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African Music (instruments (kora (strings are plucked), Sansa/Mbira,…
African Music
instruments
Sansa/Mbira
sticks/claves
xylophone/marimba/balofon
kora
strings are plucked
shakers
African drum
African Flute
voice (SATB) choir
characteristics
use of syncopation
ostinato/repeated rhythm patterns
layer of rhythm/polyrhythm (instruments come in one by one)
call and response
African instruments
pentatonic scale
music based on a five-note scale is often easier to sing
no semitones involved
unlike western traditional music
instruments are not just played
they 'speak' a language
several rhythms patterns played at the same time
sometimes each part apparently in a different time signature
polyrhythm
the way the parts sound against each other gives a very exciting effect
parallel harmony
each note within the chord rises or falls by the same interval
rhythm is the most important feature
stressed on the 2nd and 4th beat most of the time
much African music appears to be in 12/8 time
tonal language
music-making is a group activity in which everyone joins