Africa Music

Question 1

Good at beats and more on percussion instrument.

Answer 1

Africa music

Question 2

polyrhythmic

Answer 2

Rhythm

Question 3

A capella

Answer 3

Harmony

Question 4

Strophic

Answer 4

Form

Question 5

Homophonic

Answer 5

Texture

Question 6

4,5,6,7 notes

Answer 6

Melody

Question 7

from Nigera, use to wake up worshippers after the Ramadan.

Answer 7

Apala

Question 8

genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. Fusion of Afro-Carribbean style.

Answer 8

Axe

Question 9

fast and hard dance music Zimbabwe played on the drums with guitar.

Answer 9

Jit

Question 10

a lively variation of a jutterburg

Answer 10

Jive

Question 11

popular style from Nigeria relying on traditional Yoruba rhythms.

Answer 11

Juju

Question 12

booty dance style from Zaire.

Answer 12

Kwassa kwassa

Question 13

extended dance in vamping pattern and repeated harmony.

Answer 13

Marabi

Question 14

Jamaican sound dominated by the bass and guitar.

Answer 14

Reggae

Question 15

afro Cuban music

Answer 15

Salsa

Question 16

Brazilian music

Answer 16

Samba

Question 17

a fusion of soul and calypso music.

Answer 17

Soca

Question 18

muslim music used as a wakeup call for early breakfast and prayers during Ramadan.

Answer 18

Were

Question 19

a fast, carnival type of music.

Answer 19

Zouk

Question 20

ancient carnival tradition from the northeast of Brazil.

Answer 20

Maracatu

Question 21

rhythm of Maracatu

Answer 21

Baque/toque

Question 22

singing part of Maracatu where a leader sings a verse answered by a chorus

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Toada

Question 23

come from the term “blue devils” meaning melancholy and sadness or blue indigo, color worn by many West African cultures in death and mourning ceremonies.

Answer 23

Blues

Question 24

religious song with roots in the camp meetings of the early 19th century. They were less concerned with the performer; focus on the general loneliness of mankind with figurative lyrics.

Answer 24

Spiritual

Question 25

combines rhythm and blues, gospel music and jazz originating from the US.

Answer 25

Soul

Question 26

Made from nature, like wood, gourds, turtle shells, animals horns or skin.

Answer 26

African instruments

Question 27

long necked harp lute with 21 leather

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Kora

Question 28

African harp considered he most striking string instrument.

Answer 28

Adungu

Question 29

single string instrument traditionally made from wood and dried gourd.

Answer 29

Uhadi

Question 30

African pan pipe.

Answer 30

Nyanga

Question 31

comes from the horn of the kudu antelope and used in Jewish ceremonies similar to a shofar.

Answer 31

Kudu

Question 32

wooden xylophone that plays melodic tunes that has 16 to 27 keys.

Answer 32

Balafon

Question 33

pitch can be regulated depending upon how the player strkes the head of the drums. It pitches mirror a person’s voice.

Answer 33

Talking drums

Question 34

hand percussion instrument that produces sound by scraping.

Answer 34

Rasps

Question 35

made from a hollowed piece of wood in which a narrow groove serves as a sound.

Answer 35

Slit drum

Question 36

rope tuned, skin covered goblet drum played with bare hands.

Answer 36

Djembe

Question 37

or thumb piano, sound box with metal keys attached to the top to give different notes.

Answer 37

Kalimba

Question 38

gourd shaker with gourd pieces.

Answer 38

Shekere

Question 39

conical, bell-shaped instruments usually in two’s that produce sound by hitting the bells.

Answer 39

Agogo