Unit 4 Lesson 18.2 West African Music

a song style in which a singer or musician leads with a call, and a chorus responds

• Modern

• Call-and-Response

• Gnoni

• Balafon

Like a xylophone or marimba, a _________ is made of wooden bars laid across a frame.

• sheng

• gospel

• balafon

• kemari

The _________ is a small stringed instrument made of hollowed-out wood carved in a shape similar to a canoe. The instrument's strings are made of thin fishing line.

• ngoni

• balafon

• sheng

• drums

Dance movements often reflect the conditions people live in.

• True

• False

Drummers in West Africa play alone, or solo, which include different types and sizes of drums, along with bells and rattles.

• True

• False