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African Music - Coggle Diagram
African Music
Elements
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No structure, normally improvised, not written down
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Instruments
Made of wood, metal, or clay
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Djembe: made from hollow trunk and goat skin. 
Talking Drum: from West Africa, has skin on both top and bottom, played with a beater and strings to squeeze that changes the pitch
Dundun: made of cow skin and played with a stick, has a bell on top, part of the hourglass-shaped pressure drums family, played on the floor with a stick
Intro:
Mainly made of percussion instruments, has yodelling and shouts as well
Used for religion, celebrations, calling to arms in war, communication
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Features
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Master drummer: Leader of the group of drummers, changes tempo/dance moves