Rhythm 101, written test

Djembe

west african drum, goblet shaped, made from animal skin, various sizes

Conga

barrel-shaped drum, usually played one-per-person, afro-cuban, small and high pitch.

Cajons

Peruvian and cuban, wooden box drum that you sit on, a found instrument

Darbuka

Aluminum shell. Middle Eastern small drum, goblet shaped, played for belly dancing

Tubano

Multiple sizes, remo company, from around the world, synthetic skin.

bongos

afro-cuban, played in pairs, animal skin, smaller higher pitch

whole notes

4 beats

half note

2 beats

quarter note

1 beat

eighth note

half a beat, or 1/8 of a bar

sixteeth note

1/4 beat, or 1/16 of a bar

whole rest

4 beats of silence

half rest

2 beats of silence

quarter rest

1 beat of silence

eighth rest

1/2 beat of silence, or 1/8 of the bar

sixteeth rest

1/4 beat of silence, or 1/16 of the bar

gourd rattle

a gourd mounted on a stick, filled with seeds, strung net of plastic beads, African origin

shakers

filled with beads or pellets

Caixixi

basket shakers, played in pairs, afro-brazilian

maracas

south and central american origin, sead or bead filled gourds played in pairs

tambourine

handheld with two rows of metal discs called jingles, played by striking, shaking and scraping.

4 categories

sound characteristics (how an instrument sounds ie higher pitch or sharp sound), musical functions (the instruments responsibility ie lead vs supporting actor in a play), rhythmic tendencies (help anticipate how repetitive a rhythm is ie chatty or predictable, (small drum = least dynamic and most repetitive, big drum = less adventurous), playing techniques (how to produce sound)

cowbell

afro-cuban origin, a found object,

double bells

top is from west african, and bottom is from afro-brazilian

jam block

from USA, a synthetic woodblock. closed edge and play on the lip above the opening

tamborim

small handheld drum played with a stick from brazil

treble clef

Used for the higher sounding pitches. Also known as the G clef.

bass clef

Used for the lower sounding pitches. Also called F clef.

tenor clef

mid-pitched instrument, called C clef

percussion clef

indicates an instrument with no specific pitch

time measures

top #= number of beats per measure

bottom # = indicates the type of note that is considered one beat. ex 4 = whole note is 1 beat.