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Drumming Technique
Western Africa
Latin America
Instruments
Miscellaneous
100
This is the when you play the drum close to the edge with your fingers, creating a higher sound.
What is open tone drumming?
100
This is where our first drumming circle song came from.
What is Ghana?
100
This is the country where our Latin American percussion piece came from.
What is Trinidad?
100
These wooden sticks are used in music from Latin America.
What are claves?
100
This African instrument influenced the Latin American maracas.
What is the shekere?
200
This is when you cup your hand over the center of the drum and hit, creating a lower sound.
What is bass tone drumming?
200
The song 'Take Time in Life' is from this country.
What is Liberia?
200
This is the name of the islands including Trinidad, Tobago, Jamaica, and Bahamas.
What is the Caribbean?
200
This instrument is comprised of two cowbells of different sizes that are connected.
What is the gankogui?
200
This Latin American instrument was influenced by the African gankogui.
What is the Agogo bell?
300
This is when you play the same rhythm the leader has just played.
What is echoing?
300
Both Ghana and Liberia have coastlines to this ocean.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
300
These traditional Caribbean instruments are created from recycled oil containers.
What are steel drums?
300
This shaker instrument is used in music from Western Africa.
What is a shekere?
300
In the past, countries who bordered the ocean or rivers had their music influenced by these groups of people.
What are traders or travelers?
400
This is when you come up with an musical answer to what the leader just played.
What is call and response?
400
Traditional music from Liberia uses this form in their singing and instrument playing.
What is call and response?
400
Which continents have countries considered to be part of Latin America?
What are North, Central, and South America?
400
This shaker like instrument is used in music from Latin America.
What are the maracas?
400
These two cultures influenced the music of Latin America.
What are African and Hispanic cultures?
500
This is when two rhythms go well together.
What is rhythm complements?
500
This is the name of one of the cultures found in Ghana.
What are the Ewe people?
500
This is the name for when you stress the off or weak beat in a rhythm. (the clave part did this)
What is syncopation?
500
This scraper instrument is used in music from Latin America.
What is the guiro?
500
This is when you trade off hands to better perform a rhythm in drumming.
What is alternating hands?