Question

List 5 features of African music

Answer 1

Idiophones (resonant/solid)

Rattlers (shakers)

Bells.

Mbira (thumb piano)

Xylophones or balaphones.

Clap sticks.

Slit gongs.

Stamping tubes.

Answer 2

African singing often includes glissandos (slides which are sometimes known as portamento) and slurs, whistles, yodels and swoops and types of sound such as a raspy or buzzy quality. Melodies are usually organised within a scale of four, five, six, or seven notes