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    fabricated by the Bronze Age Dong Son culture of northern Vietnam. They include the ornate Ngoc Lu drum. Animal drumming[edit] Macaque monkeys drum objects in a rhythmic way to show social dominance and this has been shown to be processed in a similar way in their brains to vocalizations suggesting an evolutionary origin to drumming as part of social communication.[5] Other primates make drumming sounds by chest beating or hand clapping‚[6][7] and rodents such as kangaroo rats also make similar sounds

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    Bata Dance

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    The Music and Dance of Bata is a ritual form of dance for Sango‚ a deity in Yoruba land. Sango was the third king of the ancient Oyo Empire. It is a communicative dance between the worshipers and the deity. The Oyo Empire‚ established by the Yoruba people‚ controlled a wide area between the Volta and Niger rivers by the mid-17th century. The capital of the state was moved here from Old Oyo (Katunga) in the 1830s‚ and the Alafin (leader) of Oyo still resides in the city. A typical bata dance takes

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    Hutu and Reed Burundi

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    Mithra Derakshan 25 October 2010 Professor Reed Burundi Burundi is a resource-poor country in Eastern Africa‚ bordered by Rwanda‚ The Republic of Congo‚ and Tanzania. The country is about the size of Maryland‚ and has a population of about 9‚511‚000 people (CIA World Factbook). Burundi is known for having one of the highest population densities in all of Africa. It is a country with a drawn out history plagued with war‚ conquest‚ and detrimental ethnic conflicts. It has a moderate tropical climate

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    Reflection paper

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    assume I would say its not the actual instruments being used to create some of the sounds I hear. There is clear percussion instrument sounds‚ as well as some strange robotic sounds in the background. The drumming seems to be the over all basis of the music‚ with different levels and pitches of drumming combined to create the overall effect of the song. There is an almost hollow effect used at the beginning of the song. Just a few

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    Rastafarian

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    Investigating the Rasta movement This essay is investigating the Rasta movements. The main points that will be focused on are Marcus Garvey‚ Haile Selassie‚ original and modern beliefs‚ beliefs about race‚ customs/ dreadlocks /food/ colours/ language/ cannabis‚ holy days‚ rites of passage‚ women‚ Rasta music‚ Bob Marley. Marcus Garvey philosophy of Rastafari helped him to become a well-known person within Rastafarianism. He was born in Jamaica on the seventeenth of August 1887. He taught about

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    Tap Dance

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    TAP DANCE SUBSTYLES Tap Dance is known as a favorite discipline because the students are making music with their feet. Students learn to improve their rhythm and co-ordination to energetic music. Tap dance concentrates on rhythm and timing‚ and requires interpretation of music through sound‚ creating regulated and controlled sounds through intricate footwork. More advanced levels of tap teach syncopation and more complex rhythms and combine a variety of styles of classical tap dance. Tap classes

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    Stevie Wonder Analyse

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    The article written by Seth Stevenson “Stevie Wonder is my favorite Drummer” is his opinion on Stevie Wonder. Throughout the article‚ he uses different techniques to get his point and purpose across to the audience. The author uses his techniques to try and argue why Stevie Wonder is the greatest drummer of all time in his eyes. My interpretation of the text is that he loves Stevie Wonder and he is his favorite drummer and that he is trying to get his point across about him. The article is about

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    would always fall on the word tree and the drummer would be helped by the clapping of the dancers to keep the beat. It would be a collaborative work that brought the members of the community closer (http://www.drummagazine.com/hand-drum/post/sabar-drumming-puzzling-rhythms-from-senegal/P3/). The specialty of these rhythms is that‚ although they are not written down‚ the way they are played is unique. Western music has always been document using the traditional western notation for music and‚ as long

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    History of Percussion

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    Percussion is known to have been around since the beginning of civilization‚ in all cultures and all major civilizations around the world. In 6000 B.C.‚ the first time of a percussion instrument was evolved‚ and it was simply anything that could be found that could be hit together to create a sound. Percussion instruments have been used and associated with strong ceremonial‚ sacred‚ or symbolic events. For example‚ in Africa‚ drums symbolize and protect tribal royalty. The drums symbolize a family

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    Unit 22

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    Some reggae drummers use an additional timbale or high-tuned snare to get this sound. Cross-stick technique on the snare drum is commonly used‚ and tom-tom drums are often incorporated into the drumbeat itself. An unusual characteristic of reggae drumming is that the drum fills often do not end with a climactic cymbal. Wide ranges of other percussion instrumentation are used in reggae. Bongos are often used to play free‚ improvised patterns‚ with heavy use of African-style cross-rhythms. Cowbells

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