Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________________
Scholar Guide
World Music
Carriacou and Western African Tribes, part 1
September 12, 2013
Bellwork: Define these new terms:
Boli/Chac-chac–
ChantwellCutterDahomey-
Historical ethnomusicology –
Announcements: Reading #5 is due on Tuesday, September 17th.
Guided Notes: The Big Drum Dance
1.Big Drum Dance—a _________________ /celebration where__________________ of
different _______________ of Africa meet and dance after the nature of their own
country.
2.The ancient big drum dance of ________________ , Grenada, is crucial to the current
generations ___________________ of national __________________ and kinship.
3.Created by ___________________ people, the Nation Dance celebrates ______________
reorganization and changes in social _________________.
4.Where is Carriacou?
5. Carriacou is the largest island in the Grenadine chain, in __________________.
6. _____________________ descent—uncorrupted ____________-_____________ and
___________________ environment nurtured the preservation of old customs.
7. The population of Carriacou is made up of ___________-_______________peoples--the
_________________ immigrant to the Americas—the _________________ African.
8. The african’s sense of ________________________ in the new world influenced their
concept of _______________ .
CFU—Customs
Individually or in pairs, think about your family’s traditions.
List three traditions—it could be something as simple as dinner at McDonald’s on
Sundays.
Try to list some older tradition, too.
If you can, think of possible origins of the traditions.
If you don’t know the origin, make up one!
If you’d like to, draw branches of a tree to illustrate your facts.
A.
B.
C.
Origins:
Listening Example #1
Anansi-o-e, Cromanti
Active Listening
Can you hear the cutter drum?—it sticks out above the rest.
What is the name of the shaken instrument in the background of this piece?
What is the name of the lead singer who starts the songs?
Just the Faux
Listening Example #1
Anansi-o-e, Cromanti
9. The form of this song is __________ and _________________ .
10. Anansi—The akan ________________ hero, is also a venerated ________________ figure.
11. Sali—to ____________ , in Arabic.
12. _____________—a carib name for ________________ of everyone.
13. ________________—it is a ligua franca, a language that has been __________________ by
speakers of other languages, of western Africa, including Nigeria.
14. This dance was performed for a ___________________ rite.
Text Translation:
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Anansi-o-e
Anansi-o, Sari Baba
Anansi-o, Sari Baba
Anansi-o, Sari Baba
Ancestor
Ancestor pray to our father
Ancestor pray to our father
Ancestor pray to our father
Musical Notation:
Take your own notes: Music as History
CFU—White Boards
Write the answers on your white board to the following questions:
What do you call a large, seed-filled rattle?
What is the name for an uncorrupted blood-line--an isolated environment which
nurtures the preservation of old customs?
What is the Arabic word for pray?
Building the Big Drum Dance
15. Tribes who contribute to the dance:
16. Manding, __________________ , Igbo, Congo, Temne, Chamba, Banda, Arada, Moko.
Instances where the big drum dance is performed:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Big Drum Basics
Three groupings of Big Drum dances include:
A.
B.
C.
17. The texts are written in French-creole, patois, with a sprinkling of African-
sounding words.
Active Listening #2
Ina-O, Cromanti
Think for a second (second’s over!) on the use of rhythm in Chinese music.
How does the African use of rhythm differ from that of China?
What word that starts with S and is used in this piece, as well as in the Steel drum
pieces we heard?
How many percussion instruments do you hear?
Listening example #2—Facts
Ina-O, Cromanti
18. Ina—female _____________________ _____________________ , the __________________ of all
spirits, in Hausa, a _______________________ to the spirits.
19. The drums use both ____________ tones and ______________ tones to vary the sound.
20. Salamaini—middle of the _______________ ; to ________________ in Hausa.
21. From a _________________ group of songs called the midnight ___________________ .
22. The worshippers_____________________ the dance after the late-night saraka recess.
23. Cromanti songs have _______________ _______________________content.
What do those words mean?
Text:
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Ina-o, Ina-o
Ina-o, Mama nu
Salamani-o
Inna-O, Inna-O
Inna-o, our mother
Greet her in the middle of the night
CFU: Gallery Walk
On a small post-it write down one fact from the listening examples of today.
When you have completed this, place it in a larger category on the board:
Song Lyrics
Ritual Facts
Instrument Facts
Do a gallery walk by row and write down two additional facts from the category you
chose.
Name:______________________________________________
Exit Ticket
Carriacou and Western African Tribes, part 1
1. Define the word: Dahomey:
2. The population of Carriacou is made-up primarily of:
3. Write a concise definition of the Big Drum Dance.
Date:________________
4. Who is Ina?
5. Name the tribe whose songs we have studied today: