Flashcards
African drumming
Cards in this deck (9)
- 1Name some typical African instrumentsDjembe
Talking drum (donno)
Kenkeni
Sangban
Dundun ba
Balafon
Voices - 2How is African music learned?Oral tradition (not written down
- 3Pitch and MelodyLimited pitches
Pentatonic scale
Use of repetition and improvisation - 4HarmonyUnison
Parallel octave
Use of call and response
Choral singing uses shouted words and falsetto
Can be accompanied or unaccompanied - 5TexturePolyphonic
Occasional monophony and heterophony - 6DynamicsGenerally f or ff - used for celebration
Changes signaled by master drummer - 7TempoFast - for dancing and social gatherings
Changes indicated by master drummer - 8Form and structureNo fixed length
Improvisation sections
Dependent on rhythms and master drummer - 9OrnamentationMaster drummer elaborates and decorates to 'show off'
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- Year 10 Music (AOS3: Rhythms of the World) Flashcards on African drumming, created by James Norman on 19/04/2018.
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