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Key facts
It blends traditional instruments such as the kora (a West African harp) with electronic sounds.
Afro Celt Sound System's 'Release' fuses Celtic and West African folk music with dance and electronic production.
A fusion combines two or more musical styles or traditions.
It features voice, double bass and acoustic guitar.
It blends Latin American dance rhythms with jazz harmony.
Esperanza Spalding's 'Samba Em Prelúdio' fuses Brazilian samba and bossa nova with jazz.
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What is a 'fusion' in music?
- ✓A blend of two or more styles
- •A particular type of cadence
- •A single unmixed pure style
- •A specific tempo marking
Afro Celt Sound System's 'Release' fuses Celtic music with?
- •American country and western
- •Baroque opera and plainchant
- •Classical sonata-form writing
- ✓West African folk and electronic
Esperanza Spalding's set work fuses jazz with which Brazilian style?
- •English folk song
- •German chorale
- •Punjabi bhangra
- ✓Samba and bossa nova
Which West African instrument features in 'Release'?
- •The bagpipes
- •The harpsichord
- ✓The kora (a harp)
- •The timpani
Which instruments feature in 'Samba Em Prelúdio'?
- •A church pipe organ
- •A full brass band
- •Synths and drum machine
- ✓Voice, double bass and guitar
Afro Celt Sound System fuses Celtic and West African music.
Answer: True
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