African music

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Wooden sticks

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Claves

Wooden sticks

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Agogo bells

Cow bells

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Talking drum

Held under arm. Tonality can be changed

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Djembe

Held between knees and struck with hands

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Balafon

A tuned xylophone lie instrument

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Mbira

A thumb piano, tuned instrument

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Kora

A large plucked string instrument

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Ostinato

Short repeated rhythms

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Polyrhythms

Different rhythmic patters played simultaneously

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Cross rhythms

Triplets against duplets

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Syncopation

Emphasising weak beats

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Features in African vocal music

Solo voice

Call and response

Parallel 3rds and 6ths

Layered/ staggered entries

Chordal + homophonic texture in choir sections