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What does "Takht" mean?
Ensemble
What are the two types of drums used by Griots (Dagbamba dummers)?
Lunsi, Gung-gong
What are the three main religions practiced in the Arab world?
Christianity, Judaism, Islam
What is the Arabic word for improvisation?
Taqasim
In what style would you hear a bell, a bunch of drums, and singing?
Agbekor drumming
Besides the people, who participates in BaAka music?
The forest
Which Arab piece did we study that is NOT considered 'music' by the Arab people?
Azan (Call to Prayer)
What was "Horses" by Rahim Alhaj about?
The need to feel free
What is the name for the high-pitched trilling heard at a Levant wedding?
zagareet
How is much music in Africa learned? Not by a student-teacher relationship, but by _______________.
Enculturation
What are the three main instruments you'd expect to hear in "Initiaion of Ecstasy"?
synthesizer, chimes, violin
What are the main instruments played by the Takht in "Al-Shaghal"? (Name at least 3.)
‘Ud, Buzuq, Violin, Nay, Qanun, Riqq/daff/duff
What are three types of singing you would expect to hear in Shona Mbira music?
Vocables, poetry, yodeling
What is an ostinato?
(Hint: It is heard in Nhemamusasa.)
A repeating rhythmic or melodic pattern (usually played beneath, against, or as a backdrop for a main melody).
What type of dancing would you expect to see performed by men in the Sultanate of Oman?
Knife dancing
What were the two instruments of Ghana that you learned about in relation to your reflection paper (Wiyaala's "Africa")?
Gyil, seprewa