African Music 10

The human body is often used as a percussion instrument

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which body part is NOT used as a percussion instrument

• hand

• feet

• thigh

• belly

• chest

Features basic and easy-to-understand polyrhythms

• TRUE

• FALSE

A term for a religious folk song that came into being outside an established church (white or black).

• SPIRITUALS

• NEGRO SPIRITUALS

• CALL AND RESPONSE

• BLUES

Articulate the suffering, longing, and religious passion of African Americans during slavery and its aftermath

• SPIRITUALS

• NEGRO SPIRITUALS

• CALL AND RESPONSE

• BLUES

One of the first black American music to gain the admiration of the white world

He announced his special admiration for spirituals and advised his American colleagues to make use of them in concert music.

Phrases sung by a leader are answered or echoed again and again by a chorus

• SPIRITUALS

• NEGRO SPIRITUALS

• CALL AND RESPONSE

• BLUES

Folk music based on a simple, repetitive poetic-musical structure

• SPIRITUALS

• NEGRO SPIRITUALS

• CALL AND RESPONSE

• BLUES

the subject of blue is trouble and loneliness

• TRUE

• FALSE