I Introduction Rock Music‚ group of related music styles that have dominated popular music in the West since about 1955. Rock music began in the United States‚ but it has influenced and in turn been shaped by a broad field of cultures and musical traditions‚ including gospel music‚ the blues‚ country-and-western music‚ classical music (see Music‚ Western)‚ folk music‚ electronic music‚ and the popular music of Asia‚ Africa‚ and Latin America (see Worldbeat). In addition to its use as a broad
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References: CARR‚ EDWARD 1967. What is history? New York: Random H. House. GREENBERG‚J. H. 1972. Linguisticevidence regardingBantu origins. Journal of AfricanHistory 13:189-216. HERSKOVITS‚ J. 1959. Anthropology M. and Africa: A wider perspective.Africa29:225-57. LOWIE‚R. L. 1915. Oral tradition and history:Discussion and correspondence. AmericanAnthropologist 17:597-99. OGOT‚ A. 1967. History of the southernLuo. New York: InterB. national PublicationsService. The Shadow
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Introduction Music is an art form and source of power. Many forms of music reflect culture and society‚ as well as‚ containing political content and social message. Music as social change has been highlighted throughout the 20th century. The word reggae represents a style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960’s and quickly emerged as the country’s dominant music. In Jamaica during the 1970s and 1980s reggae developed out of the Ghetto’s of Trench town and expressed the
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CUBAN MUSIC Cuba is a small communist country in the Caribbean. Though they may not have a lot of money and property‚ Cubans are among the most cheerful‚ musical and outgoing people on earth. The unique sound of Cuban music traces back to the Yoruban and Congolese cultures in West Africa. Over thousands of slaves were brought over during the 1880s‚ and along with them their styles of music. A few of the instruments brought over are still used in Cuban music today such as the bata drums. After
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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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Roderick Lu Music 104-02 What is meant by Caribbean music in a new mode? What emphasis‚ in this chapter‚ seems to justify a departure from traditional presentations of music and culture of the Caribbean? Caribbean music in a new mode it’s meant that it probes the African antecedents retained in the region’s religious rituals. The chapter further contends that in the African-derived context‚ no distinction is made between sacred and secular‚ and that popular festivals like carnival‚ rara‚ junkannu
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Nischay Kumar MGMT 301 Sec 003 Dr. Sherron Sparks 1/25/12 “Be the Manager” Essay 1 As the new manager of a major clothing store that is currently facing a crisis‚ it is my job to answer‚ resolve‚ and communicate with my fellow managers and employees. I have analyzed what has happened to the task environment of this store; low sales and poor customer service. With sales dropping to a mere 30% due to competition and supply‚ I have devised a program that will help the managers‚ employees‚ and
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The Music of Brazil Brazilian culture is a culture that is has a very diverse nature. An ethnic and cultural mixing occurred during the colonial period between with the Native Americans‚ Portuguese and Africans forming the bulk of Brazilian culture. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Italian‚ German‚ Spanish‚ Arab and Japanese immigrants settled in Brazil and played an important role in creating a multicultural country. “Although Brazil is considered the fifth largest country in the world
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In music‚ homophony (pron.: /hɵˈmɒfəni/; Greek: ὁμόφωνος‚ homóphōnos‚ from ὁμός‚ homós‚ "same" and φωνή‚phōnē‚ "sound‚ tone") is a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony‚ the relationship between them creating chords. This is distinct from polyphony‚ in which parts move with rhythmic independence‚ and monophony‚ in which all parts (if there are multiple parts) move in parallel rhythm and pitch. A homophonic texture is alsohomorhythmic[1] (or uses a "very similar rhythm").[2] However
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Music in the Caribbean The genre of Caribbean Music encompasses a diverse variety of musical styles and traditions from islands that are located in the Caribbean Sea and it represents something that is simple‚ exotic yet rich and wonderful. The styles range anywhere from traditional folk genres such as the Puerto Rican aguinaldo and Jamaican mento to more contemporary music such as salsa and reggae. They are each syntheses of African‚ European‚ Indian and Indigenious influences‚ largely created
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