African Music

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Across
  1. 4. This form of music incorporates different music genres of african american musical traditions, folk music, spiritual beliefs and songs used for every day living.
  2. 6. It is the music's pattern in time.
  3. 7. It is a small, portable hand drum that is popular in different music.
  4. 9. It is a type of religious folk song. The text is mostly religious psalms from biblical passages. It is also used in call and response activity.
  5. 10. It is a West African xylophone that an artisan carefully crafts from particular species of dried wood that creates a unique buzzing sound.
  6. 11. It refers to a gospel type music with secular lyrics.
  7. 12. This goblet-shaped drum is traditionally carved from a single piece of African hardwood
Down
  1. 1. It allows the audience to be active participants in their music performances.
  2. 2. The thumb piano. It is a uniquely African percussion instrument.
  3. 3. It refers to the effect of the different layers of sound in a piece of music, and the relationship between them.
  4. 5. It is a linear sequence of notes the listener hears as a single entity.
  5. 8. It is a dynamic rhythm that originated in Pernambuco.
  6. 13. It is a drum made of wood that has pitches, and produces a very deep rich bass sound