Musical Terms
Music
Africa & Instruments
Note Names and Values
Music Continued
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A note that receives 2 beats
What is a half note
100
a form of music used often in African drumming which means to play many rhythms
What is polyrhythms
100

Africa is one of the 7 these in the world

What is  continent

100
The value of a whole note
What is 4
100
A note that has a value of 1/2 a beat
What is an eighth note
200
A form in which one player performs a rhythm/melody and another responses
What is call and response
200
The materials drums and other instruments are generally made of in African culture.
What is wood,clay,gourds and animal skin
200
This drum is also known as the healing drum
What is djembe
200
The value of 4 sixteenth notes together
What is one
200
Music in African society is in all aspects of life and used in their everyday activities.
What is true
300
To make up as you go along, on the spot
What is improvisation
300
A scale using 5 notes
What is a pentatonic scale
300
A double bell instrument that has a high tone and a low tone
What is the Gonkogui
300
A note that equals one beat
What is quarter note
300
Drums are used so often because they are very traditional, they have been used a very long time and they are an important means of communicating
What is true
400
A term used when there is no instrumental accompaniment to a song
What is a capella
400

The 3 tones played on the djembe

Bass, tone & slap

400
An hourglass shaped drum named after the fact that it can "speak"
What is a talking drum
400
A note that equals 3 beats
What is a dotted half note
400
The most commonly used instrument in Africa
What are the drums
500
An instrument played by striking it on the arms or legs made from a hollow gourd with seeds loosely around the outside.
What is a shekere
500
A note that equals 1/4 of a beat
What is a sixteenth note
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