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Where and how was African music brought around the world

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African music brought to the Caribbean and Americas by the Slave trade

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Explain performances of African music

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Long and involves participation of audience

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What are the different kind of work songs used for

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Childbirth
Marriage
Hunting
Political activities

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What do African drums look like

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Variety of shapes and sizes, bodies made of wood, gourd and clay

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What is a gourd

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Dried, hallowed out shell of a fruit

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What are drum heads made from

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Animal skin

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What does the majority of African music rely on

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Playing of drums

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What are drums characterized by

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Intense rythmic playing

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What type of music does not rely on drums so much

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Township music

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What music is prelavent in South Africa

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Township music

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What are the uses of drums

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Not limited to entertainment and dance , served purpose to local community , by helping in execution of daily things

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Explain the djembe drum

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12th century
Wide tonal range , distinguishes it from other drums
Played with the hand

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Explain talking drums

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Have a drum on both ends

Changes pitch to imitate speech

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Explain the Sakara drum

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Hand held drum
Made in Nigeria and west Africa
Comes in family of 4 sizes (tiny atele to large lya-alu)
Sound is produced by hitting stretched goatskin with light stick

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Explain the yenca percussion instrument

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Rattle
Gourd containing seeds that make sound
Size of seeds change to produce different sounds

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Explain the percussion instrument , shekere

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Comes in variety of shapes and sizes
Hollowed out gourd
Struck on hand , leg in various patterns
Top of ball creates deeper tone

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Explain the stringed instrument , udikwe

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Original harp made from materials oxhorn, gourd, reed, timber and strings

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Explain the stringed instrument ugubhu (zulu) uhadi(xosa)

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Made from wood and gourd materials
Single string made from thin gauge metal wire
Late Zulu princess Constance Mogogo, mother of Mangosuthu buthelezi (founder and leader of Inkata freedom party)

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Explain the kora

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West African stringed instrument (21 strings)
Both plucked and sympathetic strings
Built from large calabash cut in half , covered in cow skin to make a resonator , notched bridge like guitar
Thumb and index finger of both hands to pluck
Proffesionals in Gambia

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What are sympathetic strings

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Strings that are not played but produces sound due to vibrations from other strings

21
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What type of African wind instruments are there

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Flutes, whistles, Oboes and trumpets

22
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What are African flutes made of

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Bamboo, reed , wood, clay and other

23
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Who is sazi dlamini

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An ethnomusicologist , jazz musician , guitarist, composer, conducts African music workshops

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What is the mbira

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Traditional instrument of Shona people of Zimbabwe
Wooden board , metal keys
History dates back more than 1000 years

25
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What is a isiginci

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Home made tin guitars by young boys

Used by informal mission schools , pennywhistles, voice also used

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What does the popular kwela style of 1950s owes its roots to

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Widespread practice of tin-guitar making playing

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What is the marimba

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Wooden bars with various lengths
Struck by plastic / wooden/ rubber mallats
Provide melody and rythem

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What is a marimba player

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Vocalist playing on their own , with flute or drum

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What is the pentatonic scale used in Marimbas

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C Eb F G Bb

30
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How is the influence of black African music widespread?

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It’s not only in communities of African heritage , but across the world

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