Quiz on African Music

It is a single tube closed at one end and blown like a bottle to produce sound.

• Fulani

• Lute

• Mbira

• Talking Drum

The following statements describe Spiritual Music except________.

• It is also known as "Negro Spiritual"

• It is a way of imparting Christian Values

• It is a way of venting the hardships of slaves.

• Its melodies are expressive and soulful.

• It is likened to a question-and-answer sequence in human communication.

It is a musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style to wake up the worshippers after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan.

• Apala

• Axe

• Jit

• Juju

What do a Talking Drum and Djembe have in common?

• They are both chordophones.

• They are both membranophones.

• They are both idiophones.

• None of the Above

It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat and the offbeat rhythm section.

• Reggae

• Salsa

• Samba

• Bossa Nova

African traditional music is used primarily during.

• birth

• death

• marriage

• All of the above

The term used to describe the merging of West African with Black American music is_____

• Afrobeat

• Axe

• Jive

• Kwassa Kwassa

It is a ballroom dance originated in Cuba and it has a normal count of "twothree-chachacha" and "four and one, two, three."

• Cha cha

• Cumbia

• Rumba

• Tango

The best-known proponent of Reggae is.

• Bob Marley

• Peter Tosh

• Dennis Brown

• Jimmy Cliff

It is the English term of Paso Doble.

• Duo Dance

• Double Step

• Pass Dance

• Two Step