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  MUSIC
 
Quarter 2 – Module 2 – Week 2
 
Music of Africa
 

   

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MUSIC
Quarter 2 – Module 2 – Week 2: Music of Africa

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MUSIC 10 – 2nd QUARTER 1 MUSIC OF AFRICA

MODULE 2 ITS TYPES, VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL FORMS
WEEK 2

I - Introduction

Music has always been part in the daily life of the African, whether for work, religion,
ceremonies, or even communication. Singing, dancing, hand clapping and beating drums are
essential to many African ceremonies, including those of birth, death, initiation, marriage, and
funerals. Music and dance are also important to religious expression and political events.

For this module, we will be learning what the traditional music of Africa is and types of African
Music. You will also be experiencing listening to the different vocal and instrumental forms of
Music of Africa.

So, what are you waiting for? Let’s begin!

II - Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

 Analyze musical characteristics of Afro-Latin American and Popular Music through

listening activities. (MU10AP-IIa-h-5)
 Know the different vocal and instrumental forms present in the Music of Africa. (no
code in MELC)

III - Vocabulary List:

 Traditional Music – it is the music that is created in a common manner, has continued
from the time of its production right down to the present day.
 Ceremonial Rites - act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other
solemn use.
 Entertainment - the action of providing or being provided with amusement or
enjoyment.

 Percussion - musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a handheld
or pedal-operated stick or beater.

 Harmony - the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce

chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect.

 Staccato - means to play notes or chords with shortened length.

 Rhythm - in music, the placement of sounds in time.

 Gourd - a fleshy, typically large fruit with a hard skin.

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 Resonator - an apparatus that increases the resonance of a sound, especially a

hollow part of a musical instrument.

 Zither - a musical instrument consisting of a flat wooden sound box with numerous
strings stretched across it, placed horizontally and played with the fingers and a
plectrum.

 Fiddle - a violin, especially when used to play folk music.

IV - PRE-TEST

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read the following questions carefully and choose the letter that best
describes the answer. Write your answer in a ¼ sheet of paper.

1. These are percussion instruments that are either struck with a mallet or against one another.
A. Idiophones C. Chordophones
B. Aerophones D. Membranophones

2. It is a Jamaican sound dominated by bass guitar and drums. It is influenced by traditional

mento and calypso music, as well as American Jazz, and rhythm and blues.
A. Salsa C. Reggae
B. Samba D. Zouk

3. It is a musical form of the late 19th century that has deep roots in African – American
communities. It creates an expressive and soulful sound.
A. Soul C. Spiritual
B. Blues D. Call and Response

4. These instruments produce sounds from the vibration of strings.

A. Idiophones C. Chordophones
B. Aerophones D. Membranophones

5. It is a musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style to wake up worshippers after
fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan.
A. Jit C. Axe
B. Jive D. Apala

6. It is the basic underlying rhythm that typifies most Brazilian music. It is a lively and rhythmical
dance music.
A. Reggae C. Salsa
B. Samba D. Were

7. These instruments have vibrating animal membranes used in drums.

A. Idiophones C. Chordophones
B. Aerophones D. Membranophones

8. It is a Muslim music performed often as a wake – up call for early breakfast and prayers
during Ramadan celebrations.
A. Reggae C. Salsa

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B. Samba D. Were

9. This musical form became an outlet to vent loneliness and anger. The texts are mainly
religious, sometimes taken from psalms of Biblical Passages.
A. Soul C. Spiritual
B. Blues D. Call and Response

10. These instruments are produced initially by trapped vibrating air columns or which enclose
a body of vibrating air.
A. Idiophones C. Chordophones
B. Aerophones D. Membranophones

V – Learning Activities

MUSIC OF AFRICA

African traditional music is largely functional in

nature, used primarily in ceremonial rites,
such as birth, death, marriage, succession,
worship, and spirit invocations. Others are
work related or social in nature, while many
traditional societies view their music as
entertainment. It has basically interlocking
structural format, due mainly to its overlapping
and dense textural characteristics as well as
its rhythmic complexity. Its many sources of
stylistic influence have produced varied
characteristics and genres.
 
