Africa

Question 0

Before the 1800s, what were the ud and the gunibiri

Answer 0

3 string lutes

added embellishment

Question 1

Before the 1800s, the rebab was a what?

Answer 1

Type of lute
2 thick strings
Plays principle notes of melody

Question 2

Before the 1800s, what was the tar

Answer 2

a small tambourine

Question 3

Added in 1800s - kamanja

Answer 3

looks like violin or viola

played in lap

Question 4

What instruments were added in the 1900s?

Answer 4

more uds
cello
nay
violins and violas
darbuka
piano and sax

Question 5

Who was Ziryab and what did he do?

Answer 5

Free slave who travelled from Iraq to Spain

proposed musical system based on 24 modes - one for each day

Question 6

How did muslim get to Spain

Answer 6

Ziryab’s travel from Iraq to Spain

Question 7

Prelude with improv (2)

Answer 7

Bughia or Mshelia

Question 8

Overture played by ensemble - may include section called what?

Answer 8

Tushia - Taqsim

Question 9

What does Gnawa mean?

Answer 9

brothehood

Question 10

Gnawa is filled with music from where?

Answer 10

Ethiopia and Arabic

Question 11

Percussion called…

Answer 11

qarqaba

Question 12

3 string instrument that sounds like a bass

Answer 12

gumbri

Question 13

drum hit with curved stick

Answer 13

tbel

Question 14

Gnawa brotherhood uses what musical ideas? (2)

Answer 14

Ostinato and call-and-response

Question 15

5 big concepts of Subsahara Africa

Answer 15

1. Purpose of music is essential
2. Percussion
3. Rhythm
4. Performers and audience are same
5. Music notation

Question 16

Purpose of music is essential, why?

Answer 16

most songs go along with some activity and are rarely sang out of context

Question 17

Percussion is important, why?

Answer 17

almost more important than music

used to communicate stories and messages

Question 18

Rhythm is important, why?

Answer 18

division of beat can be in two or three

Question 19

Music notation is important, why?

Answer 19

music is not notated, learned by wrote

Question 20

Is there a distinct meter in Ghanan music?

Answer 20

no

Question 21

What are the strong and weak strokes called in Ashante Kete Drumming?

Answer 21

strong is “sang”, weak is “si”

Question 22

Where do Ashante people live?

Answer 22

Southern Ghana

Question 23

Do the Ashante people like the idea of someone being in charge?

Answer 23

yes

Question 24

What does "kete" refer to?

Answer 24

royal music for the king

Question 25

To whom do the instruments have associations with?

Answer 25

spirits and souls

Question 26

Is the rattle usually played alone in Ghana music?

Answer 26

no

Question 27

Difference between single and double bells

Answer 27

single bells are high or low in pitch, double bells have high and low sounds in the same instrument

Question 28

Description of two different drums in Ghana

Answer 28

Drums from logs and drums made up with strips of wood held together by metal bands

Question 29

Where do the Ewe people live?

Answer 29

coast of Togo

Question 30

Is extended family important to Ewe people?

Answer 30

yes, every member has rights and obligations | position of authority held by senior member

Question 31

What does "agbe" and "kor" mean?

Answer 31

life and clear

Question 32

Double bell in Agbekor called what? What is its purpose in music?

Answer 32

gankogoi | it's in command and everyone follows it

Question 33

Where do the Mande people live?

Answer 33

Western Africa

Question 34

What is a griot?

Answer 34

expert in speech, singing, story telling

Question 35

Ngara

Answer 35

female singer

Question 36

Konkon

Answer 36

knocking sound

Question 37

kumbengo

Answer 37

ostinato

Question 38

birimintingo played by who

Answer 38

elaborate passages played by kora

Question 39

kora emphasizes what scale?

Answer 39

pentatonic

Question 40

lessons on kora focus on what? (ostinato)

Answer 40

kumbengo

Question 41

Nag biegu translated means what?

Answer 41

ferocious wild bull

Question 42

Dagbamba

Answer 42

group of people

Question 43

Lunsi

Answer 43

group of drummers

Question 44

Lunga, made of what, shape

Answer 44

talking drum cedar hour glass

Question 45

Gungon, shape, ends?

Answer 45

talking drum, cylindrical, snare on both sides

Question 46

Praise song - purpose, who did our selection praise?

Answer 46

to celebrate someone, King Naa Andani II

Question 47

Shona people speak what language

Answer 47

bamtu - spoken by 200 million people

Question 48

Who took over Zimbabwe? When? What was created?

Answer 48

english in 1900, Rhodesia

Question 49

1960 - what war took place? b/w who?

Answer 49

Liberation war b/w rhodesia and Ian Smith

Question 50

Mbira - sometimes called what? makeup? which are we focusing on?

Answer 50

thumb piano, sound board and resonator, mbira dzaradzimu

Question 51

What does Nhemamusasa translate to? Who is it played for?

Answer 51

cutting wood for fire, Chaminuka

Question 52

Thomas Manfumo

Answer 52

pop music performer

Question 53

Nyarai comes from what African country? What style of music is it?

Answer 53

Zimbabwe, chimirenga

Question 54

Chimirenga

Answer 54

political word and style of music

Question 55

Chimirenga means what in Bantu

Answer 55

liberation war

Question 56

Language spoken in Zimbabwe

Answer 56

Bant

Question 57

Important pop star in development of Chimirenga music

Answer 57

Thomas Mapfumo

Question 58

Another popular pop start other than Thomas Mapfumo

Answer 58

Oliver Mtukdzi

Question 59

BaAka people known as...

Answer 59

forest people, or Pygmies

Question 60

Are baAka people literate?

Answer 60

live in a non-literate society

Question 61

Mabo

Answer 61

music and dance event

Question 62

People who live in Kenya

Answer 62

Masai