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types of music and musical instruments of africa Flashcards

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THE FUSION OF west african with black american music

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afrobeat

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a music genre FROM NIGERIA; used to wake up workshippers

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apala

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a popular musical genre FROM SALVADOR; fuses the afro-caribbean style; played by carnival bands

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axe

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4
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FAST PERCUSSIVE ZIMBABWEAN DANCE; influenced by mbira guitar styles

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jit

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5
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a popular FORM OF SOUTH AFRICAN music; a form of swing dance

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jive

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a popular music style FROM NIGERIA; traditional yoruba rhythms

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juju

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a dance style BEGUN IN ZAIRE; popularized by kanda bongo man

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kwasa-kwasa

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8
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a south african three chord township music

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marabi

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9
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stuck with a mallet

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idiophones

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10
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african xylophone

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balafon

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11
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vessels made of seashells

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rattles

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12
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single or multiple bells

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agogo

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13
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slit gongs used as communication between villages

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atingting kon

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14
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a hollow percussion

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slit drums

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15
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best known african drums

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djembe

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16
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type of gourd and shell megaphone

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shekere

17
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a hand percussion instrument

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rasp

18
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have vibrating animal membranes used in drums

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membranophones

19
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use their bodies as musical instruments

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body percussion

20
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used to send messages

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talking drum

21
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most popular african percussion instruments

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lamellaphones

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thumb piano

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mbira

23
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produce sounds from the vibration of strings

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chordophones

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ancestor of all string instruments

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musical bow

25
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shaped like a modern guitar

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lute

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sophisticated harp

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kora

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stringed instruments with varying sizes

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zither

28
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a fiddle from sub-saharan

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zeze

29
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fashioned from a single tube

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flutes

30
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produced initially by trapped vibrating air columns

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aerophones

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made from elephant tusk

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horns & trumpets

32
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made from a hollow guinea corn

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reed pipes

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may be made of wood

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whistles

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made of metal

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trumpets

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