MUSIC102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Calypso Monarch, Steelpan, Stick-Fighting
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Carnival, this is really simple, just a week of fun activities and shit: this was a day to celebrate the day of emancipation from slavery. Calypso monarch: calypso monarch, the person who had the best calypso and commentary, this would happen in a tent atmosphere, and there is a driving chord progression in this kind of singing and it is called ostinato. That is basically when a chord goes up and down, really fast, and then slows down at some random parts. This kind of compliments the calypso, and allows the words to be heard better by almost enunciating them a bit. Invader and then appropriated by the andrew sisters. There are about six instruments that we have in steel pan: tenor, double tenor, Circle of fifths: this is basically a musical structure, where the tones and semitones are arranged in a circle, this can be used to tune the instrument to make music from there.
