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A student created review of selections #13-16.
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What is the location of Selection 13?
West Africa
Kenya
Morocco
Madagascar
2
What is the main instrument of the Masai?
Many Female Voices
Piano
Many Male Voices
Violin
3
Muhammed Ben Silman wrote what song in the 1700s?
Nyatiti
Tuba
Darbuka
La-Ley-i
4
What kind of importers brought the accordion to Madagascar?
French
American
Polish
British
5
What is the name of the violins played in Melhun music?
Darbuka
Kamanja
Handqa
Oud
6
What are trumpets mostly made of in West Africa?
Reeds or bamboo tubes
Shells or tusks
Tree trunks
Animal skins
7
What are some types of modern music for selection 13?
Shaabi or chaabi
Nafir
Shawm
Handqa
8
Where did the Masai migrate from?
Sudan
North America
9
What is the rhythm made by percussion from Ghana called that is named after a great chief?
Polyrhythm
Kyenkyehene
Swahili
Shawm
10
Singing is more important to Masai culture than instruments because_________.
They are nomadic
They don't like the sound
They perofrm relgiously
They are French
11
What was called the high life in African music?
Gospel Music
Pop Music
12
What are complex rhythmic patterns called?
Enkai
Polyphones
Polyrhythms
Griots
13
About how many ethnic groups make up Madagascar's population?
16-18
12-15
25-27
18-20
14
A sung poetry from Morocco/North Africa?
Shaabi
High Life
Tromba
Melhun
15
What instruments are in the kete?
drums and voice
5 drums, 1 gourd rattle and a metal bell
2 drums
voice
16
What is Kamanja?
A violin
A lute
A small clay goblet-shaped hand drum
Small brass cymbals
17
Masai are known for ___________.
Jumping in the air
Rolling on the ground
18
Who is in charge of all the music-making and entertaining fo the villages in Ghana?
Griots
Melhun
Ashanti
Warriors
19
Which Part: For the Masai singing is more important than playing musical instruments.
East Africa
South Africa
North Africa
West Africa
20
Which part: Berber music includes: pentatonic melodies, bagpipe, shawm & oral traditions.
West Africa
South Africa
North Africa
East Africa
21
Who first brought the accordion to Madagascar?
Americans
Australians
British
French
22
Pentatonic melodies are made up of _____ notes?
8
3
5
7
23
Who is an Antandroy man from southern Madagascar?
Tanzanian
Magnampy Soa
24
The religious musical tradition has a worldly group of people called ______?
Craftspeople
Rai
Store-owners
Fes
25
What is the spirit possession ceremony from Madagascar called?
Griots
Obokano
Spiritual Dance
Tromba
26
Who lived in the region for more than 3000 years?
Berbers
Arabs
Muslims
Melhun
27
What is the location of Selection 15?
Kenya
Madagascar
West Africa
Morocco
28
Luo work songs often start ______ and get ______?
Slow / faster
Fast / slower
29
What is a nyatiti?
A cooking pot that has been outfitted with metal strings.
A hollow antelope's horn.
A small harplike instrument.
A large, low-voiced stringed instrument.
30
What instrument do they use in Kenya pop music?
Keyboard
Flute
Drum
Electric Guitar
31
What is the location of Selection 14?
West Africa
Morocco
Madagascar
Kenya
32
What is Melhun?
A group of traveling folk singers
The Capital of Morocco
A Moroccan Dessert
A kind of sung poetry
33
Who are traditional storytellers of the Ghana culture?
Tromba
Berbers
Ketes
Griots
34
What is the location of Selection 16?
Kenya
Madagascar
West Africa
Morocco
35
Which part of Africa: Griots pass on tales & family lore maintaining musical traditions.
West Africa
East Africa
North Africa
South Africa
36
A small harp like instrument used by the Luo?
Nyatiti
Tarija
Hurloph
Nafir
37
What is the ceremony where spirits of royal ancestors are coaxed into the present called?
Shawm
Shaabi or Chaabi
Tromba
Antandroy
38
What is pop music in Ghana called?
Obokano
Kamanja
High LIfe
Pentatonic
39
Where is the drum ensemble, called kete, most heard?
At funerals and weddings
Secluded villages
In the homes of a celebration
The courts of chiefs
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What are the Masai most known for?
Their way of performing during ceremonies
Their way of traveling
Their complex choral singing
Their makeshift instruments
41
Which Part: Tromba possession ceremony coaxes royal ancestors into the present.
East Africa
South Africa
North Africa
West Africa
