Where it all Started It's all in the Musical Family It's all in the Elements I've Got Rhythm
100
Where is Africa?
This location is the root for all popular music.
100
What is West Africa?
Ajaja comes from this location.
100
What is texture?
Layers of sound.
100
What is a quarter note?
This kind of note gets 1 beat all to itself.
200
What are rhythm and texture?
These two important elements of music have been the biggest influences on popular music around the world.
200
What is call and response?
Ajaja uses this method of performance - one person first, then everyone.
200
What is an ostinato?
This short, repeating pattern is part of musical texture.
200
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.
300
What is the drum?
This instrument has been a big influence on popular music around the world.
300
What is Puerto Rico?
Bomba comes from this country.
300
What is a melody/melodic pattern?
This type of pattern has pitches, so it could also be sung.
300
What is 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &?
This is the way you count eighth notes.
400
What is lyrics, melody, rhythm, instruments?
These are two examples of texture in music.
400
What is the guitar?
Adding this instrument to the performance of Bomba was a key difference from Ajaja.
400
What is a rhythm/rhythmic pattern?
This type of pattern is unpitched and played only on non-pitched percussion rhythms.
400
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.
500
What is Scotland?
It's where Faerie Stories comes from.
500
What is South Africa?
Nyamphemphe comes from this country.
500
What is a piano?
This instrument can play a melody pattern.
500
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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