Music Flashcards
It is a term used to describe the fusion of West African with Black American music.
Afrobeat
It is a musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style to wake up the worshippers after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan
Apala (Akpala)
It is a popular musical genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. It fuses the Afro- Caribbean styles of marcha, reggae, and calypso
Axe
It is a hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment influenced by mbira-based guitar styles
Jit
It is a popular form of South African music featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, a form of swing dance.
Jive
It is a popular music style from Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms. A drum kit, keyboard, pedal steel guitar, and accordion are used along with the traditional dun-dun (talking drum or squeeze drum
Juju
It is a music style that begun in Zaire in the late 1980’s popularized by Kanda Bongo Man. In this dance style, the hips move back and forth while the arms move following the hips
Kwassa Kwassa
It is a South African three-chord township music of the 1930s-1960s which evolved into African Jazz. It is characterized by simple chords in varying vamping patterns and repetitive harmony over an extended period of time
Marabi
It is the combination of strong rhythms of African percussion instruments and Portuguese melodies. This form of music is being paraded along the streets by
up to 100 participants.
used to sing these as they work in the fields.
Maracatu
It is one of the most widely performed musical forms of the late 19th century. The melodies of this are expressive and soulful.
Blues
is a popular music genre of the 1950’s and 1960’s which originated in the African American community throughout the United States.
Soul
It originated in the Unites States and created by African-American slaves. It is also known as “Negro Spiritual”. It became a means of imparting Christian values
Spiritual
It is likened to a question and answer sequence in human communication. The slaves used to sing these songs while simultaneously doing all
African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues, and often jazz.
and a way of venting their hardships as slaves.
their tasks in a day
Call and response
It is a dance form of African origins around 1838 which evolved into an African-Brazilian invention in the working class and slum districts of Rio de Janeiro. Its lively rhythm was meant to be executed for singing, dancing, and parading in the carnival
Samba
It is a fusion of the popular music or canciones (songs) of Spain and the African rumba rhythms of Bantu origin. Originating in Cuba, it is usually played with the guitar, contrabass, bongos, maracas, and claves. Its most important legacy is its influence to present-day Latin American music, particularly as the forerunner of the
salsa.
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