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    African Music

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    Main articles: Middle Eastern and North African music traditions‚ Arabic music‚ and Middle Eastern music North Africa (red region on map below) is the seat of ancient Egypt and Carthage‚ civilizations with strong ties to the ancient Near East and which influenced the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Eventually‚ Egypt fell under Persian rule followed by Greek and Roman rule‚ while Carthage was later ruled by Romans and Vandals. North Africa was later conquered by the Arabs‚ who established the region

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    African music carries both cultural and historical significance in the lives of the African people. There are many different rituals in African music that are very unique and exemplify the many different cultures. The African people also express their mourning and grief through their music and this music also vary throughout the country. The African people express themselves musically through a variety of musical instruments. African music also includes a wide variety of instruments with heavy

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    African American Music

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    Music” is defined as “vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form‚ harmony‚ and expression of emotion” (Google); however‚ the real meaning in “music” is not only restricted by this definition. Any moment that one tries to pinpoint something through a rhythm‚ it becomes a music. Many people believe that African Americans are some of the few people whose soul is expressed exclusively through music. Black American music represents their spirits‚ which started as

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    African Music Essay African music roots start in every aspect of society. Their culture is formed from there environment hunting but mostly on their tradition. Their music reflects this not only is it entertaining it serves as a way to pass knowledge and stories to the next generation. African music has a variety of different instruments that they use throughout their songs. Music in African culture also has very strong spiritual and religious meanings. The recent history of African musical influence

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    South African Music There are many instruments that South Africans used. Some of these instruments were mainly played by the tribes in South Africa. The differences in the instruments for other tribes were only the names and the style of playing‚ other than that the instrument is quite similar. One of these instruments is called a Uhadi. The Uhadi‚ also known as Ugubhu‚ is a mouth bow. This instrument has only 1 string and is made from wood and dried gourd. The way these South Africans play it

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    In the Beginning of the 16th century‚ Africans were enslaved and brought to the United States of America. Separated from their history and language‚ African Americans somehow managed to preserve their spirit for music. The music helped to increase productivity in the daily task and reduce the feeling for sadness. The blues was created by African American communities in the deep South of the United States. It started in the 19th century and continued to make its way in the future. The blues was everywhere

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    * African music | The many music cultures of Africa may be broadly classified as North African and sub-Saharan. This article discusses only traditional music of the dominant population south of the Sahara‚ as North African culture is essentially Islamic or Arabic. The diversity of this population is reflected both in the number of languages spoken--about 800 to 1‚000--and in the wide variety of music traditions cultivated. Fortunately‚ these traditions have many traits in common‚ permitting a discussion

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    Evolution of Music Music and literature have always helped shape civilization. People have always written and sang about the times. Socio-political conditions have always had strong effects on people. This is especially so with African Americans. African Americans have been through some rough times‚ dating back to when they were torn from their homeland of Africa to become slaves‚ all the way up until the present where African Americans are still somewhat oppressed in some areas. However‚ many

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    Music Deriving From African and Eastern Religions List A: Music in traditional African religions: Throughout all my research about traditional African cultures I have come across one aspect‚ which is common in all religions in Sub-Sahara Africa‚ that Africans have a religion and believe in Supreme God- the Creator‚ the all Knowing‚ the Ever present and all Powerful. They acknowledge the Divine Presence in their daily lives. However each country may have different names and titles for God. Africa

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    African American religious music is the foundation of all contemporary forms of so called "black music." African American religious music has been a fundamental part of the black experience in this country. This common staple of the African American experience can be traced back to the cruel system of slavery. It then evolved into what we refer to today as gospel music. The goal of this paper is to answer three main questions. What are the origins of African American religious music? How did

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