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AFRICA LISTENING TEST INFORMATION

AFRICAN MUSIC LISTENING TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

• Pupils spread around the room with warnings about copying?

• Questions can be answered at the back of music books.

• Play extracts once, maybe twice if necessary.

• Pupils mark each others scripts and teacher collects the marks at the end.

PLAY EXTRACT! 1 Called Akazésé

1. How many voices in the extract?  (2)

2. How many instruments can you hear? (none)

3. Are these men, women op childrens voices? (children)

4. For what sort of occasion was the music performed?

PLAY EXTRACT 2 Called “Mhondoro”

5. What is the main instrument at the start of the extract (electric guitar)  

6. Which part of the drum kit is played as an accompaniment (hi-hat cymbals)  

7. Name the country in Africa from where this music comes? (Zimbabwe)

PLAY EXTRACT 3 Drum solo  

8. Name the country in Africa from where this music comes? (Egypt)  

9. How are the drums being played? (By hand)

10. What is the name for the main drum.  (Duff)  

11. This composition was played at the WOMAD festival. What does WOMAD stand for (World of Music and Dance)  

PLAY EXTRACT 4 2Nobamba2

12. How is this song organised? Write down the structure of the first 5 sections . Write S for solo and G for group. Write SG where the soloist performs with the group.  (S G S SG S)  

13. From which country in Africa does this music come? (South Africa)  

14. Name the African pop style used (Hi-life)  

PLAY EXTRACT 5 “Safari Na Muziki”  

15. What is the name for the instrument you can hear. (Mbira or Thumb piano)  

16. How is it played (Plucking strips of metal)

PLAY Extract 6 “Masimbabele”  

17. Name the drummer in the group (Reebop kwaku Baah)  

18. Questions 18, 19 and 20 - List three features in the music which make it sound African? 

• Repeated rhythms 

• Repeated lyrics

• Use of Djembe

• Use of Bells

• African (Ghana) Lyrics "Masimbabele"

21. Questions 21, 22 and 23 - List three features in the music which make it sound European?

• Reverb and other special effects  

• Amplifiers

• electric guitars 

• synthesisers

• power chords 

• later trumpets

QUESTIONS ON Class piece  

24. Name a hand drum which comes from Ghana (Djembe)

25. Name a composition which comes from Ghana? (Palogo)

Questions marked out of 25 - double to get a tracking level.

Copyright © 2001 David Hayes

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