MUS 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sub-Saharan Africa, Unit, Ostinato
18 Oct 2016
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Focus: sub-saharan africa: sub-saharan africa includes all regions south of the sahara desert, north african region: arabic influence. Music in sub-saharan africa: popular music: many varieties; influenced by other, non-african cultures, traditional music: particular to various ethnic groups. We"ll fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) a fe(cid:449) (cid:272)ase studies. Traditional music in africa: transmitted via oral tradition, often associated/combined with dance or movement, singing (with or without instrumental accompaniment) is prevalent. I(cid:374)stru(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts are (cid:374)u(cid:373)erous a(cid:374)d di(cid:448)ers although (cid:374)ot distri(cid:271)uted e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ly a(cid:272)ross (cid:272)ultures. Music making is part of everyday life. Do all africans perform music daily: no. Rather music is understood as a n essential component as they go through their life cycle. Music making takes place as part of everyday life. Music is generally organized as a social event. Ensemble performance is more common than solo performance. Shared experience; expression of group sentiments: tradition african performances. Important: spectators are often participants in some way.
