African Drumming/Music
The most versatile percussion instrument
What is Djembe Drum
How folk music is learned
What is hearing and practice
What a spiritual is
What is a type of religious folksong that is most closely associated with the enslavement of African people in the American South
Where blues originated
What is Georgia, Texas, the Carolinas, & Mississippi
Where Jazz originated
What is New Orleans, Louisiana
The empire where Djembe drumming started
What is The Mali Empire
How folk music is passed down
What is family & small social groups
(family & friends is acceptable)
Where the term spiritual is derived from
What is the King James Bible translation of Ephesians 5:19
The essential form of music
What is vocal form
The year the first recordings of Jazz were made
What is 1917
A role music played in society
ANSWERS MAY VARY
Where folk music is native
What is Europe & the Americas
How spirituals are sung
What is call and response
When blues began
What is after the American Civil War
How Jazz is played
What is improvisation
(swing style, call & response are acceptable)
Accompanies of drumming
What is dancing & singing
(Dancing, singing, & clapping is acceptable)
Common instruments used
What is the accordion, banjo, harmonica, and acoustic guitar
The two types of spirituals
What is sorrow songs & jubilees
Referred to as the genius
Who is Ray Charles
Artist who studied at Juliard
Who is Miles Davis
What the Djembe is made out of
What is goat skin, wood, metal rings, rope
The meaning behind folk music
What is to understand a group of people and their history
Importance of spirituals
What is code for escape
(answers may vary)
Who is Louis Jordan
Composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra
Who is Duke Ellington