MUSIC 2A03 Lecture Notes - Mbira, Griot, Hocket
14 Mar 2014
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Africa gave birth to the first human beings and we may assume to the first human song (fletcher 2001: 145) Almost every major international popular music has roots in african music from mambo to hip-hop and rock to reggae. Plucked keys mounted on a sound box. Interlocking pitches: fitting pitches into spaces between other parts, alternating with another part. Hundreds, even thousands of religions are practiced in sub-saharan africa, and music is a key element of religious practice on many levels. Communal expression often takes the form of poluvocality, involving multipart musical. Conversation involving instruments, clapping, dancing, or other modes of participation. Interlocking; fitting pitches and beat into the space of other parts. Can be put together in different ways. Complex, hierarchical, centralized states with hereditary rulers. Can be said to be reflected in their music. More than drumming: african musical diversity and the kora. Drumming is not the basis of most music in africa.
