types of music and musical instruments of africa Flashcards
THE FUSION OF west african with black american music
afrobeat
a music genre FROM NIGERIA; used to wake up workshippers
apala
a popular musical genre FROM SALVADOR; fuses the afro-caribbean style; played by carnival bands
axe
FAST PERCUSSIVE ZIMBABWEAN DANCE; influenced by mbira guitar styles
jit
a popular FORM OF SOUTH AFRICAN music; a form of swing dance
jive
a popular music style FROM NIGERIA; traditional yoruba rhythms
juju
a dance style BEGUN IN ZAIRE; popularized by kanda bongo man
kwasa-kwasa
a south african three chord township music
marabi
stuck with a mallet
idiophones
african xylophone
balafon
vessels made of seashells
rattles
single or multiple bells
agogo
slit gongs used as communication between villages
atingting kon
a hollow percussion
slit drums
best known african drums
djembe
type of gourd and shell megaphone
shekere
a hand percussion instrument
rasp
have vibrating animal membranes used in drums
membranophones
use their bodies as musical instruments
body percussion
used to send messages
talking drum
most popular african percussion instruments
lamellaphones
thumb piano
mbira
produce sounds from the vibration of strings
chordophones
ancestor of all string instruments
musical bow
shaped like a modern guitar
lute
sophisticated harp
kora
stringed instruments with varying sizes
zither
a fiddle from sub-saharan
zeze
fashioned from a single tube
flutes
produced initially by trapped vibrating air columns
aerophones
made from elephant tusk
horns & trumpets
made from a hollow guinea corn
reed pipes
may be made of wood
whistles
made of metal
trumpets
