African+Music+-+Study+Guide

AFRICAN MUSIC - STUDY GUIDE for Test on Wednesday, November 2

Here is information on the //Mbira// which will be included on the test. Please read this document  and listen to these examples:

//Mbira of Zimbabwe// media type="file" key="Mbira of Zimbabwe.mp3" width="240" height="20"

//Mbira version of Zambezi// (Tinashe') media type="file" key="Tinashé_ Mbira version of Zambezi.mp3" width="240" height="20"

What do they have in common with the other examples of African music we have heard? How are they different? Describe this instrument.

Here is another article about Mbira that contains a fair amount of technical musical language and notation: 

Information on handouts from last week's classes:  <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">PowerPoint on Yoruba drumming with YouTube links: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Here are the other musical examples we have heard. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Listen to them again and familiarize yourself with their musical characteristics <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">and the instruments that are used in each.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">//Griot// song from The Gambia <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">media type="file" key="1-31 Laminba-Griot song (The Gambia).m4a" width="300" height="50"

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Song from The Sudan

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">media type="file" key="1-32 Sudanese song with lyre accompaniment.m4a" width="300" height="50"

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Yoruba drumming - "Ako" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">media type="file" key="6-30 _Ako_.m4a" width="300" height="50"

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Pygmy Polyphony (Ituri rainforest) - "Elephant-hunt Song" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">media type="file" key="1-33 Elephant-hunt song.m4a" width="300" height="50"

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Postal Workers - Ghana <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">media type="file" key="1-01 Postal Workers.m4a" width="300" height="50"

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">West Africa - "Atsiagheko" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">media type="file" key="03 Atsiagheko (W Africa).m4a" width="300" height="50"

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">//Isicathamiya// - "Anoku Gonda" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">media type="file" key="6-31 South African song, _Anoku Gonda_ 1.m4a" width="300" height="50"

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">FOR THE TEST - be prepared to:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">identify musical examples
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">describe instruments, including their categories (xx-phones)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">use musical vocabulary in your answers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">know the geographic origins of each piece
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">know some of the background of each culture studied

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">There will be multiple choice, short answer and matching questions as well as questions on specific pieces played during the test.