Vocabulary
Patterns of sound and silence in music
What is Rhythm?
This is the reason that drumming and rhythm is so important in African music and culture.
What is that rhythm brings people together, supports dancing and ceremonies, and allows music to be shared communally.
This instrument is a hand drum often used for celebrations and is goblet shaped.
What is the Djembe?
The unique sound or tone quality of an instrument or voice.
What is timbre?
The traditions, beliefs, and practices of a group of people.
What is culture?
The steady pulse of music.
What is beat?
This is what we do to practice polyrhythms in class.
What is by clapping or tapping different rhythms together?
This is a stringed instrument typically used to tell stories.
What is the Kora?
These are words that can be used to describe timbre.
What is bright, sharp, warm, rattling, smooth, gentle, deep, wooden, powerful, etc?
True/False: It is important to understand a Country's culture to better understand their music.
What is True?
Call and Response
What is a musical conversation between a leader and group?
True/False: This listening example does not showcase polyrhythm.
(Djole)
What is False?
This drum can change pitch to send messages.
What is the Talking Drum?
The timbre of this listening example could be described with these three words.
(Hamadoun Toure)
What is bright, gentle, and sharp?
Give one example of how African music reflects culture or tradition.
What is call-and-response, use of traditional instruments, music for ceremonies, or storytelling through songs?
Two or more rhythms happening at the same time.
What is Polyrhythm?
True/False: This listening example features polyrhythm.
(Oya)
What is False?
This is a wooden xylophone with resonators.
What is the Balafon?
What instrument ensemble is this?
(Abondan)
What is a Djembe ensemble?
African Music helps to bring together communities in these ways.
What is that it is used for celebrations, ceremonies, storytelling, and shared experiences where everyone participates?
Timbre
What is the unique sound quality or tone of an instrument or voice?
True/False: This listening example does not feature polyrhythm.
(South African Drumming)
What is True?
This instrument is made from hollowed out gourds and beads.
What is the Skekere?
This wooden instrument is heard in this listening example.
(L'oiseau chasseur)
What is the Balafon?
This listening example showcase this genre of African Pop culture music.
What is Afrobeats?