Afro Carribbean Music
African and Caribbean music/drumming
Studies have shown that Africa is a vast continent and its regions and nations have distinct musical traditions. The music of North Africa for the most part has a different history from sub-Saharan African music traditions.
The music and dance forms of the African diaspora, includes African-American music and many Caribbean genres like soca, calypso and zouk. There are many Latin American music genres like the flamenco, samba, rumba, salsa; and other clave based genres, were founded to varying degrees on the music of African slaves, which has in turn influenced African popular music.
There are other attributes that the African culture use besides using the voice, which has been developed to use various techniques such as complex hard melisma and yodel, a wide array of musical instruments are used. Researchers have found, that African musical instruments include a wide range of drums, slit gongs, rattles, double bells as well as melodic instruments like string instruments, musical bows, different types of harps and harp-like instruments such as the Kora as well as fiddles which are also used in American music as well in different genres of music. Many kinds of xylophone and lamellophone like the mbira, and different types of wind instruments are used through out the rich culture of this music.
Studies have shown that the drums that are used in African traditional music include talking drums, bougarabou and djembe in West Africa, water drums in Central and West Africa, and the different types of ngoma drums (or engoma) in Central and Southern Africa. Other percussion instruments include many rattles and shakers, such as thekosika, rain stick, bells and wood sticks many of these are used in today's music some as rock,soul, R&B and various other music. Not only does Africa has lots of other types of drums, they also have many various types of wind instruments as well as stringed instruments they use such as flutes, and
Studies have shown that Africa is a vast continent and its regions and nations have distinct musical traditions. The music of North Africa for the most part has a different history from sub-Saharan African music traditions.
The music and dance forms of the African diaspora, includes African-American music and many Caribbean genres like soca, calypso and zouk. There are many Latin American music genres like the flamenco, samba, rumba, salsa; and other clave based genres, were founded to varying degrees on the music of African slaves, which has in turn influenced African popular music.
There are other attributes that the African culture use besides using the voice, which has been developed to use various techniques such as complex hard melisma and yodel, a wide array of musical instruments are used. Researchers have found, that African musical instruments include a wide range of drums, slit gongs, rattles, double bells as well as melodic instruments like string instruments, musical bows, different types of harps and harp-like instruments such as the Kora as well as fiddles which are also used in American music as well in different genres of music. Many kinds of xylophone and lamellophone like the mbira, and different types of wind instruments are used through out the rich culture of this music.
Studies have shown that the drums that are used in African traditional music include talking drums, bougarabou and djembe in West Africa, water drums in Central and West Africa, and the different types of ngoma drums (or engoma) in Central and Southern Africa. Other percussion instruments include many rattles and shakers, such as thekosika, rain stick, bells and wood sticks many of these are used in today's music some as rock,soul, R&B and various other music. Not only does Africa has lots of other types of drums, they also have many various types of wind instruments as well as stringed instruments they use such as flutes, and