African Music Flashcards
1
Q
African drums
A
- Djembe
- Donno
- Dundun
- Kekene
2
Q
What was the role of the master drummer
A
- Perform the more complexparts of the piece
3
Q
Most common features
A
- Polyrhythms
- Call and Response
- Layered texture
- Cross rhythms
- Ostinati
- Polyphony
In Singing: - Glissandi
- Portamento
- Vocables
4
Q
Other instruments
A
- Balafon:
- African xylophone
- Hexatonic scale - Cowbell:
- Played by master drummer - Fula:
- Shrill flute
- Airy - Shakere:
- Gourd - dried fruit, hollow with beads
- Drummed and shaken