https://guyanatimesgy.com/guyana-to-host-first-african-music-festival/

SOME TYPES OF AFRICAN MUSIC

AFROBEAT
 It is a term used to describe the fusion of West African and Black American Music.
APALA (Akpala)
 it is a musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style to wake up worshippers
after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan.
 Percussion instrumentation includes the rattle (sekere), thumb piano (agidigbo), bell
(agogo), and two or three talking drums.
AXE
 it is a popular musical genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. It fuses the Afro –
Carribean styles of Marcha, Reggae, and Calypso.
JIT

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 It is a hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music played on drums with
guitar accompaniment, influenced by mbira-based guitar styles.
JIVE
 It is a popular form of South African music featuring lively and uninhibited variation of
the jitterbug, a form of swing dance.
JUJU
 Is a popular music style from Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms,
where the instruments in Juju are more Western in origin. A drum kit, keyboard,
pedal steel guitar, and accordion are used along with the traditional dun-dun (talking
drum or squeeze drum).
KWASSA KWASSA
 It is a dance style begun in Zaire in the late 1980’s popularized by Kanda Bongo
Man. In this style, the hips move back and forth while the arms are following the hips.
MARABI
 It is a South African three-chord township music of the 1930s – 1960s which evolved
into African Jazz.

LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC INFLUENCED BY AFRICAN MUSIC

REGGAE

 Reggae is a Jamaican sound dominated by

bass guitar and drums.
 It refers to a particular music style that was
strongly influenced by traditional mento and
calypso music, as well as American Jazz, and
rhythm and blues.
 The most recognizable musical elements of
reggae are its offbeat rhythm and staccato
chords.

https://www.freevector.com/reggae-music-vector-28760

Listening time!

7 Greatest Reggae Songs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H383vIhB9Ak

Three Little Birds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaGUr6wzyT8

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SALSA
 Salsa music is Cuban, Puerto Rican, and
Columbian dance music.
 It comprises various musical genres including
the Cuban son montuno, guaracha,
chachacha, mambo, and bolero.

https://matadorarestaurant.com/event/salsa-lessons/?instance_id=128

Listening time!

Salsa Music -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EASya9I_Cfo&list=RDEASya9I_Cfo&index=1

Watch:

Israeli Salsa Congress 2014 Kevin and Beverly World Champions aged 6&7 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0buJEEKeuI

SAMBA
 It is the basic underlying rhythm that typifies
most Brazilian music.
 It is a lively and rhythmical dance and music
with three steps to every bar, making the
Samba feel like a timed dance.
 There is a set of dances – rather than a single
dance – that define the Samba dancing scene
in Brazil. Thus, no one dance can be claimed
with certainty as the “original” Samba style.

https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/samba-dancing-couple-in-cartoon-style-vector-20099577

Listening time!

Samba Music: Los Ritmos Calientes – Sambando

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swkc_4-
7unA&list=PL9d4T43DjoG0pS6boDFXdEKRmqQowpOgV&index=1

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Watch:

Samba DJ Ice – Con Calma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaM8DALTFOY

SOCA
 Soca is a modern Trinidadian and Tobago
pop music combining “soul” and “calypso”
music.

  https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/saragossa-band/soca-dance/

Listening time!

Kes – Hello (Folklore Riddim) “2018 Soca”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eldeaIAv_wE

WERE
 This is Muslim music performed often as a wake – up call for early breakfast and
prayers during Ramadan celebrations.
 Relying on pre-arranged music, it fuses the African and European music styles with
particular usage of the natural harmonic series.

Listening time! 

Waking up the neighbors – Indonesia’s Ramadan Alarm Clock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEWH_hBp3Z0

ZOUK
 Zouk is fast, carnival – like rhythmic music,
from Creole slang word for “party”, originating
in the Caribbean Islands of Guadaloupe and
Martinique and popularized in the 1980s.

 It has pulsating beat supplied by the gwo ka

and tambour bele drums, a tibwa rhythmic
pattern played on the rim of the snare drum and
its hi-hat, rhythmic guitar, a horn section, and
keyboard synthesizers.
 
https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/zouk-dancing-couple-in-cartoon-style-vector-20271492

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Listening time! 

Best Classic Zouk Music of all times -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHT_r_nunvg&list=RDlHT_r_nunvg&start_r
adio=1

Hi there! How was the learning? Are you familiar with some music above?
Very good! Now, I want to see how well you understand the lesson by
answering Practice Task 1. Are you ready? Let’s get started!

VI - PRACTICE TASK 1

IDENTIFICATION. CROSSWORD PUZZLE!

