Terms
Any instrument that is played using strings.
What is a chordophone.
Instruments played by plucking, bowing or strumming
What is chordophone
A drum that is used to communicate (used to replicate speech).
What is the talking drum
In which ways can African drums be used?
Communication, Ceremonies
The continent that our lesson is on today.
What is Africa
Any instrument that makes noise by blowing air through it.
What is an aerophone.
An instrument with an animal skin head(for playing)
What is a membranophone
Instrument said to contain 3 spirits. Used for healing.
What is the djembe
What are the 3 ways a gourd banjo could be played?
bowed, plucked, strummed
Animal horns are used to make this type of instrument
What are aerophones
An instrument that makes it's sound itself by being struck
What is an idiophone
Instrument played by flicking small strips of metal.
What is the mbira or thumb piano
What are some occassions at which Africans might use dancing, drumming, or singing?
funerals, weddings, cermonies
This kind of instrument dominates many types of African music.
What is percussion instruments
Any instrument that makes noise using its own parts (without the use of strings or a membrane).
What is an idiophone
An instrument that makes it's sound itself by being struck
What is a idiophone
Instrument that is the ancestor of the American banjo
What is the gourd banjo?
What does the master drummer do?
Leads the drum ensemble
A song used by children to play a game
What is a game song
A horn
What is an aerophone
Sometimes made from the skin of a goat
What is the the head of a drum
How does the master drummer make the talking drum "talk"?
He uses pitch and rhtythm to imitate human speech by squeezing(tightening) and releasing(loosening) the strings of the drum
A group of people performing together.
What is an ensemble