MUS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Folk Music, Vallenato, Music Of Africa
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European and african music collide in the caribbean. Euros colonized this area (english, french, dutch) West african principles come from the slave trade. Pitch lake and oil (rich, rich resources) Carnival - two day party before ash wednesday, there are costumes and drinks and tons of fun. Folk music that developed into pop music. Small dance band with a talking vocalist. Often males, often have regal names with tons of style. They love to make fun of each other, political leaders, social classes. Has sharp, critical lyricism, but they"re not always the best singers. The wittiness comes from an african oral tradition. Has gone from very trinidadian to soca ( dominated by indian women in. Influenced by the united states, took to another level by indians. Steel band (still calypso music, just with the pan) After world war ii, the us left behind tons of empty, oil drums and the people of. Trinidad took them, made an instrument (the pan)
