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Knowledge Base: Music UNIT 2: Music of Africa Year 7 | Autumn Term 2
Year 7 focuses on how Music uses patterns, textures and structures.
Many rhythms performed at the same time.
A type of West African drum.
A steady beat.
All playing the same thing (rhythm) at the same time.
12. Music of Africa – drumming techniques – slap, tone & bass
10. Music of Africa – key vocabulary
10.1 polyrhythm
10.2 djembe
10.3 pulse
10.4 unison
10.5
membranophones
An instrument in which the sound is produced by a stretched membrane, such as a drum.
10.6
idiophones
An instrument from which the sound is produced by hitting, shaking or scraping.
10.7
cordophones
An instrument from which the sound is produced by bowing or plucking a string.
10.8
aerophones
An instrument from which the sound is produced by blowing air in or across a mouthpiece.
13. Music of Africa – year 7 focus – use of patterns, textures and structures
13.1
patterns
Repetition and cyclic rhythms used to organise music. A repeated pattern (ostinato) is used as a basis for improvisation to “hold the piece together”.
13.2
textures
Staggered entries, polyrhythms. Drum ensembles have 3-5 players each with a distinctive method of striking their drum and playing interlocking rhythms, creating thick textures.
13.3
structures
Introduction, followed by an 8-bar section in your polyrhythmic composition.
11. Music of Africa
11.1
Where does African drumming traditionally come from?
Sub-Saharan Africa
11.2
Why did it originate?
Drumming is traditionally used to communicate over long distances (for example, to warn of potential dangers, such as dangerous animals nearby)
11.3
What events are celebrated using these drums?
To celebrate marriages, welcome visitors, and also played at funerals.
11.4
Is drumming accompanied by anything?
Drumming is sometimes accompanied by singing.
11.5
How is it learned?
It is learned through aural tradition — it is not written down, but passed down through generations.
14. Music of Africa – African instruments
Dunun
Talking Drum
Djembe
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