African Music

This week's focus was on the music of ______ Africa

• North

• South

• East

• West

African music is mainly an oral tradition which means

• It is kept in a library

• It is not written down

• It is performed while someone is brushing their teeth.

African music is played/sung at gatherings and special events such as (Check all that apply)

• Honoring the dead

• Marriage and childbirth

• Political activities

• Work and hunting

In music, call and response means that the _________often improvises a solo and the group response is usually a set pattern or chorus.

• leader

• follower

Call and response carries over into American forms of music such as blues and (a)  

In addition to drumming, string, and wind sounds, African music uses different materials to create a raspy, or buzzing quality. This is an example of

• Dynamics

• Timbre

• Tempo

• Rhythm

The instrument, the KORA is also know as the

• African Harp

• Talking Drum

• African Flute

• Slide Whistle

Which African instrument was your favorite to listen to?

• Kora

• Talking drum

• Djembe

• Cajon

A _________ is 2 or more rhythms occurring at the same time and can feel unstable to the listener.

• Beat

• Pitch

• Polyrhythm

• Tempo

In the quote that started the African music presentation, we hear from Nelson Mandela. He says that African music is uplifting, even though it tells a sad tale.

He says that African music gives people ______

• Freedom

• Music

• Tradition

• Hope