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African Instruments

African instruments are divided into groups such as “idiophones” (instrumsnts that resonate) , “Aerophones” (instruments that require wind), “chordophones” (instruments with strings), and...

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Describe a Talking Drum …

A Talking Drum or Donno is …. double headed held under the arm squeezed to tighten the skin mimics tribal language changes tone

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African Rhythms

African rhythms can be complex, but you don’t have to know how they work to be able to answer the questions. These are common answers you’ll be expected to know: Interlocking rhythms Cross Rhythms...

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African Vocal Music

African vocal music is wide ranging in it’s style and use of conventions but generally, African languages are tone languages. This means that the way the words are said can be related to pitches (high...

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Kora Music

A Kora is an African stringed instrument (like a very complicated guitar). It has between 10-23 strings and is one of the most melodic instruments of Western Africa. It was originally used by the Griot...

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Ostinato

The term “ostinato” actually means “stubborn”. It is a musical device that can be either rhythmic or melodic and doesn’t go away. Typically an ostinato will stay the same even though chords are...

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African Music PowerPoint

Here are some PowerPoint presentations that were done by some year 10 students. They are not COMPLETLY accurate (note the banjo slide) but are good to refresh you memory. Here’s the link:...

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African music Overview

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Cross-rhythms on djembe drums

This is a recording from a year 8 lesson. We’ve been working on producing cross-rhythms using djembe drums. A cross-rhythm is where there are two or more rhythms that are played in different metre...

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African Music and Jazz

Here is a recording of some drumming music by Year 8 pupils. Leave a comment below and answer the following questions; In lesson it was said that African people play African Music and African-American...

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