The cards Question What is musical fusion? Tap to flip Answer Blending more than one musical style or culture to create a new 'fused' sound. Question Who are Afro-Cubans? Tap to flip Answer Cubans with African ancestors. Question What is Afro-Cuban jazz? Tap to flip Answer A fusion of jazz with rhythms and other musical features from the Afro-Cuban community. Question What is Afrobeat? Tap to flip Answer A West African style from the 1960s and 1970s that fuses West African music with jazz, funk and soul. Question What does the term Afrobeats describe? Tap to flip Answer A wide range of different modern styles from Africa, many of them fusions. Question Many key Latin-American styles are a fusion of which two musical traditions? Tap to flip Answer African and European music. Question Give one style that Latin-American styles have formed fusions with. Tap to flip Answer e.g. jazz or rock. Question Which countries mainly make up the Indian subcontinent? Tap to flip Answer India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Question What is a tabla? Tap to flip Answer A pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent, with a distinct timbre of high and low tones. Question What is a sitar? Tap to flip Answer A stringed instrument from the Indian subcontinent. Question What is a tanpura? Tap to flip Answer A stringed instrument that makes a constant drone sound, common in some styles of Indian music. Question Which nations are often called the Celtic nations? Tap to flip Answer Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Question Give one Celtic instrument used in fusion with other styles. Tap to flip Answer e.g. fiddle, tin whistle or accordion. Question Give one Western style commonly fused with Celtic and South Asian styles. Tap to flip Answer e.g. jazz, rock or electronic. Question Is South Asian music a single genre? Tap to flip Answer No. It is as diverse as European music, with many styles linked to different peoples, places and traditions. Question Where is the Punjab? Tap to flip Answer An area split between modern-day India and Pakistan. Question What is bhangra in its traditional form? Tap to flip Answer A traditional Punjabi folk dance and type of music. Question In which communities does bhangra have its roots? Tap to flip Answer Farming communities of the Punjab. Question What does the Punjabi word 'chaal' mean? Tap to flip Answer Movement. Question What is chaal in modern bhangra? Tap to flip Answer A distinctive rhythm played on the dhol. Question How is the chaal rhythm organised? Tap to flip Answer In 4/4, with each beat divided in three. Question Which beats does the chaal rhythm emphasise? Tap to flip Answer Beats one and four. Question What is a dhol? Tap to flip Answer A two-headed drum, the key instrument of bhangra, which plays the chaal. Question What is the smaller version of the dhol sometimes used to play chaal? Tap to flip Answer The dholak. Question What is a tumbi? Tap to flip Answer A single-stringed instrument common in bhangra that often plays a repeated riff. Question What does it mean if a melody is microtonal? Tap to flip Answer It uses notes between the 12 notes of the Western scale, with intervals smaller than a semitone. Question What does melismatic singing mean? Tap to flip Answer Several notes are sung on one syllable of a word. Question Modern bhangra is a fusion of which two kinds of music? Tap to flip Answer Traditional Punjabi music and Western popular music. Question Besides the Punjab, in which country has bhangra developed separately? Tap to flip Answer The UK. Question Give one typical feature of bhangra vocals. Tap to flip Answer e.g. microtonal, melismatic, or 'bending' between notes. Question What is sampling? Tap to flip Answer Using clips of pre-existing sound or music. Question What is a synthesiser? Tap to flip Answer An electronic instrument that can create a wide variety of timbres. Question How long does a chord sequence usually last? Tap to flip Answer Usually 4 or 8 bars. Question Give one effect commonly used in bhangra. Tap to flip Answer e.g. echo, delay or filters. Question Does modern bhangra use music technology extensively? Tap to flip Answer Yes. It uses music technology widely, like other modern dance music, while keeping roots in traditional Punjabi bhangra. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Music Unit Fusions and Bhangra Exam boards AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, 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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