UNIT 2. THE SCALE AND AFRICAN MUSIC.

1. THE MUSIC IN AFRICA

TREASURE HUNT!

Working in groups, you will try to solve this treasure hunt.

1. INTRODUCTION

African music occurs primarily in passage rites, worship, spirit possession, rites, divinity and therapy.
It is a product of associations (hunters, warriors and secret societies) and it also can serve as an aid to work. (source: https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/johea02/2012/11/27/make-a-list-of-characteristics-of-african-music/).

Let´s learn more about Adfrican Music!

2. QUESTIONS

LOOK AT THE FIRST RESOURCE FOR THIS QUESTION

1) What is African Music?

LOOK AT THE SECOND RESOURCE FOR THIS QUESTIONS

2) What are the typical instruments in Africa?

3) Choose two of the typical instruments you have already learnt about and draw them in your paper.

4) Describe the instruments you have chosen.

LOOK AT THE THIRD LINK FOR THIS QUESTIONS

5) Why is it so important the dance for African societies?

6) What are the typical dresses for African dance like?

Now answer THE GREAT QUESTION

3. RESOURCES

https://www.britannica.com/art/African-music#

https://answersafrica.com/african-musical-instruments.html

https://www.binoandfino.com/blog/2015/12/15/a-list-of-some-traditional-dances-from-different-african-countries

4. THE GREAT QUESTION

Listen to the video "African mask dances and rituals" that you have below and write the differences you can see and hear between African and European Music.

ASSESSMENT

You will get as many points as questions you get right. The more information you get the better it will be your assessment.

CREDITS

This treasure hunt has been created by Daniel Al Ramahi González.

African mask dances and rituals

The African mask is believed to represent a spirit and it is also believed that the spirit possesses the dancer as they wear the mask.

source: youtube

2. PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS

Percussion instruments are those instruments that produce sound when we strike, shake or scrape them.

We STRIKE a djembé.

We SHAKE the maracas.

We SCRAPE the guiro

we divide percussion instruments in two groups:

PITCHED PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS: Are those instruments that can produce different musical notes.

UNPITCHED PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS: Are those instruments that can not produce different musical notes.

3. SINGING

Let´s sing together!

Siyahamba (Written by Andries Van Tonder) is a South African hymn The title means "We Are Marching" .

Siyahamba - Mwamba Children's Choir

source: youtube

Siyahamba- Karaoke

source: youtube

Si mama ka

source: youtube

4. BUILDING AN INSTRUMENT FROM AFRICA

In this unit, you have learnt about some traditional African instruments. One of them, the shekere, is a handmade (*1)rattle. It consists of a (*2)calabash, covered on the outside with a (*3)net of seeds, (*4)shells, or any available material. Although its origins are West African, today it is found in the Americas and Caribbean as well.

(source: https://www.ibiblio.org/musicians/botsford/educators/shekere/)