I. Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. The distinct vocal style of Israeli singers.
a. Nasal and throaty
c. Guttural and throaty enunciation
b. Thin and Nasal
d. Guttural and Chest Voice
2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Israel music?
a. It is for communal worship (in mosque, synagogue, and church).
b. It expresses life passages events.
c. It is used for entertainment (belly dancing and folk dancing).
d. It uses melismatic singing with nasal vocal quality.
3. The leader of prayer who must have a good clear voice and know to recite the
prayer utilizing the traditional modes of prayer.
a. Hazan
c. Sufis
b. Hassidic
d. Melodic
4. Devotional and secular music are the two division of Jewish music.
Which of the following does not describe Secular music?
a. Modal chanting
c. very rhythmic
b. Non-religious music d. vocal music with instrumental accompaniment
5. An ancient stringed instrument played by plucking the strings with
fingers or a plectrum.
a. Psalterion
c. Darbuk
b. Jewish Lyre
d. Shofar
6. An ancient musical horn typically made of a ram's horn, used for Jewish religious
purposes.
c. Psalterion
b. Jewish Lyre
d. Shofar
7. Kinner (Hebrew), an ancient Israelite musical instrument.
c. Psalterion
b. Jewish Lyre
d. Shofar
8. A short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped stringed instrument with 11 or 13 strings
grouped in 5 or 6 courses.
a. Oud
c. Shofar
b. Darbuk
d. Psalterion
9. Instrumental music is important in Israel for it accompanies events and
performances like the Hora. What is Hora?
a. A romantic text used to worship.
b. A dance that often has strong off beats and asymmetric meter
Share
1. C. Guttural and throaty enunciation
2. C. It is used for entertainment (belly dancing and folk dancing).
3. D. Melodic
4. C. Very Rhythmic
5. C. Darbuk
6. D. Shofar
7. D. Shofar
8. A. Oud
9. A. A romantic text used to worship.