Test 3 Flashcards
Capoeira
A type of martial arts
Roda
Capoeira ring
Bateria
Capoeira orchestra accompanying the movements
Berimbau
Large musical bows used for a capoeira
Atabaque
Tall, cylindrical drum used for a capoeira
Pandeiro
A frame drum similar to a tambourine used for a capoeira
Agogo
Iron gong with two cowbells welded together used in a capoeira
Reco-reco
A scraper used for capoeira
Bhangra
Originated in the Punjab region of Asia – originally referred to as the rhythms played
Giddha
Dance related to bhangra for Punjabi women- accompanied by hand claps rather than drums
Dhol
2 headed drum made of mango wood with lacings that secure the heads. Used in Bhangra
Chimta
Idiophone used in Bhangra
Algoza
Double flute used in Bhangra
Jhummar
Common Bhangra motion coupled with rhythm
Tango
Dance emerged from Argentina
Bandoneon
Type of accordion used in tango
Habanera
Rhythm setting off the lively harmonies drawn from twentieth century western classical music and Latin jazz
Ethiopian Christian chant
Ritual music of the Ethiopian Christian Orthodox Church
Ge’ez
The Ethiopian Christian sacred language
Prayer staffs
In Ethiopian Christian chants- waved by musicians rhythmically while singing together
Kebaro
Two drums in Ethiopian Christian chant playing rhythmic patterns that overlap the sistra
Sistra
Small metal idiophone shaken in repeated patterns of 3, 4, 5 or more beats. In Ethiopian Christian chant
Debtaras
Musicians in the Ethiopian Christian chants
Ululation
The high pitched piercing cries of joy vocalized by women in the congregation in Ethiopian Christian chants
