8 CKSCIENCE Sound AFRICA COMPLETE
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| Whisper Song/Inanga Chuchotee | a style of music unique to Burundi that involves a vocalist who whispers along with a tree zither.
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| Zither | a flat wooden soundboard over which strings are stretched; the
instrument is commonly plucked, but may be strummed or bowed as well
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| Inanga | the name of the concave tree zither in Burundi
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| Ikivumu | the tree used for making the inanga
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| Amenyo and Amano | the “teeth and toes” on the inanga used to tighten and hold
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| Pitch | the location of a sound in a tonal scale dependent upon the speed of vibrations from the source of the sound
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| Overtone | a pitch that is relative or perceived by the human ear to be higher than the actual source tone; overtones are related to the original pitch usually by fractions of their original frequency
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| Frequency | the speed of the vibrations of a sound source
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| Pygmy | small or dwarflike
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| Polyphony | many sounds at once as melody
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| Ethnomusicologist | a person who studies indigenous music
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| Elobaye | “hello, how are you”
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| Ejenji | a forest mystic who is believed to have telepathic power
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| Esime | percussion break with intense dance and sparse improvised singing
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| Eboka | intense polyphonic song usually accompanied by drums or clapping that calls out the Mokoondi; this form rises and falls with intensity as it blends in and out of Esime
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| Elanda - | simple party music
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| Lokoondo | intense polyphonic women’s song, usually involving their own Mokoondi
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| Elelo | funeral singing
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| Geedal | harp
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| Mondume | harp zither
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| Mobio | open ended four hole flute
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| Earth Bow | a living sapling tied down to the ground with rope and held there with a wooden peg; the rope is plucked generating a deep resonating sound
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