Year 8

Does West African music shared ideas across this continent?

Year 8

Does West African music shared ideas across this continent?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore the question "Does West African music share ideas across this continent?". We will look at commonalities and differences in the style of African music against other musical styles.

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5 Questions

Q1.
How can we describe fusion music?
Fusion music can only be fused with African music.
Correct answer: Fusion music combines two music styles together to create a new musical style.
Fusion music combines West African music with American funk and jazz.
Q2.
What two genres does 'Old Town Road X' fuse?
Country and West African music.
Hip Hop and blues.
Correct answer: Hip Hop and country.
Hip Hop and rock.
Q3.
Who developed the Afrobeat genre?
American Funk musicians
Correct answer: Fela Kuti
Yemi Alade
Q4.
What is the difference between afrobeat and afrobeats?
Afrobeat fuses West African music traditions with American funk and jazz whereas afrobeats fuses the tradition with any other genre from around the world.
Correct answer: Afrobeat fuses West African music traditions with American funk and jazz whereas afrobeats fuses the tradition with R&B, pop and dancehall.
They are the same type of music.
Q5.
How can we compose our own fusion songs?
Correct answer: Chose two styles and combine the musical features using the instruments at our disposal.
Play two audio clips from songs from different genres at the same time.
Take the lyrics from a song and combine them with the lyrics from another song.

6 Questions

Q1.
Which is the following is NOT a way Yemi Alade breaks down barriers between nations using her music?
Correct answer: Always using a Djembe in her songs
Celebrating different traditions in her music videos
Featuring artist from different African countries
Using different African languages and dialects
Q2.
Which of the following is not a common instrument in West African music
Balafon
Kora
Shekere
Correct answer: Tabla
Q3.
What is the definition of a polyrhythm?
A texture where a melody is accompanied by chords
When two or more rhythms are played at the same time that interweave
Correct answer: When two rhythms with different pulses are played at the same time
Q4.
What is a griot?
Correct answer: A griot is a leader, musician, story teller, historian who shares infomation using the oral tradition
A griot is a method of learning songs in West Africa
A west african song played on the djembe
Q5.
What is oral tradition?
The act of learning a song by ear
The name of the conversation you have when you visit the griot
Correct answer: Where art, ideas and culture are orally transmitted from generation to generation
Q6.
What viral dance move came from Afrobeats?
Correct answer: Azonto
Renegade
The woah
Whip