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 ________

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