The Instrument Classification System talked about in the section
What is Hornbostel-Sachs
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Which of these is not a concept talked about in the resource guide?
a) Rhythm
b) Timbre
c) Melody
d) Counter-Melody
d) Counter-Melody
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What was the first British African Colony to gain its independence?
Ghana
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What are the 4 longest rivers in Africa in order from Longest to Shortest?
Nile, Congo, Niger, Zambezi
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Which African country was first to gain it's independence. When did it gain it's independence?
Ghana. 1957
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What are the four classifications of instruments?
What are idiophones, membranophones, chordophones, and aerophones.
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What is the number of cycles made in the space of a second?
Frequency
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When did Christianity start growing in Africa through the Atlantic Seaboard?
The 15th century.
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The Zambezi river is normally connected to these people...
Shona
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During the 1880's, European powers made an effort to formally colonize Africa. What is the name of this Event?
What is the Scramble for Africa?
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What classification is a xylophone?
Idiophone. They are instruments that are solid substances that vibrate when struck.
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What is entrainment?
The steady reoccurring beats that are embedded in the music.The more familiar one becomes with the music, the easier it is to find the steady beat and clap/dance to it.
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Where does most of our information of Sub Saharan Africa in the 14th century come from?
The records of Ibn Battuta, the Muslim Marco Polo.
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What two factors change the basis of music within Africa throughout the major regions?
Climate and Materials
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What was a common form of communication between the living and nonliving deities throughout traditional African religions?
Possession by a deity. Spiritual possession normally involves music in order to call down an ancestor.
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In what region are lyres and zithers primarily found?
East Africa, Great Lakes Region.
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Name one of the authors who wrote a music textbook over Africa between 1969 and 1974.
Francis Bebey, 1969, Cameroon
J. H. Kwabena Nkeita, 1974, Ghana
400
When were upper and lower Egypt first unified, and by who?
3,00 BCE, King Menes
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What is the largest river in Africa? What is this lake part of?
Lake Tanganyika, The Great Lakes
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Due to the arrival of Christianity and Islam, traditional religions were slowly eradicated or altered. How does this correlate to traditional musical practices?
Traditional Musical practices were purposely targeted by Christian/Muslim efforts in order to be eradicated.
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Why do chordophones often accompany vocals or other instruments.
Chordophones are much softer on average than other instruments in Africa. (Pg 32 of Music Resource Guide)
500
How do both Gregorian Monks and Muslims chant similarly?
(Hint: it ends in -phony)
They both chant in Monophony, which is one melodic line even if there are multiple people or octaves.
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Although African regions were already climatically designated, what led the African people to settle together?
Shift to Farming and the need for a more sustainable form of living compared to hunter/gathering and subsistence living.
River Appeal.
The shrinking of rich regions and the expansion of desert regions such as the Sahara.
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What are the Four largest language families found in Africa? Which one of these is most widespread?
Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Afro-Asiatic languages, Khoisan languages. The Niger-Congo languages are the most widespread.
500
Although the terms "jeli" and "griot" have the same meaning, what was the original term and which colonial power coined the ladder term?
Jeli was the first term. The French were the first to use "griot".