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WorksheetsWest African music and keywords
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
This is a traditional West African melodic instrument, but what is its name?
Balafon
Kora
Djembe
Drum
Select all the drum instruments
Djembe
Talking drum
Atsimevu
Gankogui
What does 'call and response' mean?
When a soloist sings or plays a phrase of music, and a larger group copies the phrase
When a soloist sings or plays a phrase of music, and a larger group responds to that with an answering phrase
When there is a soloist singing
When there is a choir
What is an ostinato?
A pattern on a loop
A pattern that can come back
A pattern that plays only once
A pattern that changes slightly everytime it comes back
What is improvisation?
To create a music idea on the spot
To create a music idea through planning
To create a music idea
To create a music idea with no help
What is the difference between repetition and an ostinato?
Repetition is when an idea comes back only once
Repetition is when an idea comes back throughout the piece
Repetition is playing on a loop
Repetition is when an idea changes everytime it comes back
What is the difference between 'polyphonic' and 'polyrhythm'? Select the two correct definitions
Polyphonic is having multiple melodies playing at the same time to create a different idea
Polyphonic is having multiple rhythms playing at the same time to create a different idea
Polyprhythm is having multiple melodies playing at the same time to create a different idea
Polyprhythm is having multiple rhythms playing at the same time to create a different idea
When do you think you can notice a 'master drummer'/ 'leader' whilst listening to a piece?
When there is a louder part that is different from before. Such as a shout or a slightly different rhythm
When someone counts
You can't, you can only see them
What is imitation?
"What is imitation?"
Exact copy
Musical idea is slightly different
A form of a call and response
When there are mulitple rhythms playing at once, this is called....?
Polyphonic
Polyrhythm
Heterophonic
Homophonic