Use the clues below to fill the crossword puzzle with the correct answers. In a ½ crosswise,
copy and answer the puzzle.

3
  
4. 
        
1. 
        
3. 
           
    
4. 
     
2.  5. 
         
1.  5.
                          
                
2. 
                   

       
  

ACROSS
1. it is a musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style to wake up worshippers after
fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan.
2. It is the Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Columbian dance music.
3. This is Muslim music performed often as a wake – up call for early breakfast and prayers
during Ramadan celebrations.
4. It is a hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar
accompaniment, influenced by mbira-based guitar styles.
5. Zouk is fast, carnival – like rhythmic music, from Creole slang word for “party”.

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DOWN
1. It is a Jamaican sound dominated by bass guitar and drums.
2. It is a South African three-chord township music of the 1930s – 1960s which evolved into
African Jazz.
3. It is a popular form of South African music featuring lively and uninhibited variation of the
jitterbug, a form of swing dance.
4. It is the basic underlying rhythm that typifies most Brazilian music.
5. It is a modern Trinidadian and Tobago pop music combining “soul” and “calypso” music.

That was fun! Did you enjoy answering the crossword puzzle? That’s great!
Now, let’s keep going! There’s a long way to go. You will now be unlocking the
next part of our module. Goodluck!

VOCAL FORMS OF AFRICAN MUSIC

BLUES
  

https://www.goodreadbiography.com/ray‐charles‐biography/ 

 Blues is a musical form of the late 19th century that has deep roots in African –
American communities. These communities are located in the so-called “Deep South
of the United States. 
 The slaves and their descendants used to sing as they worked in the cotton and
vegetable fields. 
 The notes of the blues create an expressive and soulful sound. The feelings that are
associated with slight degrees of misfortune, lost love, frustration or loneliness. 
 From ecstatic joy to deep sadness, the blues and communicate various emotions
more effectively than other musical forms. 

FAMOUS PERFORMERS OF RHYTHM AND BLUES:

- Ray Charles - Erykah Badu
- James Brown - Eric Clapton
- Cab Calloway - Steve Winwood
- Aretha Franklin - Charlie Musselwhite
- John Lee Hooker - Blues Traveler
- B.B. King - Jimmie Vaughan
- Bo Diddley - Jeff Baxter
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Listening time! 

A House is Not a Home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olvaDzUi8c8

Billie’s Blues - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gmwuE9ft8o

SOUL

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/james-brown-soul-survivor/532/

 Soul Music was popular music genre of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Originated in the
United States.
 It combines elements of African – American gospel music, rhythm and blues, and
often jazz.
 The catchy rhythms are accompanied by handclaps and extemporaneous body
moves which are among its important features.
 Other characteristics include “call and response” between the soloist and the chorus,
and especially tense and powerful vocal sound.

IMPORTANT INNOVATORS OF SOUL MUSIC:

- Clyde McPhatter
- Hank Ballard
- Etta James
- Ray Charles
- Little Richard
- James Brown – “Godfather of Soul”
- Sam Cooke
“Soul Forefathers”
- Jackie Wilson
 

Listening time! 

All I Could Do is Cry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdD-zac4mx8

Soul to Soul - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XfNrZK7A3Q

Betcha by Golly Wow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alvEUFJtMw8

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SPIRITUAL

https://totatema.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/african-music/

 The term Spiritual, normally associated with a deeply religious person, refers here to
a Negro Spiritual, a song form by African migrants to America who became enslaved
by its white communities.
 This musical form became their outlet to vent their loneliness and anger, and is a
result of the interaction of music and religion from Africa with that of America.
 The texts are mainly religious, sometimes taken from psalms of Biblical passages,
while music utilizes deep bass voices.
 The vocal inflections, Negro accents, and dramatic dynamic changes add to the
musical interest and effectiveness of the performance.

Listening time! 

We are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8NVo7oqNdM

When the Saints Go Marching In -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyLjbMBpGDA

Peace Be Still - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyS6NU_NW3w

CALL AND RESPONSE

https://sites.google.com/site/africanamericanmusica/song-structure/gospel-music-call-and-response

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 The Call and Response method is a succession of two distinct musical phrases
usually rendered by different musicians, where the second phase acts as a direct
commentary on or response to the first.
 Much like a question and answer sequence.
 It also forms a strong resemblance to the verse – chorus forms in many vocal
compositions.

