Round 1: African music

1. Why is family life important?

2. What is community music?
3. What is polyrhythmic music?
4. What features are important in African music?
5. What is meant by pitch + rhythms = speech?

Round 2: The Hatsiatsia

1. What is the Hatsiatsia?
2. Where does it come from?
3. When is it held?
4. Which tribe performs it?
5. Why is a bucket of water important?

Round 3: General knowledge

1. Who is Oumou Sangare?
2. Who is Baaba Maal?
3. Why did men play most traditional music and instruments?
4. What does ‘griot’ mean?
5. What is a ‘Kumbengo’?

Round 4: Instruments
1. What is a Kora?
2. What is an Atoke?
3. What is a Gankogui?
4. What is meant by ‘call and response’ singing?
5. How can we change the pitch of a drum?

Round 5: Listening
1. What style is this music in?
2. Is this popular or traditional music?
b. What instruments are being used?
c. What language is it in?

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