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Introduction to Music in Africa
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1
What did Kinshasa do to influence music?
birthplace of the rumba, a Mauritanian drum dance sequence
birthplace of the Calabash Group in Congo
birthplace of rumba, guitar-based, Congolese pop music
2
What is this thing?
ziperzin
a bippity boppity
hosho
gankogui
3
What is Black Africa?
a racist slang term
The geographic barrier between Tasmania and South Sudan
the area between Sub-Sahara and North Africa
4
Which Guinean music group included drumming and dancing?
ballet
ensemble
orchestra
5
What are the Shona people most well known for?
soukous- a unique guitar
mbira- instrument with tines or lamellae
jelis- songs with complex dances
6
How does rainfall affect the musical culture of Africans?
It influences the materials used for religious sacrifices.
It affects the materials for construction of instruments.
the materials available for destruction of instruments.
7
Titos Sampa is an important musician that did what?
introduced Libyan dance music to the Americas in 1960
introduced Congolese drumming to America in the 1970's
introduced Angolan drumming to Britain in 1980
introduced Congolese drumming to the British in the 1970's
8
Which instrument is a part of the Baganda royal court?
hosho
ndongo
gankogui
ud
9
What is Vodun?
it spread via the slave trade
belief system that believe in supernatural powers run earth
it was run by the village matriarch
it originated in Benin, Togo and Ghana
10
Who founded the National Ballet of Guinea?
Fodeba Kieta
Haile Selassie
Sekou Toure
11
Give an example of an Chordophone
Tuba
Violin
Clarinet
Mumbai
12
The belief and practice withing Islam that is sympathetic to the use of music and dance
Islam
Santeria
Judaism
Sufism
13
Francophone
french drums
french flute
french speaking
french trumpet
14
Give an example of an aerophones
hosho
bowed lutes
gankogui
ud
15
This famous Nubian was a composer and 'ud that performed at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964.
BaMbuti al Pejor
BaAka
Via Kush
Hamza El Din
16
Which two instruments were found on wall paintings in Egypt around 1290 BCE?
lute and drum
harp and flute
lute and flute
harp and lute
17
Spirit possession is...?
communication with ancestors, asking for aid
communication with the oracle
communication with one's inner chi
18
Fixing sound into notation
transpicture
transcribement
transcrpition
transmission
19
Which Guinean music group included traditional intruments?
ensemble
ballet
orchestra
20
What are the four classes of instruments?
idiophones, membranophones, cordophones, xylophones
idiophones, membranophones, cordophones, aerophones
xylophones, drums, tambourines, seussophones
idiotphones, memeranophones, cordphones, airophones
21
For what was the royal music ensemble known?
music on xylophones
music on the guitarra
music on amadinda
22
The Supreme Creator is called what?
Alodumaren
Olodumartini
Olodumare
23
give an example of an idiophone
Axsecte
Mumbai
Baboa
Hosho
24
North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa and, Southern Africa are what.
Micro Regions
Macro Counties
Macro Regions
Countries
25
African music has left imprints across the globe. Give an example.
the calabash in America
the the Cuban conga drum
the berimbau in Brazil
the berimbau in Angola
26
What are Berber people called in Mali and Niger
Moor
Touareg
27
Who founded the Asante Kingdom in 1670's?
Victoria Nyanza
Osei Tutu
Sunjata Sundiata
Faseke Kouyate
28
How has Black Africa affected human interaction?
a site for similar cultures
a long time bridge to human migration
29
Which Guinean music group used guitar and brass based instruments?
orchestra
ballet
ensemble
30
Melisimatic
one tone is sung to many syllables of text
three tones are sing to three syllables of text
many tones are sung to just a single syllable of text
31
What is a
calabash
?
The rainy season in Botswana.
A gourd
An African term for a xylophone.
A skin made into a drum head
32
Which incorrectly describes the bira ceremony?
people make an altar with sacred stones and pour palm wine
the ceremony lasts all night
people consult a medium to speak with ancestors
it is apart of spirit possession
33
Where do the Shona people call home?
Along the Niger Congo River
In between the Zambezi (N) and Limpopo River (S)
in the Sahel
Zimbabwe
34
Timbre (tambor)
tells the difference between inturments
refers to color of a sound
is a Haitian-Congolese drum set
refers to the quality of the sound
35
What is the name of the King of Buganda?
Oricha
kabaka
kalabash
36
Give an example of an idiotphone.
the hosho
the akase
the gankogui
they dont exist
37
What does monophonic mean?
single melodic line
single instrument used
single trumpet used
38
What were the people in western and central Sahara?
Moor
Berber
Touareg
39
The Yourba pantheon is composed of divine spirits. What were the spirits called?
orisa
orichan'a
orisha
oricha
40
Who created these three music groups: ballet, ensembles, and orchestras?
Sekou Toure
the president of Guinea
Fodeba Kieta
41
What were royal court jesters in Ancient Mali called?
jelis
griots
Shonas
mbira
42
Give an example of an Membranophone
Calabosh
Drum
tube
Druai
43
How would Africans use parts from goats, sheep, cows, and lizards?
they would use them as masks
they are used for drum coverings
their hides are used as rugs
