music. The basic elements of music are sound and silence.

Music has many purposes within all societies. Most music

performed by Africans is part of a social activity and is

viewed as a sharing experience for everyone. African music

is generally classified into two main style areas, which are

Arab North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. There are many

unique regional music styles, including a immense influence

from the Islamic faith which extends across the savanna

Within African music, there are many types of

percussion instruments, including the drums, clap-sticks,

bells, rattles, slit gongs, struck gourds and clay pots,

stamping tubes, and xylophones. There are two basic types of

xylophone. The frame xylophones, in which the keys are

attached to a frame. The lamellaphone, which is also known

as the thumb piano, is found throughout the continent of

Africa. The mbira, kalimba, and likembe, are a series of

metal or bamboo strips mounted on a board or box. African

drums come in many shapes and sizes. Wood

The Kru branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily consists of

and free thought because one group can understand the

languages. In terms of linguistic relationships, however,

Africa. Although there is one exception to this North

played in the savanna region of West Africa. Double-reed

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