Griot
Vocal
Instruments
Instruments Pt2
Fun Facts!
100
What is a griot?
a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.
100
What is Call and Response?
A leader makes a musical call and the group (ensemble) responds.
100
What are the three instrument types in Africa?
1. Rattles
2. Drums
3. Bells
100
True or False
The double bells has one high bell and one low bell
TRUE
100
What are the 4 D's in Africa?
1.Diverse
2. Detailed
3. Dollars
4. Different
200
What are the three main jobs a griot has?
1. Historian
2. Storyteller
3. Musician
200
What is one type of call and response and what does it mean?
Question and Answer- the call is different for the leader and ensemble
Echo- the call is the same for lead rand ensemble
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Which instrument is shaped like a goblet (a fancy cup)?
Djembe
200
What does imports mean?
Things that go into a country
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!
What does a Griot keep track of?
1. Village History
2. Family History
3. Personal Identities
300
What is another type of call and response and what does it mean
Question and Answer- the call is different for the leader and ensemble
Echo- the call is the same for lead rand ensemble
300
What instrument is this?
1. “The Talking Drum”
2.Double sided
3.Shaped like an hourglass
4. Played with a beater
5. The perform squeezes the instrument or pulls strings to change the sound
Odono
300
In Africa, What do they use to make a Shekere?
A hollowed gourd (squash) covered in beads or shells tied to a net.
300
True or False
Africa exports to almost every country across the globe.
TRUE
400
What is the main instrument for a Griot?
Kora
400
True or False
Unison means the ensemble is singing more than one pitch
FALSE
400
What is another name for the Mbria?
Thumb Piano
400
Explain what a Kora is.
1. One of few West African Stringed Instruments
2. Considered to be one of the most difficult
3. 24 strings connected to a beam of wood drilled into a gourd as the body
400
List 2 things that are made in Africa.
500
How do you become a Griot?
By birth
500
What does Acapella mean?
Singing with no instruments in the background
500
What instrument is this?
Shekere
500
What is the Balafons nickname?
The West African Xylophone
500
Africa has how many countries?
54