Music of Africa

large maraca-like shakers.

These people utilize the akadinda and entenga instruments.

A double-bell.

These people take place in Bira ceremonies, which include playing for ancestral spirits.

Has 22 slightly rusted metal keys tightly fastened over a metal bridge on a wooden soundboard.

Means "to lead the piece" or play the basic piece.

Singers alternating short melodic fragments to create a melody.

The people of this religion interact with deceased relatives through spirit possession.  

a large 22 key xylophone in which the keys are freely set on 2 supporting logs.

A bridge harp that has 21 strings, and a range just over 3 octaves.

These people have a jali, which is an oral historian, musician, praise singer, and diplomat.

Pygmy instruments include __________________ and end-blown flutes made from cane.

Men are the primary singers of the molimo ceremony and women for the elima ceremony.

________________ participation is valued.

Dance drumming is this group's most important type of musical activity.

Aesthetic preference for dense overlapping ______________ contribute to a dense sound quality.

Fitting your pitches or beats into the spaces of other parts.

A texture consisting of different simultaneous melodic lines.

Found in the equatorial forrest.  The keystones of their society are egalitarianism and unity.

Involves the juxtaposition or simultaneous performance of duple & triple rhythmic patterns.

The dance-drumming clubs in this group of people are lead by a committee of men & women.

A five-stringed plucked lute with a skin face like the banjo.

Specialized by a social hierarchy as well as by occupational specialization.

Plucked tongues or keys mounted on a soundboard or soundbox.

Often cyclical/open-ended in form involving 1 or more repeated melodies or rhythmic patterns.

The alteration of leader and chorus parts, or of a vocal and instrumental part.

Vocal music is at the core of this group's musical culture.

The former and most powerful independent kingdom in the Lake Victoria region in East Africa.

A second accompanying part.

A xylophone.