Listening time! 

Mannish Boy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSfqNEvykv0

School Day – Ring, Ring Goes the Bell -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuufgJUzmew

You are doing great! Did you enjoy the lesson? Let us have again another task
about the lesson that you have read. Are you ready? Good luck! Enjoy
answering.

PRACTICE TASK 2

Modified TRUE or FALSE. Write if the statement is correct but if it is false, change the underlined
word/s to make the statement correct. Write your answer in a ¼ sheet of paper.

______________1. Call and Response is like a question and answer sequence in human
communication.

______________2. Handclaps and extemporaneous body movements are important features

in Blues.

____________ 3. Ray Charles was hailed as the “Godfather of Soul”.

____________4. The notes of the blues create an expressive and soulful sound.

____________5. Deep tenor voices are utilized in Spiritual music.

Good job! Did you enjoy it? Before we proceed, let’s stretch that muscles and
take a short break, grab a snack and go for a little bonding with your family.
A new interesting topic is coming!! Way to go! You’re almost there!

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF AFRICA

CLASSIFICATION OF TRADITIONAL AFRICAN INSTRUMENTS

A. IDIOPHONES
 These are percussion instruments that are either struck with a mallet or against one
another.

1. BALAFON

https://www.awalebiz.com/en/hobbies/balafon-en/

 The Balafon is a West African xylophone

 Pitched percussion instrument with bars made from logs or bamboo

2. RATTLES

https://www.stockfreeimages.com/19248109/African-rattle.html http://www.jewelsafaris.com/ugandas-traditional-musical-instruments/shakers-1/

 Rattles are made of seashells, tin, basketry, animal hoofs, wood, metal bells,
cocoons, palm kernels, or tortoise shells.
 These rattling vessels may range from single to several objects that are either joined
or suspended in such a way as they hit each other

3. AGOGO

https://www.instrumentinsider.com/best-agogo-bells/

 The Agogo is a single bell or multiple bells that had its origins in traditional Yoruba
music and also in the samba baterias (percussion) ensemble.
 The Agogo may be called “the oldest samba instrument based on West African
Yoruba single or double bells”
 It has the highest pitch of all the bateria instruments.

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4. ATINGTING KON

https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/360710251399380274/

 These are slit gongs used to communicate between villages.

 They were carved out of wood to resemble ancestors an had a “slit opening” at the
bottom.
 In certain cases, their sound could carry for miles through the forest and even across
water to neighboring islands.
 A series of gong “languages” were composed of beats and pauses, making it
possible to send highly specific messages.

5. SLIT DRUM

https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia_of_music/S/slit_drum.html

 It is a hollow percussion instrument

 It is usually carved or constructed from bamboo or wood into a box with one or more
slits in the top.

6. DJEMBE

https://www.awalebiz.com/en/hobbies/djembe-for-kid/

 The West African Djembe (pronounced as zhem-bay) is one of the best-known

African drum
 It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands.
 It is carved from a hollow trunk and is covered in goat skin.

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7. SHEKERE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shekere

 It is a type of gourd and shell megaphone from West Africa, consisting of dried gourd
with beads woven into a net covering the gourd.
 The Agbe is another gourd drum with cowrie shells usually strung with white cotton
thread.
 The Axatse is a small gourd, held by the neck and placed between hand and leg

8. RASP

 A rasp or a scraper, is a hand percussion instrument

whose sound is produced by scraping the notches on
a piece of wood with a stick, creating a series of rattling
effects. 

https://www.hamillgallery.com/FANG/FangObjects/FangDrum01.html 

 
B. MEMBRANOPHONES

 These are instruments which have vibrating animal membranes used in drums.
 Their shapes may be conical, cylindrical, barrel, hour-glass, globular, or kettle, and
are played with sticks, hands, or combination of both.

1. BODY PERCUSSION

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/arts/dance/drumfolk-review-step-afrika.html

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 Africans frequently use their bodies as musical instruments

 Aside from their voices, where many of them are superb singers, the body also
serves as a drum as people clap their hands, slap their thighs, pound their upper
arms or chest, or shuffle their feet.
 Wearing of rattles or bells on their wrist, ankles, arms, and waists enhances their
emotional response.

