Summative Test in Music 10

African Music is very significant to the lives of African people. Which of the following statements best describe the Music of Africa?

• Collective results of the cultural and musical diversity of more than 50 ethnic division of the continents

• Permeated music of other countries like Latin American, European Styles

• Used in ceremonies like birth, death, religious and political events.

• Produced by vocal and instrumental music.

Various rhythm patterns are heard simultaneously and repeated over and over in African music. Which of the following musical elements of African Music was being described?

• Polyrhythm

• Vocal and Instrumental

• Overlapping

• Dense Texture

Which traditional music of Africa was described as the fusion of West African with black American music?

• Akpala

• Afrobeat

• Axe

• Jit

Dancing is one of the oldest traditions around the world. Which of the following popular dance styles was being popularized by Kanda Bongo Man?

• Jive

• Juju

• Kwassa Kwassa

• Marabi

Reggae is a Latin American Music Influenced by African Music. Which of the following statements best describes Reggae music?

• Polyrhythm

• Three-cord township

• Offbeat Rhythm

• Hard and Percussive

Which of the following vocal forms were played as a wake-up call for early breakfast and prayers during Ramadan?

• Salsa

• Samba

• Zouk

• Were

Which groups were called "nacoes" (nations) who paraded with a drumming ensemble numbering up to 100, accompanied by a singer, chorus, and a coterie of dancers?

• Maracatu

• Native American

• C Ensemble

• Marabi

The music teacher played a song featuring the themes of loss of love, frustration, and loneliness. Which vocal forms of African music features this kind of theme?

• Reggae

• Soul

• Blues

• Call and Response

Which of the following methods of succession of two distinct musical phrases usually rendered by different musicians, where the second phrase acts as a direct commentary on or response to the first?

• Maracatu

• Spiritual

• Call and Response

• Blues

Which of the following musical styles contains three major influences - Indigenous, Spanish-Portuguese, and African?

• Music of Africa

• Music of Latin America

• Mixed Latin America

• Popular Music