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Academic Decathlon African Music
Academic Decathlon African Music
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A quiz to review some aspects of the African Themed Academic Decathlon Music Section
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The traditional music of Mande jelis has most recently opened to the
fusion of Haitian culture with the current Muslim & Spanish
the incorporation of the guitar
incorporation of modern drum patterns
the incorporation of modern mixing and remastering
2
Africa's early split into kingdoms and states led to the fame of Balla Faseke Kouyate, who was
a kabaka, the king of Buganda
a jeli, a pro oral historian/musician, from ancient Mali
a Shona, stemming from Great Zimbabwe
an Asantehene, the king of Asante
3
Umm Kulthum, the most well-known singer in the Arab world in the 20th cent. is known for:
her appearance
her authenticity
her courage
her passion
4
The category of musical instruments defined by strings, such as lutes, harps, and lyres is
Chordophones
Aerophones
Idiophones
Membranophones
5
The leading Congolese orchestra(s) in the 1960s was (were):
Youssou N'Dour
OK Jazz with Franco and Vicky Longomba
N'Dobine
El Manisero
6
Fela Kuti, the most internationally known Nigerian music artist, calls his style of music
newfunk
juju
ngoni
afrobeat
7
The mbria dzavadzimu is:
an instrument meaning "of the ancestors"
the name of the guitar-like instrument from Zimbabwe
used for traditional mbria pieces in the aerophone category
a specialized mbria wood-type instrument
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The effect(s) of non-indigenous religions on African music is(are)
The eradication of certain kinds of local musical practice
The use of music during the practice of Spirit Possession
Opportunities for musicians to practice/pass down the craft
The lack of music reshaped and created by Africans
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Rainfall patterns define climate zones, which are crucial for understanding
Materials available for construction of musical instruments
Lifestyles of people who live in them
European influence on the musical cultures in those areas
The ability for diseases to spread within those areas
10
The African Dispora is defined as
the disillusionment of African peoples due to apartheid
sharing aesthetics among dispersed peoples of common origin
t/ debate of African cltr. roots (old) vs their routes (new)
contrasting the symbol of music against physical cymbals
11
The four major international African music festivals were all of these EXCEPT
First Pan-African Cultural Festival
First World Festival of Negro Arts
Third World Black Arts Festival
Second Pan-African Festival for Arts and Culture
12
Which section of Africa contains Islam and Arabic culture?
Central Africa
North Africa
East Africa
West Africa
13
Rhythm is defined as
Organization to the pulses and beats to form measures
The consistent accentuation of the off-beats
The temporal organization of sound
The speed of a piece of music
14
Much of African music involves all of these characterstics EXCEPT
polyrhythm
musical dialogue
improvisation
cyclic form
15
This area of Africa features polyphonic vocal music (pygmies), Congolese rumba or soukous
Southern Africa
North Africa
West Africa
Central Africa
16
Hip Hop, originally developed in the 1970s as a street party music involving DJs, started
in the South Side area of Chicago
in the Compton area of Los Angeles
in the Bronx area of New York
in the Black Bottom area of Detroit
17
Popular dance musics in Africa include all EXCEPT
Cuban Son
Brazilian Samba
Hatian Mambo
Jamaican Reggae
18
The pygmy people, located in the forests of the Congo Basin:
use wood etc. in the forest to make frequently played drums
suffer from the issue of conflict minerals
utilize chants to capture their creativity and expression
primarily use their voices to create their music
19
Isicathamiya is found in which group:
BaBenzele
Umm Kulthum
Mbuti
Zulu
20
This texture contains: Melodic lines that all move in the same rhythm, like a four-part harmony
Monophony
Homophony
Heterophony
Polyphony
21
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
invented marketing categories
set the stage for the creation of the Grammy Awards
provided a catalyst for documenting traditional music
aided singer Miriam Makeba w/ her activism against apaetheid
22
Stacking consecutive fifths and then telescoping them into the space of one octave, 12 times is
the process of the Pythagorean comma
Scaling
Pythagorean tuning
the transferring of steps to cents (100 cents is a 1/2 step)
23
El Manisero, an international hit in the early 1930s, was most influenced by
Cubans
Brazilians
Panamanians
Hatians
24
In West Africa, common instruments played were
hunters' harps, jembe, kora, ngoni, and bala
hand claps, whistling, and vocals
musical bows, soukous, and rumbas
mbria, kalimba, sanza, and lamellophone
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Taarab is
the most common instrument played on the Swahili Coast
a musical genre having Arab, Indian Ocean and East influence
a musical instrument formed with whittled and hardened wood
a form of music played in Central Africa, effected by Kenya
