ETHNOMUS 25 Lecture 4: Jamaica Ethno 10-11
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Jamaica: arawork and taino indigenous peoples, 1494: christopher columbus and spanish colony, 1655: british colony and sugar plantations. Land lost to british and renamed it jamaica . Locals became slaves on the sugar plantations: 1838: emancipation, 1962: independence from great britain, 1960s: economic growth, 1970s: increasing economic inequality. Following music genres developed very close to each other. Mento: cuban folk music and dance genre. Sometime lyrics, sometimes not: guitar, banjo, flute, marracas, marimbula, slow tempo, quadruple time (in 4); emphasis on beat 4, major ( happy ) keys. Improvised ornamentation o: not to be confused with calypso from trinidad (sound very similar) o. Let the good times role , derrick and patsy. Ska: 1959-1964, developed during jamaican 1962 independence. Ska involved with jamaican nationalism => more separate from outside influence: focused on ghetto street culture knowns as rudeness . Very well-dressed gangsters loose suit with extra cloth to move easily: emphasizes beats 2 and 4 offbeats .
