wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

People and Music- C major scale, Crotchet

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify which purpose the description of this track fits, in accordance with the uses we discussed in class. "Hasusi wedding tune performed on the mbira after the ceremony. (Track 1)

a)

Healing

b)

Work

c)

Life cycle events

2.

Identify which purpose this track fits, in accordance with the uses we discussed in class. "Amagikafu ragitaku performed in Uganda. The song is political commentary about conflict between Sudan and Uganda." (Track 2)

a)

Religious Ceremony

b)

Resistance or protest

c)

Life Cycle Event

3.

Work songs are:

a)

The songs children sing at at school to tell a story

b)

Songs sung to ease the workload

c)

Life Cycle events

4.

Identify which purpose this track fits, in accordance with the uses we discussed in class: "World in Union" performed by PJ Powers with Lady Smith Black Mambazo and often performed as an anthem for the Rugby World Cup.

a)

Entertainment

b)

Nationalism and Identity

c)

Life Cycle Events

5.

Baadina (Track 5) performed by the Egyption Muisc Club in Dar-Es-Salaam, is from which part of Africa? Also, what cultural influence do you hear on the music?

a)

Uganda with Southern African influence

b)

Kenya with Western influence

c)

Tanzania with Arabic Influence

6.

"The Bathing Suit" (Track 8) by the Andrew Tracy Steel Band is a calypso song .Where in the world, is this song likely to have originated and what influence do you hear on the music?

a)

Caribbean. West African influence.

b)

Paris in 1984

c)

The islands

7.
African music influenced music in the Americas and the Caribbean. This was due to the ........ ...............
a)

Mediterranean Slave Trade

b)

Colonisation

c)

Atlantic Slave Trade

d)

Globalisation

8.

Well-known styles with African influence in the Southern Regions of the USA are: See page 16

a)

Calypso from Trinidad

b)

Rumba from the Caribbean

c)

Blues and Jazz from the USA

d)

All of the above

9.

How did music travel to Africa from Europe, Indonesia, India and the Americas? See page 17

a)

Migration

b)

Missionaries

c)

Colonisation

d)

Industrial Revolution

10.

What type of music is said to have travelled across the Indian Ocean from Indonesia all along the east coast of Africa? See page 17

a)

Classical Music

b)

Jazz

c)

Xylophone Music

d)

Rumba

11.

"Untitled" (Track 7) by a marimba group in Cape Town is from which part of Africa? .What influence do you hear on this music?

a)

Caribbean. West African influence.

b)

Cameroon, Western influence.

c)

South Africa. Western influence.

12.

"Omusango gwa balere" (Track 6) by the Royal Drummers of the king of Buganda in Kampala, Uganda is from which part of Africa? .What influence do you hear on this music?

a)

Caribbean. Indian, Polynesian influence.

b)

Uganda. Indian, Polynesian influence.

c)

South Africa. Western influence.

13.

"Sweet nothings" (Track 9), a blues song was created by ILAM musicians. Can you identify where on the map of the world this song originated and what influence you hear on this music?

a)

Caribbean. Indian, Polynesian influence.

b)

Southern USA. Influenced by the West and South Africa.

c)

South Africa. Western influence.

14.

In present times, African music has influenced music throughout the world due to ....

a)

Globalisation and the Music Industry

b)

Slave Trade

c)

Colonisation

d)

Government intervention

15.

Put the following letters in order to represent the first 5 notes of a C major scale.

a)
C
b)

D

c)
E
d)

F

e)

G

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
16.

What is the name of this musical symbol which we used to read "Count on me" sheet music?

a)

Eighth Note

b)

Quarter Note

c)

Half Note

d)

Sixteenth Note