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Year 8 Music: Week 1 Quiz

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African Music KEY TERMS

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1
What does the term "Pentatonic" mean?
a six note scale
a popular a cappella group
a five note scale
an instrument with 5 keys
2
What is 'polyphony"?
two or more melodic lines moving independently
an African harp
many sounds
many instruments playing the same line
3
What is "improvisation"?
playing two instruments at the same time
repeated rhythmic or melodic ideas
making up the music on the spot
two or more melodic lines moving independently
4
What is an "Ostinato"?
repeated rhythmic or melodic ideas
a style of singing
a talking drum
making up music on the spot
5
What is "Call and Response"?
a special type of drumming technique
two musical phrases where the second answers the first
when you yell into a canyon and get a reply from your echo
when musicians stop playing and talk with the audience
6
What is a "cross rhythm"?
when musicians swap rhythms
the simultaneous use of the same rhythms by all musicians
the simultaneous use of different rhythms, eg. 2 against 3
when musicians cycle through different rhythms that cross