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55 Cards in this Set
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where is zimbabwe located
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sounthern africa
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zimbabwe colinzation
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the english settlers imposed thier cuture on the local africans
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what is the positive symbol of traditional culture identity and the ways of the aancestors?
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mbira
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what is the largest ethnic group in zimbabwe
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shonna
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what is the mbira
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thumb piano, a set of lonbg jeys made from metal, a soundboard made from wood, a resonator to amplify the sound, jingles that buzz when keys are plucked.
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what is the mbira resonator
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brings out the instument's full tone, shells, bottle caps attached to the resonator and/or the soundboard to create a buzzing when played
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what is a resonator
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large gourd (deze)
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what is the role of mbira in the shonna culture
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communicating with the spirits, chases away harmful spirits, cures illnesses, included in celebrations.
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what are the 4 shonna spirits
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cheifs, whiches, family members, non-relatives or animals
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mbira and possession trance
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humans and spirits communicate by means of possession trances, brought on by mbira music
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what is mapira (bira)
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an all night ceremony where possessions occur
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what type of mbira is used during a mapira
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mbira dzavadzimu, tuned seven pitches scale and 3 octaves
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components of a mbira dzavadzimu
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2 interlocking parts
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what is a kushaura
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part of the interlocking part of mbira dzavadzimu, the main part
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what is a kutsinhira
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part of the interlocking mbira dzavadzimu, the second interwoven part. both polyphonic....multi layered sound
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what are the three music styles for mbira dzavadzimu?
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vocable, poetry and yodeling
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what are gourd rattles
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hosho- internal beads unlike axatse
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what is hemiola
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when many pieces exploit the relationship between the sounding of 3 against 2
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Nhemamusasa
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zimbabwe song played for chaminuka
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nhemamusasa characteristics
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cyles of melody, polyphony, polyrythm, interlocking (kushaura and kutsinhira, buzzed timbre, hemiola
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what is chimurenga music
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refers to the struggle
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what instrument is associated with dagara
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xylophone
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what are the defining characteristics of the xylophone
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pitched, wooden bars
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where do the dagars poeople live in ghana
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the upper west
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what is the gyil
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14 keyed ylophone
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what are gourd resonators
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holes cut in the gourds, covered with a thin, white membrane which produces a buzzing sound when the keys are struck, use spider castings
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how is the gyil tuned
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5 note scale
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what is an ostinato
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repeated rhythmic pattern
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what is a kuor
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accompanies gyil, drum with lizard skin head
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where is dagara music played at
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funerals, religios ceremonies, festivals, music recreational style called bewaa.
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what do the bewaa dancers dress in
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they wear metal jungles which causes rythm as well as buzzed timbre. metal castanets keep time.
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components of the bewaa music
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vocal song, gyil, ostinato, kuor, metal castanets, metal jungles
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where are the dagbamba people from
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northern region
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what is the dagbamba clan of drummers called
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lunsi
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what two types of drums do the dagbamba use
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luna and gungon, each head has a snare strung across it.
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what are the musical characteristics of the song Nag Biegu
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call and response, buzzed timbre, dense texture, polyrythm, synocpation
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what are the bamaya costumes like
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designed to make them men look like women, on anles worn heavy jingles
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what happened at the berlin conference
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they divided territorial rights in s. and central africa.
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what are the pan african characteristics
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ostinatos, buzzed timbre, syncopation, call and response, interlocking, cyclical, polymeter, hemiola,
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where are the Ewe people from
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south eastern ghana
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what are drums in the ewe ensemble
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sogo, kidi, kagan, axatse
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what is encluturation
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learnign about the music by watching, practicing.
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what three elemtns make up african american music
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jazz, blues, and spiritual
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what is lining-out
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a type of call and response
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what are the functions of work song
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pass the time, esapism, make take more interesting, keep rythm/pace, coordination
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what is the blues
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a feeling, poetic, and musical
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blues as a poetic art
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folk poetry, subjects are love, life, and hard times
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what is the blues form?
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AAB-common
abcb+ 2 line refrain= quatrain |
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blues as a musical form
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typifies blues, jazz, spiritual, gospel, triplet rythm, rythmically complex
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delta blues
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acuostic instruments, harmonica, spoken vocals
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memphis blues
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smooth arranged, brass, soulful vocals, lighter
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how is music measured
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its ability to integrate society, its ability to integrate cermonial, it supernatural power
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plains music
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high-pitched monophonic, heavy pulsation, form AA' BCD BCD
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eastern woodlans
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mod relaxed, yodelling, decending countours(except curing songs) call and response(only one)
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s. west and california
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open relaxed, lower part of vocal range, free meter, repition and variation NAVAJO- YEIBICHAI
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