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Review of Music of West Africa
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1
The Africans came mostly from what part of Africa?
Northern Coast
Western Coast
Eastern Coast
Southern Coast
2
Poets and musicians typically were not the same person
True
False
3
Poetic language in this culture was distinctive for its use of
metaphors and hyperbole
Metaphors and similies
imagery and figures of speech
personification and imagery
4
One of the Most striking features of African life was the importance given to music and dance
False
True
5
Musical instruments that generate sound using air that create vibrations
aerophone
membranophone
idiophone
chordophone
6
Early Travelers in Africa most often encountered percussive instruments
True
False
7
Membranophones were not as common in Africa during this time
True
False
8
The most important texts belonged to the historical songs that recounted heroic deeds of the past
True
False
9
lute or fiddle types, harp and lyre types, zither types are examples of
idiophones
chordophones
membranophones
Aerophones
10
Dancing was the “diversion of the evening
True
False
11
If anything appeared more exotic to the early European travelers than musical performances it was the poetry
False
True
12
What year did Africans arrive in the English colonies?
1963
1623
1916
1619
13
Royal and independent musicians, singers, and instrumentalist were to know the history and literature of the people.
True
False
14
In Africa today, music and dance may be integrated with drama, particularly on occasions associated with worship.
True
False
15
Every event is celebrated in public dances, which are accompanied songs and music suited to the occasion.
True
False
16
Bells, castenet-types, gongs, tuned xylophones and hand pianos (or thumb pianos) are examples of?
membranophones
chordophones
idiophones
Aerophones
17
Master musicians were highly esteemed people who generally sat near or by who?
Chiefs
Healers
Presidents
Kings
18
The dance was described over and over again by different travelers, Most accounts flavored with approval.
True
False
19
Acting like music was a form of communication
True
False
20
Equiano the African stated, we are almost a nation of __________, ______________, and _________.
actors, poets, and musicians
dancers, musicians, and poets
singers, actors and dancers
dancers, singers, and poets
21
Song texts usually addressed what?
Births
Deaths
personal or community concerns
Everyday affairs or historical events
22
Any musical instrument that produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane
membranophone
idiophone
chordophone
Aerophone
23
The Africans were transported to English colonies in small groups called
clusters
parcels
packages
heards
24
Every village had its master ______, ________, and _______ who provided for music formal activities of the community.
musicians, singers, and instrumentalists
dancers, musicians, and poets
musicians. singers, and actors
singers, musicians, and poets
25
Music, poetry, and the dance were inextricably interlinked
False
True
26
Master Musicians were highly esteemed by the people that usually held high rank in the community
True
False
27
Music for festivals, preparations for war,
r
eligious rites, and funerals are examples of occasion for making music
False
True
28
Instruments that makes sound by way of a vibrating string or strings stretched between two points
membranophone
idiophone
chordophone
Aerophone
29
Instrument that creates sound by the vibration of the instrument itself
Aerophone
idiophone
chordophone
membranophone
30
Small flutes with three holes, pan pipes, and one tone flutes joined together in graduated lengths are examples of
chordophone
membranophone
Aerophones
idiophone
