African Music slides 2-3

How many languages/dialects are spoken in Africa?

• 7

• 14

• 700

• 300

Which part of Africa has musical similarities to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Israel (the Middle East)?

• Northern Africa

• West Africa

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• East Africa

Which words best describe how music is used in Northern Africa?

• Fun and exciting

• Serious and reserved for formal occasions

• Complex and used daily

• Used for daily chores and work

What is the area south of the Sahara desert called?

• South Africa

• Sub-Saharan

• West Africa

• Northern Africa

What word best describes the use of music in Sub-Saharan Africa?

• Formal

• Practical

• Exciting

• Boring

Music is used for ceremonies and rites such as birth, marriage, rites of passage, and_______.

• Funerals

• Shopping

• Sleeping

The name of the talking drum is the __________.

• Balafon

• Mbira

• Djembe

• Kalungu

In Sub-Saharan Africa, they have a hard time separating dance, song and _____.

• Poetry

• Food

• Family

• Clothing

_____ is passing music from generation to generation orally, or verbally, without written records.

• Oral Tradition

• Dancing

• Notation

• Polyrhythms

Rhythms in Sub-Saharan Africa are described as ______.

• Extremely complex

• Fairy easy

• Medium difficulty

• A little difficult