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
combination of traditional talking drum music, popular dance music, and Islamic Praise songs
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Kwela
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
popularized new combinations of traditional instruments, styles, and forms with pop characteristics in Senegal
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Mbube
an a cappella style which introduced Western harmony in the 1920s and 1930s
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Isicathmiya
a cappella music in South Africa
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endere
Ugandan flute
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balafon
West African xylophone
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inanga
Ugandan zither
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akadinda
Ugandan lyre
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isicathula
a dance originated with diamond workers
