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Year 7 African Music

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What sort of drum is this?
a)
Dun Dun
b)
Djembe
c)
Drum
d)
Drum kit
2.
What are the names of the 3 sounds you can make on a Djembe?
a)
Slap, beat and rhythm
b)
Bass, tone and beat
c)
Bass, tone and slap
d)
Tone, Rhythm and bass
3.
What would you play on the Djembe?
a)
Rhythm
b)
Beat
c)
Tune
d)
Nothing
4.
What is this instrument called?
a)
Djembe
b)
Shekere
c)
Bass Drum
d)
Dun Dun
5.
What would you play on this instrument?
a)
The beat with sticks
b)
The beat with your hands
c)
Rhythms with your hands. 
d)
Rhythms with sticks
6.
What is this instrument called?
a)
Shekere
b)
Shakira
c)
Shaker
d)
Djembe
7.
Which instrument would a Master Drummer be most likely to play?
a)
Djembe
b)
Dun Dun
c)
Shekere
d)
Drum kit
8.
What is a beat?
a)
The stick you hit the drum with
b)
The constant pulse of the music
c)
A pattern of long and short notes
d)
Silence
9.
What is a rhythm?
a)
The constant pulse of the music
b)
Silence
c)
A pattern of long and short notes
d)
A stick you hit the drum with
10.
Which of these is a 4 beat rhythm?
a)
Tea Coffee Tea
b)
Cocacola Coffee
c)
Tea Tea Tea
d)
Coffee Coffee Tea Tea
11.
Which of these is NOT a 4 beat rhythm?
a)
Tea Tea Tea Tea
b)
Coffee Tea Coffee Tea
c)
Cocacola Cocacola
d)
Tea Tea Coffee Cocacola
12.
Which musical element talks about the layers in a piece?
a)
Texture
b)
Dynamics
c)
Rhythm
d)
Tempo
13.
What sort of texture would a SOLO Djembe player be?
a)
Thick
b)
Thin
14.
What does call and response mean?
a)
A leader plays something and nobody does anything
b)
A group plays something and the leader repeats it
c)
A leader plays something and the group repeat it
d)
A phone call with your mum
15.
What does improvisation mean?
a)
Writing the music down first
b)
Making it up as you go along
c)
A beat
d)
Layering rhythms over a beat