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Griot
Vocal
Instruments
Instruments Pt2
Fun Facts!
100

What is a griot? 

a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.


100
What is Call and Response? 

A leader makes a musical call and the group         (ensemble) responds. 

100

What are the three instrument types in Africa? 

1. Rattles 

2. Drums 

3. Bells 

100

True or False 

The double bells has one high bell and one low bell 

TRUE 

100

What are the 4 D's in Africa? 

1.Diverse

2. Detailed 

3. Dollars 

4. Different 

200

What are the three main jobs a griot has? 

1. Historian 

2. Storyteller 

3. Musician 

200

What is one type of call and response and what does it mean? 

Question and Answer- the call is different for the leader and ensemble 

Echo- the call is the same for lead rand ensemble 

200

What instrument is this? 

1.The King of the Drums
2.One of the most famous drums in West Africa

3.It is shaped like a large goblet (a fancy cup)
4.It is played with bare hands.
5.The body is made from a hollowed tree and is covered in animal skin

Djembe 

200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Which instrument is shaped like a goblet (a fancy cup)?

Djembe 

200

What does imports mean? 

Things that go into a country 

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!

What does a Griot keep track of? 

1. Village History 

2. Family History 

3. Personal Identities 

300

What is another type of call and response and what does it mean 

Question and Answer- the call is different for the leader and ensemble 

Echo- the call is the same for lead rand ensemble 

300

What instrument is this? 

1. “The Talking Drum”

2.Double sided

3.Shaped like an hourglass
4. Played with a beater
5. The perform squeezes the instrument or pulls strings to change the sound

Odono 

300

In Africa, What do they use to make a Shekere? 

A hollowed gourd (squash) covered in beads or shells tied to a net.

300

True or False 

Africa exports to almost every country across the globe. 

TRUE 

400
What is the main instrument for a Griot? 

Kora 

400

True or False

Unison means the ensemble is singing more than one pitch 

FALSE 

400

What is another name for the Mbria? 

Thumb Piano

400

Explain what a Kora is. 

1. One of few West African Stringed Instruments
2. Considered to be one of the most difficult
3. 24 strings connected to a beam of wood drilled into a gourd as the body


400

List 2 things that are made in Africa. 


500

How do you become a Griot? 

By birth

500
What does Acapella mean? 

Singing with no instruments in the background 

500

What instrument is this?


Shekere 

500

What is the Balafons nickname? 

The West African Xylophone 

500

Africa has how many countries? 

54