Terms
What is by listening?
Instruments played by plucking, bowing or strumming
What is chordophone
A drum that is used to communicate (used to replicate speech).
What is the talking drum
Explain the purposes songs and music were used for in Pre-Colonial African Society
What is to pass down stories form generation to generation?
The continent and time period that our lesson is on today.
What is Pre-Colonial Africa
Orally means...
What is by the voice.
An instrument with an animal skin head(for playing)
What is a membranophone
Instrument that is played by putting it in the mouth and striking the strings.
What is the Mouth Bow
List the topics songs are written about
What is Life, Childbirth, Marriage, Politics, and Hunting?
The three types of musicians in Pre-Colonial African society.
What are Non-Professional, Semi-Professional, Professional Musicians
Any instrument that is played using strings.
What is a chordophone.
An instrument that makes it's sound itself by being struck
What is an idiophone
Instrument played by flicking small strips of metal.
What is the mbira or thumb piano
Explain a Call and Response
What is when a leader sings or plays a phrase and the chorus responds with something DIFFERENT from the leader?
This kind of instrument dominates many types of African music.
What is percussion instruments or drums
These instruments can be pitched or unpitched, and consists of instruments such as the Mbira, Kosikas, and the Xylophones.
What is a idiophone
Instrument that is the most famous Chordophone in West Africa
What is the Kora?
Explain an Ostinato
What is a short musical phrase that is continuously repeated?
A full time musician, whose position is usually inherited
What is a griot?
Any instrument that vibrate using its own parts (without the use of strings or a membrane).
What is an idiophone
The main three Chorodophones we learned about
What is the Mouth Bow, the Earth Bow, and the Resonator Bow
Sometimes made from the skin of animals
What is the membrane or head of a drum
Explain a hocket
What is when a musical phrase is shared between multiple parts?
A group of people performing together.
What is an ensemble