Title: Competency Assessment: (CU3 M1)
Course: SkillsCom MUS 108 15.1 > Section: Credit Unit 3 Module 1

Listen to the Fontomfrom Ensemble through the video below. Find and imitate the rhythm of the DAWURO BELL (hint, it begins just a few seconds after the piece begins).

1. What is your experience with this piece? Do you have any musical or personal experience in which there is a back and forth conversation that works together much like the fontomfrom ensemble?

Fontomfrom. Perf. Fontomfrom Ensemble Eyisam Mbensuon. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1996. (Source: The Smithsonian)

2. What are the basic elements in all West African music?