West African music and keywords

This is a traditional West African melodic instrument, but what is its name?

• Balafon

• Kora

• Djembe

• Drum

Select all the drum instruments

• Djembe

• Talking drum

• Atsimevu

• Gankogui

What does 'call and response' mean?

• When a soloist sings or plays a phrase of music, and a larger group copies the phrase

• When a soloist sings or plays a phrase of music, and a larger group responds to that with an answering phrase

• When there is a soloist singing

• When there is a choir

What is an ostinato?

• A pattern on a loop

• A pattern that can come back

• A pattern that plays only once

• A pattern that changes slightly everytime it comes back

What is improvisation?

• To create a music idea on the spot

• To create a music idea through planning

• To create a music idea

• To create a music idea with no help

What is the difference between repetition and an ostinato?

• Repetition is when an idea comes back only once

• Repetition is when an idea comes back throughout the piece

• Repetition is playing on a loop

• Repetition is when an idea changes everytime it comes back

What is the difference between 'polyphonic' and 'polyrhythm'? Select the two correct definitions

• Polyphonic is having multiple melodies playing at the same time to create a different idea

• Polyphonic is having multiple rhythms playing at the same time to create a different idea

• Polyprhythm is having multiple melodies playing at the same time to create a different idea

• Polyprhythm is having multiple rhythms playing at the same time to create a different idea

When do you think you can notice a 'master drummer'/ 'leader' whilst listening to a piece?

• When there is a louder part that is different from before. Such as a shout or a slightly different rhythm

• When someone counts

• You can't, you can only see them

What is imitation?

• "What is imitation?"

• Exact copy

• Musical idea is slightly different

• A form of a call and response

When there are mulitple rhythms playing at once, this is called....?

• Polyphonic

• Polyrhythm

• Heterophonic

• Homophonic