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Take A Musical Safari To Africa

Instrument of the Day Journal Entry #3 Describe what you see and what you think this particular instrument is used for. Take A Musical Safari To Africa. Characteristics of Africa. 2 nd largest continent with a population of approximately 700 million people

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Take A Musical Safari To Africa

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  1. Instrument of the DayJournal Entry #3Describe what you see and what you think this particular instrument is used for

  2. Take A Musical Safari To Africa

  3. Characteristics of Africa • 2nd largest continent with a population of approximately 700 million people • Geography – deserts (Sahara), rain forest jungles, mountains, rivers & lakes, & the Great Rift Valley • Mostly tropical climate • Animals – elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, monkeys, crocodiles, rhinoceroses, giraffes, and lions • Over 800 languages and cultures

  4. African Music Call & Response – generation to generation • Alternates between a soloist and a group • Call (leader) changes and the response (group) remains the same • http://www.amazon.com/Call-and-Response/dp/B000S58VDU

  5. Purpose of Music • Recreation • - singing, dancing, drumming, and concerts • Rituals & Ceremonies • – celebrating • Occupational • - work songs, preparing food

  6. Social • - child care, story telling, social games, and parties • Language • - drumming and signaling are used to send messages

  7. Gives birth to many forms of music • Jazz & Rock African Musical style and practice • Taught and learned orally • Sing & play together easily (teamwork) • - rhythmic singing & clapping children’s games • Most common form • - call & response

  8. Texture is complementary • - many rhythms occurring at the same time • Syncopation – off-beat phrasing • Music is part of most activities • - music and movement are linked to each other • Buzzy tone quality

  9. African Instruments • Classified into these categories • - Aerophones (Blow into instrument) • - Idiophones (main parts vibrate) • - Membranophones (membrane vibrates) • - Chordophones (Strings vibrate)

  10. Aerophones Musical instruments whichproduce their sound by using air as the principal vibrating factor: air may be unconfined by the instrument or enclosed within a tube • Flute, Horn Trumpet, Pan Pipes, Side Blow Horn, Whistles

  11. Idiophones Musical instruments which produce sound from their own substance: can be struck, plucked, blown, or vibrated by friction • Rattles, Bells, Sistram, Thumb Piano, Xylophone

  12. Membranophones Musical instruments which produce sound from tightly stretched membranes, either struck or 'singing' • Drums and Tamborine

  13. Chordophones Musical instruments which produce sound by means of strings stretched from one point to another • Berimbau • http://video.google.com/videosearch?sourceid=navclient&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-29,GGLD:en&q=berimbau&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wv# • Harps • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3075473591316092556&q=african+harp&ei=fboMSJSjL5O-rQKrqcC1BA

  14. Lute http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3162283452844658864&q=Lute&ei=HLwMSPnVIYjiqALbh4mrBA Lyre http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4063780343610888961&q=+Lyre+instrument&ei=0LsMSKfSI4eIrgKF2vy3BA

  15. Internet Links for Musical Instruments • Audible Artworks • UDU Gallery • New world African Instruments

  16. N’kosi sikelel’i Africa In 1897, Enoch Mankayi Sontonga wrote the following hymn, “N’kosi sikelel’I Africa.” It was originally performed at public meetings in South Africa. Today, it is sung in many languages and dialects throughout Africa. African National Anthem

  17. Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso Ofedise dintwa le matshwenyeho O se boloke O se boloke morena Setjhaba sa heso Setjhaba sa Afrika Nkosi Silkelel'i Afrika Maluphakanyisw'uphondo Iwayo Yizwa imithandazo yethu Nkosi sikelela, Nkosi Sikelel'i Afrika • Nkosi Silkelel'i Afrika Maluphakanyisw'uphondo Iwayo Yizwa imithandazo yethu Nkosi sikelela, Nkosi sikelela Nkosi Silkelel'i Afrika Maluphakanyisw'uphondo Iwayo Yizwa imithandazo yethu Nkosi sikelela, Thina lusapho Iwayo Woza moya Woza moya woza Woza moya Woza moya woza Woza moya oyingewele Nkosi sikelela

  18. Bless the wivesAnd also all young women;Lift up all the young girlsAnd bless them. Bless the ministersof all the churches of this land;Endue them with Thy SpiritAnd bless them. Bless agriculture and stock raisingBanish all famine and diseases;Fill the land with good healthAnd bless it. Bless our effortsof union and self-uplift,Of education and mutual understandingAnd bless them. Lord, bless AfricaBlot out all its wickednessAnd its transgressions and sins,And bless it. • God Bless Africa • http://www.anc.org.za/misc/nkosi.html#english1 • Original Lovedale English Translation • Lord, bless Africa;May her horn rise high up;Hear Thou our prayers And bless us. • ChorusDescend, O Spirit,Descend, O Holy Spirit. • Bless our chiefsMay they remember their Creator.Fear Him and revere Him,That He may bless them. • Bless the public men,Bless also the youthThat they may carry the land with patienceand that Thou mayst bless them.

  19. African Drums • Widely Used in African Music • -Communication & Celebration • Language of the drum takes years of practice • Master Drummer holds the most honored position in African societies

  20. Bata Drum • Nigeria • Two headed drum played with both hands or struck with a flexible piece of leather • Part of the religious life of some of the Yoruba people

  21. Syncopation Type of rhythm in which stressed sounds occur between beats instead of on beats. Example:

  22. Messages in Sound • Master Drummer • - Children begin studying to become master drummers at a very early age. Has the highest position in African societies • African Proverb • - Wise sayings passed down from generation to generation. Important in many parts of Africa • Griot • - Talking regional newspaper. Wandering musician/storyteller responsible for passing along news about what has happened in the community.

  23. Harmony Two or more pitches sounding at the same time

  24. African Art & Culture Museum of African Art

  25. Resources http://echarry.web.wesleyan.edu/africother.html http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africasong.html http://home.earthlink.net/~debrajet/list.html http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/outreach/k-12.html http://www.thepothole.com/soukous/ http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts//509.html

  26. http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/~ladzekpo/Foundation.html http://www.afropop.org/ http://www.coraconnection.com/ http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/events/music/marabi.html http://www.africanmusic.org/ http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/events/music/pan.html http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/villagepulse/ http://www.nmafa.si.edu/ http://www.cat.nyu.edu/~andruid/chains/

  27. http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/~ladzekpo/Ensemble.htm l http://ntama.uni-mainz.de/~ama/ http://www.udu.com/udu_html/udugalry.html http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/aud_art/index.htm http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/africa.html http://www.acslink.aone.net.au/christo/histmain.htm www.dia.org/collections/aonwc/ africanart/82.29med.jpg www.earthvibemusic.com/ kambala/Balaphon.jpg www.namibweb.com/piano.JPG

  28. Clip Art Resources Print Artisthttp://www.dia.org/collections/aonwc/africanart/82.29.html www.earthvibemusic.com/ kambala.htm http://www.namibweb.com/piano.htm http://www.shirleykaiser.com/skimages/index.html

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