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Review Sheets #1, #2, & #3 are now posted!
Use these questions to guide your studying. Do not forget the supplemental reading.
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Primary Source Summary Project
Instructions Now Posted on course website Form Groups of FOUR (4) – no exceptions Must be in groups by 2 Oct 17 Paper due on Monday, 9 Oct 5:00 pm
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MUH 3633 - Music in the United States
5/27/2018 Chapter Four “Make A Noise” : African American Music before the Civil War DAY 9 (20 Sep 17)
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Africans in the U.S. 1619 1788 1793 1808 1820 1854 1857 1863 1865 Jamestown Colony – 1st slaves in N.A. U.S. Constitution (Article 1: Sec 2, Sec 9) Invention of the cotton gin End of legal importation of slaves Missouri Compromise Kansas-Nebraska Act Dred Scott Decision Civil War Emancipation Proclamation 13th Amendment to the Constitution
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The World
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Africa (physical features)
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Africa (population density)
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Africa (climate)
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Africa (political)
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General African Music Traits
Non-notated (=Oral) tradition Emphasis on Rhythm (often: Polyrhythm) Use of Percussion Density of Timbre (“buzzy sound”) Use of Ostinato Use of interlocking parts Call and Response Controlled Improvisation Associated w/ Dance and/or Ceremony
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Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia)
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Mbira Plucked Idiophone Lamellaphone (Lamella = “Tongue”)
Mbira – common name in Zimbabwe and most of Sub-Saharan Africa Called Kalimba in Kenya, Ikembe in Rwanda, Likembe in Congo Called “thumb piano,” “gourd piano,” “finger harp,” etc. in West
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Mbira
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Mbira on YouTube Mbira - Spirit of the People (Thomas Mapfumo, Oliver Mtukudzi) YouTube - Lessons from the Mbira at Duke University Mbira of Zimbabwe – YouTube Mbira Maestros – YouTube Bira ( 6 Hours) Mbira, Ngoma Hosho - YouTube
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Mali
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Kora
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Playing the Kora
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Mali Griot Examples The Empire of Mali Series: The Griot, Lesson 2 – YouTube SUNDIATA - THE HERITAGE OF THE GRIOT 6:03mns – YouTube 10 years Muziekpublique | Mamadou Dramé (kora): 'Marriyamba' – YouTube Malian Kora Musician Mamadou Diabate's Ensemble-I - YouTube
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Ewe Tribal areas
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Drums from Eastern Ghana
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Gangkogui (timeline)
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Axatse (timeline)
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Atsimevu (leader)
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Sogo, Kidi, Kaganu (left to right)
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Anlo-Ewe Drum Ensemble
Gangokui (clapperless double bell) -TIMELINE Axatse (rattle – external beads on fishnet) - TIME Atsimevu (largest drum, often on stand) - LEAD Kaganu (medium small, semi-independent) Sogo (small, 2-1/2 ft closed, hand, follower) Kidi (small, 2 ft closed, sticks, follower) See dancedrummer.com for examples
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Yoruba Tribal region
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Yoruba “Talking Drum”
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African Drumming on YouTube
MUH Music in the United States 5/27/2018 African Drumming on YouTube YouTube - Akrowa Dance Ensemble, Drumming in Kokrobite Ghana YouTube - Yoruba Bata Ensemble Drums for Orisa, volume 1 YouTube - traditional Ewe drumming and singing YouTube - Ayan Bisi Adeleke - Master talking drummer - drum talks TALKING DRUM ENSEMBLE Djembe Solo DAY 9 (20 Sep 17)
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AF-Am Music-Making Oral Tradition from 18th C (no written records)
Distinguish between: - Slaves performing for whites (encouraged) - Blacks performing for blacks (discouraged) Traditional (Southern) Af-Am Music-Making Pattin’ Juba: Danny "Slapjazz" Barber Field Holler: Field Holler 1: "The Boss“ Work Song: Lightning- Long John (by a chain gang)
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