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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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1
Popular dance musics in Africa include all EXCEPT
Hatian Mambo
Brazilian Samba
Cuban Son
Jamaican Reggae
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 courage
her appearance
her passion
her authenticity
4
In West Africa, common instruments played were
musical bows, soukous, and rumbas
hand claps, whistling, and vocals
hunters' harps, jembe, kora, ngoni, and bala
mbria, kalimba, sanza, and lamellophone
5
The category of musical instruments defined by strings, such as lutes, harps, and lyres is
Membranophones
Aerophones
Idiophones
Chordophones
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This texture contains: Melodic lines that all move in the same rhythm, like a four-part harmony
Polyphony
Monophony
Homophony
Heterophony
7
Much of African music involves all of these characterstics EXCEPT
musical dialogue
cyclic form
polyrhythm
improvisation
8
This area of Africa features polyphonic vocal music (pygmies), Congolese rumba or soukous
Southern Africa
Central Africa
West Africa
North Africa
9
The traditional music of Mande jelis has most recently opened to the
incorporation of modern drum patterns
the incorporation of the guitar
the incorporation of modern mixing and remastering
fusion of Haitian culture with the current Muslim & Spanish
10
The pygmy people, located in the forests of the Congo Basin:
primarily use their voices to create their music
utilize chants to capture their creativity and expression
use wood etc. in the forest to make frequently played drums
suffer from the issue of conflict minerals
11
Stacking consecutive fifths and then telescoping them into the space of one octave, 12 times is
Pythagorean tuning
Scaling
the transferring of steps to cents (100 cents is a 1/2 step)
the process of the Pythagorean comma
12
The four major international African music festivals were all of these EXCEPT
Second Pan-African Festival for Arts and Culture
First Pan-African Cultural Festival
First World Festival of Negro Arts
Third World Black Arts Festival
13
El Manisero, an international hit in the early 1930s, was most influenced by
Brazilians
Hatians
Panamanians
Cubans
14
The effect(s) of non-indigenous religions on African music is(are)
Opportunities for musicians to practice/pass down the craft
The use of music during the practice of Spirit Possession
The lack of music reshaped and created by Africans
The eradication of certain kinds of local musical practice
15
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
16
Rainfall patterns define climate zones, which are crucial for understanding
Lifestyles of people who live in them
Materials available for construction of musical instruments
The ability for diseases to spread within those areas
European influence on the musical cultures in those areas
17
Which section of Africa contains Islam and Arabic culture?
Central Africa
North Africa
West Africa
East Africa
18
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
set the stage for the creation of the Grammy Awards
invented marketing categories
provided a catalyst for documenting traditional music
aided singer Miriam Makeba w/ her activism against apaetheid
19
Isicathamiya is found in which group:
Umm Kulthum
Zulu
Mbuti
BaBenzele
20
Rhythm is defined as
The temporal organization of sound
Organization to the pulses and beats to form measures
The speed of a piece of music
The consistent accentuation of the off-beats
21
Hip Hop, originally developed in the 1970s as a street party music involving DJs, started
in the Black Bottom area of Detroit
in the South Side area of Chicago
in the Bronx area of New York
in the Compton area of Los Angeles
22
The leading Congolese orchestra(s) in the 1960s was (were):
N'Dobine
OK Jazz with Franco and Vicky Longomba
El Manisero
Youssou N'Dour
23
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
24
The mbria dzavadzimu is:
the name of the guitar-like instrument from Zimbabwe
an instrument meaning "of the ancestors"
used for traditional mbria pieces in the aerophone category
a specialized mbria wood-type instrument
25
Fela Kuti, the most internationally known Nigerian music artist, calls his style of music
afrobeat
newfunk
ngoni
juju
