is basically due to the fact that highlife is a convergence between traditional and foreign styles. It is characterized by multiple guitars and jazzy horns. Traditional music instruments that are incorporated into highlife music include drums‚ chordophones‚ Akan harp‚ rattles‚ and xylophones. Later on‚ trumpets were also incorporated thus some highlife tracks have a jazzy feel to them. Traditional Ghanaian instruments used in highlife utilize indigenous harmonies‚ scales‚ and tones. Dance- band
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Newar musical instruments are included in it. These instruments can be classified into four classes according to Sangeet Shastra. i) Membranophones - Dhimay‚ Dhah‚ Paschima‚ NayaKhin etc. ii) Idiophones - Bhusyah‚ Chhusyah‚ TainNain etc. iii) Chordophones - Piwancha iv) Aerophones - Muhali‚ Nekoo‚ Bansuri etc. Mostly used musical instruments in Newar societies are membranophones‚ which are generally accompanied with idiophones and aerophones. Membranophones Dhimay Dhimay is the most
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India -Chennai- Tamil- language‚ “the city” Tamil Nadu Architecture‚ Hindu-temples-gopurans Landscape Weather Population- 7 million Local and international: media‚ food -History‚ Culture of India- Population: 1 billion Space‚ 1/3 of USA 15 major languages‚ many alphabets Two national languages: Hindi & English World’s largest democracy Most diverse nation: ethnic groups‚ cultures Many musical types‚ diverse ecology Regionalism: North & South -The Indus Valley Civilization (c
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limited number of melodies. The song consists only of verses‚ but repeats the last line of each verse to create a faux chorus. There is only one singer and a secondary accompaniment‚ making this a homophonic texture. The accompaniment consists of two chordophones (banjo and guitar)‚ playing in duple meter. Although the singer does not tell a happy story‚ the combination of the
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Tone Colour - Music 1 Analysis 1. What typical materials are most instruments made out of eg wood? An instrument can be grouped into six main categories‚ which all have specific individual sound. These are wood‚ metal‚ string‚ skin‚ electronic and vocal. The qualities of the sound in each category are primarily similar. 2. List FIVE methods of producing sound eg hitting. The five ways of producing a sound involves hitting‚ blowing‚ shaking‚ scraping‚ and plucking. 3. What is the
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Music is something that most people enjoy. Music can bring people together‚ remind us of good and bad times‚ and be a statement of faith. Some take their heritage and the traditional music that goes along with it seriously. Most of us know that Salsa is a common dance style‚ but Salsa is also a music style produces beautiful sounds. Some may have a hard time separating Salsa dance style and Salsa music. Salsa music is different from the Salsa dance style‚ although the music can get people up
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Baaba Maal video‚ I determined that there were two koras‚ five djembe drums with three rattles on each drum‚ a dundunba drum (largest)‚ a sangban drum (medium)‚ a kenkeni drum (smallest)‚ and a male lead vocalist (Baaba Maal). The kora is in the chordophone family and is a 21 string harp lute or bridge harp. The neck of the instrument is attached to a large resonating gourd with cowhide stretched over it. Traditionally‚ the instrument used twisted antelope hide for the strings‚ but they have been replaced
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The pipa‚ (pronounced “pee-paa”‚) is a four-stringed Chinese instrument (a chordophone)‚ most similar to a lute that has been played for over two thousand years in China‚ and is considered to be one of the most popular instruments in China‚ even in modern times. It is considered to be a bowl lute‚ according to the “Sachs-Hornbostel” sub-category system‚ and is possibly the most prominent sound in Chinese music‚ films‚ and culture. The Symbols that represent the word “pipa‚ ” “Tian” and “Tao” are
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What would the world be like if there was no music in it? Would we still be able to link our dearest memories to something as simple‚ meaningful and beautiful as a song? Music is how societies communicate and bond since the earliest of times. It is a valuable way of self-expression that is deeply admired. Music is essentially the art of transforming a series or a sequence of sounds and tunes into a harmonious pattern that is pleasing to the ear as it intensely engages the sense of hearing. The ways
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bridged in place to produce various pitches. The kudlong is a two-stringed lute shaped like a boat. It has wooden tightening rods and frets made of beeswax. One string is often used for droning while the other is played for melody. The gitgit is a chordophone with three strings made of human hair. * Woodwinds * The lantoy or lantuy is a horizontal flute used to produce soothing sounds. It is made from a piece of bamboo with five carved finger holes. It comes in a variety of sizes and is a nose
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