General African Characteristics
What is Rhythm?
Style of music whose name means "rich drum"
What is Gahu?
The name of the most popular style of drumming from the Ga people of Accra
What is Kpanlogo?
The name of the first Orisha prayed to in any Yoruban ceremony
Who is Elegba?
The name of the musician/historian of the Malinke people
What is Griot/Djeli?
What is Call and Response?
Style of music whose name means "New Life"
What is Bobobo?
The name of the largest ethnic group of the Northern Region of Ghana
What is the Dagbamba?
The name of the rattles worn on the wrists of Kongolese drummers
What are Nsakalas?
The name of the lead drum in Malinke music
The most fundamental aspect of African Music
What is without participation, there is no meaning?
The name of the Ewe double bell
What is Gangokui?
Style of music popular among the Dagbamba which involves men dressing as women
What is Bamayaa?
The name of the drums used in Kongolese music
What are Ngomas?
Term associated with playing rhythms from two different meters simultaneously
What are crossrhythms?
The name of the lead drum in most Ewe drumming ensembles
What is Atsimevu?
The predominant religion of the Dagbamba people
What is Islam?
The collective name of the three drums used in Yoruban ceremonies
What are Bata drums?
One of the three spirits believed to inhabit the Djembe
What are the blacksmith, tree, and animal?
Term associated with the using of verbal syllables to teach drum tones
What is aural transfer?
The name of the highest pitched drum in the Ewe ensemble
What is the kagan?
The name of the rope-tensioned drum used by the Dagbamba
What is the Donno?
The name of the lead/lowest bata drum
What is the Iya?
The name of the most popular form of music of the Malinke, named after a talented dancer
What is Sunu?