Africa

Question 1

What are some of the percussion instruments heard in the introduction?

Answer 1

Congo drums,
Cowbells,
Maracas,
Keyboard,
Xylophone/ marimba( bigger)

Question 2

What are the chords heard in the verses?

Answer 2

B D#m G#m B/F# A/E E/F# G#m

Question 3

What are the chords heard in Riff A

Answer 3

A G#m C#m

Question 4

When in Riff A repeated

Answer 4

After every phrase in the verse

Question 5

What key is the intro in

Answer 5

C#minor

Question 6

What is the tonic key

Answer 6

B major

Question 7

How many sharp/flats does the tonic key have in the key sig?

Answer 7

5 #s- F#, C#, G#, D#, A#

Question 8

What key is the chorus in?

Answer 8

A major- 3#s

Question 9

What is the tempo marking

Answer 9

Moderately in 2

Question 10

Who are the 2 composers?

Answer 10

Paich and Porcaro

Question 11

What is the time sig

Answer 11

2/2- cut common

Question 12

What is the melody line like in the verse?

Answer 12

conjunct
syncopated
mainly syllabic

Question 13

What is the bass line like in the verse?

Answer 13

rhythmic ostinato in the bass

Question 14

what cadence is heard at the end of every phrase?

Answer 14

perfect cadence in C#m- riff A ends in a perfect cadence G#m- C#m

Question 15

What word has a melisma in the first phrase?

Answer 15

conversation

Question 16

What scale is riff B

Answer 16

pentatonic in C#m

Question 17

How many times is the intro played?

Answer 17

4

Question 18

What instrument plays riff B

Answer 18

synthesised keyboard

Question 19

How many bars long is each phrase in the verse?

Answer 19

9 bars long due to having riff A at the end

Question 20

what instrument plays the bass line

Answer 20

Marimba

Question 21

What genre is this piece of music?

Answer 21

soft rock

Question 22

What album is this piece originally from?

Answer 22

Toto IV

Question 23

When was Africa composed?

Answer 23

1981

Question 24

When was Africa released?

Answer 24

1982

Question 25

Give 2 differences between the 1st and 2nd verses?

Answer 25

Verse 1 is 1 phrase longer than verse 2

Verse 2 has a countermelody played on the recorder

Question 26

What is the countermelody on the recorder like?

Answer 26

a descending B major scale in semibreves

Question 27

What is different about the last phrase of the verse?

Answer 27

The 2nd half is higher in pitch

Question 28

What are the chords in the chorus?

Answer 28

F#m D A E

Question 29

What is different about the vocals in the chorus?

Answer 29

High register of voice belted- falsetto

Question 30

how do the vocals develop throughout the chorus?

Answer 30

line 1 is a solo
line 2 is a duet a 6th apart
line 3 & 4 is a trio in harmony

Question 31

what are the rhythms like in the chorus?

Answer 31

Same bass rhythm as the verse- rhythmic ostinato
Rhythms mainly based around the tonic note- A
Fill at the end of each line in the bass line

Question 32

Where can vocalisation be found?

Answer 32

at the end of the chorus and linking section

Question 33

What scale is at the end of the linking section?

Answer 33

E major pentatonic

Question 34

Where can you find triplet rhythms?

Answer 34

the instrumental

Question 35

What key is the instrumental in?

Answer 35

B major pentatonic

Question 36

What D.S. al Coda mean?

Answer 36

Go back to the coda sign- bottom of page 3

Question 37

What is the outro like?

Answer 37

The outro is the same as the intro