer Music that includes notes between the 12 Western semitones. Question What is a maqam? Tap to flip Answer A set of notes, like a scale, that forms the basis of a composition. Question How many notes does a maqam have? Tap to flip Answer Seven. Question How is a maqam usually taught? Tap to flip Answer By ear. Question Name a common maqam. Tap to flip Answer Bayati. Question What is a taqsim? Tap to flip Answer An improvised solo based on a maqam that introduces a piece of music. Question Into how many slices does the Arabic system divide the octave? Tap to flip Answer 24. Question What is accelerando? Tap to flip Answer When the tempo gradually speeds up. Question What is note bending? Tap to flip Answer When a musician 'bends' the pitch of a note. Question What is ornamentation? Tap to flip Answer When a performer decorates a melody with extra notes, such as trills or grace notes. Question Give one feature that gives Israeli folk music its distinct sound. Tap to flip Answer Any of: off-beat chords, accelerando, or ornamentation including note bends. Question Give one typical instrument of Israeli folk music. Tap to flip Answer Any of: violin, clarinet or accordion. Question What is the bouzouki? Tap to flip Answer A traditional Greek stringed instrument. Question What is the defi? Tap to flip Answer A type of tambourine: a small hand drum with bangles. Question What is an irregular time signature? Tap to flip Answer One whose number of beats cannot be divided by two or three, e.g. 5, 7 or 11. Question In which metre is the kalamatianó, a Greek folk dance, based? Tap to flip Answer 7/8. Question In Greek folk music, how is 7/8 usually counted? Tap to flip Answer As 3-2-2. Question In Greek folk music, how is 5/8 usually counted? Tap to flip Answer As 3-2. Question Must music for dance have a regular pulse in 2, 3 or 4? Tap to flip Answer No. In many parts of the world it is common to dance to irregular time signatures such as 5/8 and 7/8. Question What interval is a third? Tap to flip Answer Two tones, or three semitones. Question In music, what is a slide? Tap to flip Answer When a performer moves seamlessly between two pitches. Question What is tremolo? Tap to flip Answer A rapid repetition of a note or notes. Question What is a melismatic melody? Tap to flip Answer One in which many notes are sung to a single syllable of a word. Question What does conjunct mean in a melody? Tap to flip Answer The notes move by step and do not leap. Question Give one technique characteristic of bouzouki playing. Tap to flip Answer E.g. slides or tremolo. Question In Greek folk music, with which interval are melodies often harmonised? Tap to flip Answer Thirds. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Music Unit Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern music Exam boards OCR England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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