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Sub-Saharan Africa Flashcards

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Atoke

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Call-and-Response

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Cross Rhythms

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Dance

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Dichord

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Diody

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Functionality

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Glissando

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Harmony

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Indeterminacy

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Kora

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Marimba

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Merriam, Alan P.

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Mixed Meters

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Organum

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Percussion

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Polymeter

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Polyphony

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Polyrhythms

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Sansa

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Shakere

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Sub-Saharan

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Talking Drum

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Thumb Piano

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Wachsmann, Klaus

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Xylophone

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Fuji

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combination of traditional talking drum music, popular dance music, and Islamic Praise songs

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Kwela

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uses penny whistles and one-string basses, South African styles, transformed in the 1960s into sax jive or mbaganga through the use of saxophones, electric guitars, and female choruses

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Mbalax

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popularized new combinations of traditional instruments, styles, and forms with pop characteristics in Senegal

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Mbube

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an a cappella style which introduced Western harmony in the 1920s and 1930s

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Isicathmiya

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a cappella music in South Africa

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endere

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Ugandan flute

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balafon

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West African xylophone

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inanga

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Ugandan zither

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akadinda

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Ugandan lyre

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isicathula

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a dance originated with diamond workers

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