2. TALKING DRUM

https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/340373684308621555/

 It is used to send messages to announce births, deaths, marriages, sporting events,

dances, initiations, or war.
 It is believed that the drums can carry direct messages to the spirits after the death of
a loved one.
 However, learning to play messages on drums is extremely difficult, resulting in its
waning popularity.

C. LAMELLAPHONE

 It is a set of plucked tongues or keys mounted on a sound board

 It is known by different names according to regions such as mbira, karimba, kisaanj,
and likeme.

1. MBIRA (hand piano or thumb piano)

https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/787567053558600767/ 

 it consists of a wooden board with attached staggered metal tines, plus an

additional resonator to increase its volume.

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 It is played by holding the instrument in the hands and is plucking the tines with
thumbs, producing s soft plucked sound.

D. CHORDOPHONES

 These are instruments which produce sounds from the vibration of strings.
 These include bows, harps, lutes, zithers, and lyre of various sizes.

1. MUSICAL BOW

https://www.contemporary-african-art.com/african-musical-instruments.html

 The musical bow is the ancestor of all string instruments 

 It is the oldest and one of the most widely-used string instruments of Africa. 
 It consists of a single string attached to each end of a curved stick, similar to bow and
arrow. 
 The string is either plucked or struck with another stick, producing a percussive yet
delicate sound. 

2. LUTE (Konting, Khalam, and the Nkoni)

https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/09102/_SMS_MM_M3294

 The lute originating from the Arabic states, is shaped like the modern guitar and
played in similar fashion.
 It has resonating body, a neck, and one or more strings which stretch across the
length of its body and neck

3. KORA

https://www.awalebiz.com/en/hobbies/kora/

 It is Africa’s most sophisticated harp while also having features similar to lute.
 Its body is made from a gourd or calabash.
 The leather rings around the neck re used to tighten 21 strings that give the
instrument a range of over three octaves.
 The Kora is held upright and played with the fingers.

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4. ZITHER

http://essay-eh.blogspot.com/2013/06/zither.html

 It is a stringed instrument with varying sizes and shapes whose strings are stretched
along its body.

5. ZEZE

https://sites.google.com/site/musicofafricaproject/instruments2

 It is an African fiddle played with a bow, a small wooden stick, or plucked with the
fingers.
 It has one or two strings, made of steel or bicycle brake wire.

E. AEROPHONES

 These are instruments which are produced initially by trapped vibrating air columns
or which enclose a body of vibrating air.
 Flutes in various sizes and shapes, horns, panpipes, whistle types, gourd and shell
megaphones, oboe, clarinet, animal horn, and wooden trumpets fall under this
category

1. FLUTES

https://motherlandmusic.com/products/instruments/wind/atentenben/atenteben/ https://davekobrenski.com/music

 Flutes are widely used throughout Africa and either vertical or side-blown.
 They are usually fashioned from a single tube closed at one end and blown like a
bottle.
PANPIPES consist of cane pipes of different lengths tied in a row or in bundle
held together by wax or cord, and generally closed at the bottom. They are
blown across the top, each providing a different noye.

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                                                                  https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/473370610828412560/ 

3. HORNS

http://hearingshofar.blogspot.com/2011/04/mbiu-african-shofar.html

 Horns and trumpets found almost everywhere in Africa

 These are commonly made from elephant tusk, and animal horns.
 With their varied attractive shapes, these instruments are end-blown or side-blown
and range from the small signal whistle

KUDU HORN is a type of horn made from the horn of kudu antelope. It
releases a mellow and warm sound that adds unique African accent to the
music.

                https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/501084 

3. REED PIPES

https://arncastillon.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/music-from-africa-and-its-musical-instruments-2/

 These are single-reed pipes made from hollow guinea corn or sorghum stems, where
the reed is a flap partially cut from the stem near one end.

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 It is the vibration of reed that causes the air within the hollow instrument to vibrate,
thus creating the sound.

4. WHISTLES

http://ancientpoint.com/inf/41760-african_gurunshi_sound_whistle_wood_musical_instrument_flute_burkina_faso_ethnix.html

 Whistles found throughout the continent may be made of wood or other materials.
 Short pieces of horn serve as whistles, often with a short tube inserted into the
mouthpiece

5. TRUMPETS

https://www.hamillgallery.com/DRUMS/Horns/SudanHorn01.html 

 These are made of wood, metal, animal horns, elephant tusks, and gourds with skin
from snakes, zebras, leopards, crocodiles and animal hide as ornaments to the
instrument. 
 They are mostly ceremonial in nature, often used to announce the arrival or
departure of important guests. 
 In religion and witchcraft, some tribes believe in the magical powers of trumpets to
frighten away evil spirits, cure diseases, and protect warriors and hunters from harm. 

