Where it all Started | It's all in the Musical Family | It's all in the Elements | I've Got Rhythm |
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Where is Africa?
This location is the root for all popular music.
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What is West Africa?
Ajaja comes from this location.
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What is texture?
Layers of sound.
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What is a quarter note?
This kind of note gets 1 beat all to itself.
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What are rhythm and texture?
These two important elements of music have been the biggest influences on popular music around the world.
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What is call and response?
Ajaja uses this method of performance - one person first, then everyone.
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What is an ostinato?
This short, repeating pattern is part of musical texture.
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What is an eighth note?
This kind of note is usually found in sets of two and goes twice as fast as the quarter note.
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What is the drum?
This instrument has been a big influence on popular music around the world.
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What is Puerto Rico?
Bomba comes from this country.
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What is a melody/melodic pattern?
This type of pattern has pitches, so it could also be sung.
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What is 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &?
This is the way you count eighth notes.
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What is lyrics, melody, rhythm, instruments?
These are two examples of texture in music.
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What is the guitar?
Adding this instrument to the performance of Bomba was a key difference from Ajaja.
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What is a rhythm/rhythmic pattern?
This type of pattern is unpitched and played only on non-pitched percussion rhythms.
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What is a repeat sign?
This musical symbol is made up of a thick black line, a thin black line, and two dots. It tells you to go back to the beginning.
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What is Scotland?
It's where Faerie Stories comes from.
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What is South Africa?
Nyamphemphe comes from this country.
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What is a piano?
This instrument can play a melody pattern.
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What is 4?
This is the number of beats that the ostinato patterns we created in our groups should have been.
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