Music Of Africa Flashcards
Fun facts about africa
1) AFRICA IS THE SECOND LARGEST CONTINENT ON EARTH.
2) BETWEEN 1500-2000 LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN IN AFRICA
3) AFRICA IS THE SOURCE OF THE WORLD’S LONGEST RIVER (river Nile)
4) AFRICA IS HOME TO THE WORLD’S OLDEST UNIVERSITY
5) THE RICHEST MAN EVER IS AFRICAN
Historical and Cultural Background of African Music
- Singing, dancing, hand clapping, and the beating of drums are…
essential to many ceremonies such as birth, death, initiation, marriage and funerals.
Historical and Cultural Background of African Music
- Important to _____ expression and ____ events.
religious and political events.
Historical and Cultural Background of African Music
- It has great influences on global music. (Contemporary…)
( contemporary American, Latin American, and European styles)
Musical Elements and Characteristics of African Music
- Rhythm
Polyrhythms; different meters or metrical starting points going at once.
Musical Elements and Characteristics of African Music
- Melody
Use small melodic intervals,
has recurring patterns
Musical Elements and Characteristics of African Music
- Harmony
A capella
Musical Elements and Characteristics of African Music
- Form
Follows call and response form
Musical Elements and Characteristics of African Music
- Texture
Homophonic
Musical elements of African Music
- enumerate
• rhythm
• melody
• harmony
• form
• texture
Characteristics Of African Music
- what does polyrhythms mean?
Different meters or metrical starting points going at once.
Traditional Music of Africa
- enumerate
• Apala
• Axe
• Jit
• Jive
• Juju
• Kwassa Kwassa
• Marabi
• Reggae
• Salsa-Afro-Cuban Music
• Samba
• Soca
• Were
• Zouk
Traditional Music of Africa
____ is a Musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba
Apala
Traditional Music of Africa
○ tribal style to wake up the worshipers after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan
Apala
Traditional Music of Africa
Axe is a popular musical genre from ______, ______ and ______
Salvador, Bahia and Brazil
Traditional Music of Africa
○ It fuses the Afro-Carribean styles of the marcha, reggae and calypso
Axe
Traditional Music of Africa
○ Hard and fast Zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment.
Jit
Traditional Music of Africa
____ was Influenced by mbira-based guitar styles.
Jit
Traditional Music of Africa
Definition; Jive
Lively and uninhibited variation of jitterbug a form of swing dance.
Traditional Music of Africa
Popular style from Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms where the instruments in ___ are more Western in origin.
Juju
Traditional Music of Africa
Kwassa kwassa also known as??
Shake your booty dance
Traditional Music of Africa
_______ style begun in Zaire in the late 80’s.
Kwassa kwassa [shake ur booty]
Traditional Music of Africa
Characterized by simple chords in varying vamping patterns and repetitive harmony over an extended period of time to allow the dances…
Marabi; more time on the dance floor
Traditional Music of Africa
Definition; Reggae
Jamaican sound dominated by bass and guitar chops
Traditional Music of Africa
Salsa- Afro-Cuban music is _____, ______, and _____ dance music.
Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Colombian dance music