That’s it! You are done with the instrumental forms in Africa. You are
doing great! Now shake that arms and get a little rest because another
Practice Test is approaching! Ready?

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PRACTICE TEST III

WORD SEARCH! Identify the given African instrument by arranging the jumbled
letters. Write your answer in a ¼ sheet of paper.

1. 6.

UEFLT IBMAR

2. 7.

TLEU
3. NIEPASPP 8.

RZEITH ALFAOBN

4. 9.

PMEUTRST GOOAG

5. 10.

  S  O R H N EKEERHS
 

Congratulations! Did you find the practice exciting? You are now at the final
stage of the learning journey. You will now find out how well you learn this

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module by answering the final test. Are you ready? Brace yourself! Enjoy
answering.

 
VII - POST TEST

IDENTIFICATION. Choose the answer from the box below that best describes the
statement. Write your answer in a ½ lengthwise.

____________1. It is a term used to describe the fusion of West African and Black American
Music.
____________2. It is a dance style begun in Zaire in the late 1980’s popularized by Kanda
Bongo Man. In this style, the hips move back and forth while the arms are following the hips.
____________3. It is a South African three-chord township music of the 1930s – 1960s
which evolved into African Jazz.
____________4. It is a Jamaican sound dominated by bass guitar and drums.
____________5. It is a musical form of the late 19th century that has deep roots in African –
American communities. These communities are located in the so-called “Deep South of the
United States.

____________6. It is a vocal form in African music with much like a question and answer
sequence.

____________7. He was known as the “Godfather of Soul”.

____________8. It is a slang Creole word for “party”. It is fast, carnival like rhythmic music.

____________9. It is a Muslim music performed often as a wake – up call for early breakfast
and prayers during Ramadan celebrations.

____________10. Handclaps and extemporaneous body moves are among its important
features of this vocal form with catchy rhythms.

CONGRATULATIONS! You have just finished the first module! Way to go! Did
you enjoy the lesson? Very good! Take a little break, have your snack, or
maybe browse your phones. Feel refresh and ready to work again for the next
module! Good job.

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ANSWER KEY

PRE-TEST

J I T

R V

W E R E

S G M S

A P A L A Z O U K

M E R C

B S A L S A

A B

I
1. A 6. B
2. C 7. D
3. B 8. D
4. C 9. C
5. D 10. B

PRACTICE TASK I
IDENTIFICATION. CROSSWORD PUZZLE!

Use the clues below to fill the crossword puzzle with the correct answers. In a ½ crosswise,
copy and answer the puzzle

PRACTICE TASK 2
Modified TRUE or FALSE. Write if the statement is correct but if it is false, change the underlined
word/s to make the statement correct. Write your answer in a ¼ sheet of paper.

________________1. Call and Response is like a question and answer sequence in human
communication.

____SOUL_______2. Handclaps and extemporaneous body movements are important

features in Blues.

JAMES BROWN_ 3. Ray Charles was hailed as the “Godfather of Soul”.

_______________4. The notes of the blues create an expressive and soulful sound.

____BASS______5. Deep tenor voices are utilized in Spiritual music.

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PRACTICE TASK 3
WORD SEARCH! Identify the given African instrument by arranging the jumbled letters.
Write your answer in a ¼ sheet of paper.

1. FLUTE 6. MBIRA

2. PANPIPES 7. LUTE

3. ZITHER 8. BALAFON

4. TRUMPETS 9. AGOGO

5. HORNS 10. SHEKERE

POST TEST
IDENTIFICATION. Choose the answer from the box below that best describes the
statement. Write your answer in a ½ lengthwise.

1. AFROBEAT

2. KWASSA KWASSA

3. MARABI

4. REGGAE

5. BLUES

6. CALL AND RESPONSE

7. JAMES BROWN

8. ZOUK

9. WERE

10. SOUL

References:

HORIZONS Grade 10 Learner’s Material pp 38 – 51

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10
MUSIC
Quarter 2 – Module 2 – Week 2
Music of Africa

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