Beat and Rhythm

Qonqothwane was performed by a famous South African musician named?

• Billy Graham

• Miriam Makeba

• Eddy Gwala

• Thandiswa Mazwai

How many beats are there in Qonqothwane, by Miriam Makeba?

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 5

Beat is

• a complex pattern made up of long and short notes

• the regular stressed pulse in a piece of music.

• the desire to dance.

Rhythm is

• a combination of different sounds

• like a person's heart beat.

• a more complex pattern that is made up of a combination of long and short notes.

African music is rich in

• musical instruments

• rhythmic vitality

• complex harmonies

• drum rhythms

European classical music is rich in

• rhythmic vitality.

• contrasting rhythmic patterns.

• 2:3 rhythms.

• complex harmonies using combinations of pitch.

Where there is more than one rhythm playing at the same time, it is called a

• Beat.

• Rhythm.

• Polyrhythm.

• special beat.

This African instrument mainly uses the 2:3 polyrhythmic pattern:

• Mbira

• Xylophone

• Marimba

• Piano

The mbira originated in the

• Transkei

• Western Cape

• Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe

• Southern Africa

Listen to track 37. What instrument is playing?

• Guitar

• Kalimba

• Marimba

• Mbira