Musical Instruments of Africa

Question 1

Idiophones

Answer 1

These are percussion instruments that are either struck with a mallet or against one another.

Question 2

Balafon

Answer 2

It is a West African xylophone. It is a pitched percussion instrument with bars made from logs or bamboo.
It is originally an Asian instrument that follows the structure of a piano

Question 3

Rattles

Answer 3

vessels made of seashells, tin, basketry, animal hoofs, horn, wood, metal, cocoons, palm kernels, or tortoise shells.

Question 4

Agogo

Answer 4

It is a single bell or multiple bells that had its origins in traditional Yoruba music as well as in the “samba bateria” ensemble.
It may be called the oldest samba instrument based on West African Yoruba single or double bells. It has the highest pitch among the ensemble.