Africa Music Flashcards
Good at beats and more on percussion instrument.
Africa music
polyrhythmic
Rhythm
A capella
Harmony
Strophic
Form
Homophonic
Texture
4,5,6,7 notes
Melody
from Nigera, use to wake up worshippers after the Ramadan.
Apala
genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. Fusion of Afro-Carribbean style.
Axe
fast and hard dance music Zimbabwe played on the drums with guitar.
Jit
a lively variation of a jutterburg
Jive
popular style from Nigeria relying on traditional Yoruba rhythms.
Juju
booty dance style from Zaire.
Kwassa kwassa
extended dance in vamping pattern and repeated harmony.
Marabi
Jamaican sound dominated by the bass and guitar.
Reggae
afro Cuban music
Salsa
Brazilian music
Samba
a fusion of soul and calypso music.
Soca
muslim music used as a wakeup call for early breakfast and prayers during Ramadan.
Were
a fast, carnival type of music.
Zouk
ancient carnival tradition from the northeast of Brazil.
Maracatu
rhythm of Maracatu
Baque/toque
singing part of Maracatu where a leader sings a verse answered by a chorus
Toada
come from the term “blue devils” meaning melancholy and sadness or blue indigo, color worn by many West African cultures in death and mourning ceremonies.
Blues
religious song with roots in the camp meetings of the early 19th century. They were less concerned with the performer; focus on the general loneliness of mankind with figurative lyrics.
Spiritual
combines rhythm and blues, gospel music and jazz originating from the US.
Soul
Made from nature, like wood, gourds, turtle shells, animals horns or skin.
African instruments
long necked harp lute with 21 leather
Kora
African harp considered he most striking string instrument.
Adungu
single string instrument traditionally made from wood and dried gourd.
Uhadi
African pan pipe.
Nyanga
comes from the horn of the kudu antelope and used in Jewish ceremonies similar to a shofar.
Kudu
wooden xylophone that plays melodic tunes that has 16 to 27 keys.
Balafon
pitch can be regulated depending upon how the player strkes the head of the drums. It pitches mirror a person’s voice.
Talking drums
hand percussion instrument that produces sound by scraping.
Rasps
made from a hollowed piece of wood in which a narrow groove serves as a sound.
Slit drum
rope tuned, skin covered goblet drum played with bare hands.
Djembe
or thumb piano, sound box with metal keys attached to the top to give different notes.
Kalimba
gourd shaker with gourd pieces.
Shekere
conical, bell-shaped instruments usually in two’s that produce sound by hitting the bells.
Agogo
