| Question | Answer |
| What is an ostinato? | A repeated rhythm.
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Where have steel pans originated from? | Trinidad and Tobago
| What is polyrhytm? | Different rhythms layered on top of eachother, played at the same time.
| What is call and response? | Where a leader plays a musical phrase the ensemble then plays back.
| Where is Samba drumming from? | Brazil.
| Which two styles of music infleunced the reggae style of music? | Mento and Ska.
| What is the national instrument of Peru called? | Charango.
| What are steel pans sourced from? | 55 Gallon oil drums.
| Which cultures mixed together to influence Latin American Music? | Spanish and Portuguese culture with African music culture.
| Where is the gaita from? | Spain.
| State one musical feature of the flamenco. | Musical Feature.
| What is a falsetta? | Small musical interlude played on Spanish Guitar.
| Describe the strings on a charango. | 10 strings in sets of twos. Either duplicates or an octave apart.
| What is a staccato back beat rhythmic accompaniment? | Short accented chords played on the off beat.
| Name 3 Latin American Dances. | Salsa,Sambe,Cha Cha, Tango
| Describe the panpipes instrument and how its played. | Small bamboo tubes of different lengths sounding the different pitches when the player blows across the hole.
| Most common African drum? | Djemebe.
| Describe the most common stringed instrument from India | Sitar.
| What is pitchbending? | A smooth transition from one note to another.
| What is a Rhumba Box? | A percussion instrument from Jamaica that you sit on to play similar to a cajon. this instrument also has metal keys to play melodic notes.
| State one artist famous for playiong reggae music. | Reggae Artist
| What is a walking bass? | Repeated pattern of notes moving with little or no leaps played in the bass.
| Where does the accents lie in Ska music? | Offbeat or on beats 2 and 4. |
