Year 8 Music Of Other Cultures Internet Research

To complete this assignment, you will need to gain access to the internet, and answer the questions below in a Word Document. Email the completed assignment to me at: richard.mead@det.nsw.edu.au

Access the support material for questions 1 & 2 of the assignment.

Answer the following questions:

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  Who is at the top of the community representing the chiefs?
  
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  What is the name given to the male elders?
  
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  What is the name given to the female elders?
  
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  What is the name given to the composer?
  
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  What is the name given to the lead drummer?
  
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  Who occupies the fifth level of the community hierarchy?
  
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  What are the main roles of the rest of the ensemble?
  

List the 8 Aboriginal sound instruments that are mentioned.

Go to the following site: http://www.didgeridoobreath.com/kb_results.asp?ID=26

List the 13 facts about a Didgeridoo that are listed.
4. Go to the following site:

http://lindama.customer.netspace.net.au/keklik/instruments.html

List the 10 instruments shown in a table as shown below and put them into their respective category: [Membranophones (drums with skins), Aerophones (require air), Chordophones (have strings), Idiophones (hit, shake, scrape].