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19 Cards in this Set
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Afro Beat
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A mix of African and western music
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Gumboot music
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A style of dance preformed by workers at diamond mines accompanied by guitars clapping and slapping boots |
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Atoke/gankogul
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Cow bell / double cowbell
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Mbira/Kalimba |
finger piano
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Triangular harp
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two or three strings connected to a frame
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Musical bow
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Single string attacted to a frame
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Fela Kuti
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Musician/political figure known for his music starting protests towards the government
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Participatory Nature
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Music is something everyone does
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Responsorial Form
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An exchange between a single performer vocal or instrumental call and a group response
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Djembe
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The main instrument of Africa membranophone
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Talking drum
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A drum that can imitate basic levels of speech
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Whisper singing
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Soft breath singing
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Polyrhythms
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Different meters or metrical starting points going on at once
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Ostrinato
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a short musical pattern that repeats over and over
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Use of percussion
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Drums rattles bells xylophones
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background shimber
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Attached beads, coins etc to cause background buzz
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Close Connection with music and language
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Combination of pitch that represents spoken
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Inflection
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The relative pitch at which they are spoken. `
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