HIST 3305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Djembe, Melisma, Thomas Mapfumo
History of Jazz Africa Notes
koranic chant
Qu'ranic chant
- it is a form of expression
- a prayer maybe Qu'ranic chant
- Muslim
- Islam
- Not music in the Muslim culture
Free rhythm
kattajait
Throat singing(Katlajait) Inuit (Baffin Island)
- what is its purpose?
- typically a game played by women.
- You have teams, and have two people come up.
- They make a sound of the inhale, as well as the exhale.
- Making someone laugh was the goal.
- Pulse rhythm
- Meter- 2 duple
Strong and weak sounds
senegal kora
Chordophone-kora
21 strings
Calabash
agbekor ensamble
Ghana
Triditional music if the Ewe people.
You will hear the bell by itself followed by each instrument with the bell and finally the poly
rhythm of all the parts.
1. gankogui
2. axatse
3. Kaganu
4. Kloboto
5. Totodzi
6. Kidi
7. atsimevu
Koukou Beyla
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Nhemamusasa
zimbabwe
Shona mbira music "thumb piano"
Part of a ritual of spiritual possession
Nyarai, Thomas Mapfumo
Zimbabwe
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