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Polyrhythm

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Multiple rhythms played simultaneously, the rhythmic basis of most African music.

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Talking Drums

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Drums that use rhythm and inflection to mimic speech

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Juju

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Popular music from Nigeria which blends traditional polyrhythmic percussion and storytelling with modern instrumentation and concert performance.

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Pygmies

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A semi-nomadic ethic group from Central Africa whose singing style reflects their egalitarian social structure

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Mbira

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A plucked idiophone from Zimbabwe

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Bira

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A spirit possession ceremony of the Shona ethnic group from Zimbabwe

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Jali

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A West African praise-singer and oral historian of the Mandinka ethnic group

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Lora

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A bridge harp form West Africa played by a Jali during his poetic recitation

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Apartheid

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The South African set of segregation and economic discrimination laws from the 1900’s

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Mbube

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A South African vocal style featuring male voices in harmony

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Isicathamiya

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A modern version of Mbube signing, exemplified by the group Ladysimth Black Mambazo.

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Syncretic Religion/Syncretism

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African religions in the Caribbean, including Vodou and Santeria, which are mapped onto European belief systems, particularly Catholicism.

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Reggae

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A popular music from Jamaica with a melodic bass line, emphasis on the off-beat, and socially conscious lyrics.

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Calypso

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A popular music from Trinidad characterized by improvised lyrics on topical and broadly humorous subject matter.

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Carnival

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A pre-lent festival celebrated in Roman Catholic cultures

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Tamboo Bamboo

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An ensemble from Trinidad that plays lengths of bamboo as percussion instruments, was a reaction to the British ban on drumming.

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Vodou

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An African-dericed religious system in Haiti, incorporating some influences from Roman Catholicism.

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Santeria

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A belief system combining animism and syncretized Roman catholicism, found primarily in Cuba and US

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Pan

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A musical instrument from Trinidad made out of a steel oil drum.

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Guiro

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A scraped gourd idiophone

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Clave

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One of a pair of hand-held wooden cylinders played in Latin American genres such as Salsa, also the same of the rhythm played on the is instrument.

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Merengue

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A Latin American dance and music form from the Dominican Republic, which uses accordion and guiro

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Amazonian Indian Chant

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Traditional vocal music of the Kayapo people of northern Brazil

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Totem

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A plant, animal, or natural object used as an emblem for a person or group of people

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Siku

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Panpipes common among indigenous populations from Peru and throughout the Andes

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Bandoneon

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The button-box accordion used in Tango music

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Tango

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A music and dance genre from Argentina

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Mariacho

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Mexican music associated with festivals and celebratory events

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Samba

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A popular music and dance genre from Brazil

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Capoeira

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A martial arts dance that was created by escaped slaves in Brazil

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Berimbau

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A musical bow used in capoeira music

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Fiddle

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A violin that is played in a folk music context

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Jig

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Dance music in 6/8 times originating on the British Isles

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Ballad

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An unaccompanied song that tells a story

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Appalachia

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A mountainous region in the eastern United States where ballad sinning is an important tradition music form.

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Bluegrass

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A style of American folk music characterized by virtuosic instrumental performance and the “high lonesome” vocal style

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Blue note

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A itch not standard to the Euro-American tradition, believed to derive from West African tuning systems

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Blues

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A secular folk tradition originating within the African-American community in the southern U.S. with lyrics commenting on life

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Salsa

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A latin American dance music, popularized in New York

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Creole

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French-speaking peoples of African and French ancestry living in Louisiana

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Zydeco

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Creole dance music from Louisiana that calends African-American styles with Cajun

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Vocables

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Words used in songs because of the way they sounds rather than what they mean

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Powwow

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A pan-tribal Native American event celebrating Native American identity and culture.

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