Music in African Culture

Music in African Culture. Learning Objectives for this video:

• Music in African Culture. Learn about African music. Understand how geography influenced the creation of the traditional music and musical instruments of Polynesians, sub-Saharan Africans, and Native North Americans.
• Identify examples of a membranophone, idiophone, aerophone, and chordophone.
• Learn about some of the traditional musical instruments and styles of dance developed by Polynesians, sub-Saharan Africans, and Native North Americans.
• Discover the ways music has been used as a form of expression in each of these three cultures, including the spirited call-and-response pattern of African song; the ceremonial beat of Native American tribal drums; and the native dances of Polynesians, who use rhythmic arm and hand movements to illustrate lyrics.
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