Musical Terms
African Music
Latin American Music
Musicians
100
Stressing the weak beat.
What is syncopation?
100
a double bell played throughout West Africa.
What is a Gangokoi
100
This Latin dance style is from Puerto Rico
What is Salsa?
100
This artist is famous for the "Banana Boat Song"
Who is Harry Belafonte?
200
How the music is created or built, separating the music into sections.
What is Form?
200
This symbolizes unity in African culture.
What is Circle
200
This style of music is energetic, vibrant and likes syncopated rhythms.
What is Salsa or Cuban music?
200
This artist is a rapper from Trinidad
What is Nicki Minaj
300
2 or more pitches played or sang together.
What is Harmony?
300
This person is a skilled musician who often leads other musicians.
What is a Master Drummer
300
This dance style is from Cuba
What is the Cha Cha
300
This Venezuelan artist wrote one of Ricky Martin's first singles.
Who is Franco De Vita?
400
2 or more rhythms played at the same time. A popular form in African music.
What is polyrhythms?
400
This instrument is known as a talking drum because it mimics the sound of the language of the people who created it.
What is a Donno?
400
This style of music is from Jamaica
What is Reggae?
400
This artist is a well known Cuban pop star from the 1980s
Who is Gloria Estefan
500
How the instruments/voices are layered together.
What is texture
500
What was the purpose of drumming in Ghanian culture?
What is discipline?
500
This Latin percussion instrument is used to keep the steady beat.
What is the cowbell
500
This artist is the eldest son of Bob Marley
Who is Ziggy Marley
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