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African Music Flashcards

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Talking drum

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Membranophone

Tight string

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2
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Djembe

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Membranophone

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3
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Triplet

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Any rhythm that involves dividing a beat into a different number subdivisions

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Ostinato

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A continually repeated phrase/rhythm

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5
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Cylic

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Multiple sections or movement, in which a theme/melody occurs

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Call and response

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Two distinct phrases played by different musicians

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7
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Master drummer

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Able to play any part or rhythm, the person who “calls” in call and response

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Syncopation

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Variety rhythm which are unexpected, make part or all of a tune, off-beat

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Polyrhythm

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Rhythm that makes use of two or more different rhythms simultaneously

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Balafon

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Idiophone

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