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Advanced Global Music Knowledge Quiz

A rigorous, text-only quiz designed for seasoned listeners who wish to prove their mastery of world music intricacies.

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Quiz Questions

Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

1
Which West African instrument is a hollowed calabash with a single membrane, traditionally used to accompany griot storytelling?
Question 1
2
The Indonesian gamelan scale known as slendro consists of how many equally spaced pitches per octave?
Question 2
3
Which South American tradition features a 12-note chromatic scale called the sistema de tonos and is performed primarily with the quena?
Question 3
4
In the Turkish classical repertoire, the term usul refers to what element of a composition?
Question 4
5
Which Indian classical music system uses the raga Todi and is characterized by a specific set of microtonal intervals?
Question 5
6
The West African string instrument ngoni traditionally has how many strings?
Question 6

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