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African Music Flashcards

1
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5 musical elements of african music

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Rhythm
Melody
Harmony
Form
Texture

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2
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A musical genre from Nigeria that is used to wake up worshippers after the Ramadan

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Apala

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13 traditional african music

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Apala
Axe
Jit
Jive
Juju
Kwassa Kwassa
Marabi
Reggae
Salsa
Samba
Soca
Were
Zouk

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4
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A musical genre that combines afro-caribbean style

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Axe

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A fast and hard dance music that is played on drums while being accompanied by guitar

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Jit

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6
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A variation of a jitterbug that is lively in form

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Jive

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7
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A popular style that is based on traditional Yoruba rhythms

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Juju

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A dance style that mainly involves the use and movement of ones backside or bottom. Originated in Zaire

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Kwassa kwassa

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9
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An extended dance in vamping patterns and repeated harmony

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Marabi

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10
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A sound with guitar and bass dominance, its origin can be traced back to Jamaica

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Reggae

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11
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Music of Afro-Cuban origin

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Salsa

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12
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Music that originated in Brazil

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Samba

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13
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Music that combines calypso music and soul

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Soca

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14
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Muslim music played as a wakeup call for early breakfast and prayers during ramadan

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Were

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15
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A fast carnival type of music

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Zouk

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16
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The rhythm of maracatu is called ______ or _____

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Baque or toque

17
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can be traced back to the coronation of the black king ceremony. When brazil was still a portuguese colony, the enslaved africans would consecreate a black leader

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Maracatu

18
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Slaves used to sing while working in the cotton and vegetable field. It means sadness or blue indigo.

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Blues

19
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Term that may have been the origin of blues

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Blue devils

20
Q

Is the style in which blues is represented

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Call-and-response

21
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It refers to a son in religious form that originated in the camp meetings of the great awakening of the early 19th century.

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Spiritual

22
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Music genre that combines rhythm and blues, gospel music, and jass that originated in the US

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Soul

23
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4 vocal forms of african music

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Maracatu
Blues
Spiritual
Soul

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