Re: Hershey Felder, Zulu Musical Instruments, Essential To Develop Musical Traditions In Africa
On Jan 22, 2008 2:18 PM, Edward Cherlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > There is a murder mystery set in the music business (Sorry, I don't > know its name.) An executive mentions A&R (Artists & Repertory). The > detective says, "Wait a minute. In my business A&R means assault and > robbery. What is it in yours?" The executive responds, "That's about > right." snip A&R: A Novel? ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Hershey Felder, Zulu Musical Instruments, Essential To Develop Musical Traditions In Africa
On Jan 22, 2008 8:09 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > william romsay wrote: > > Hershey Felder, Zulu Musical Instruments, Essential To Develop Musical > > Traditions In Africa > > > > > > African music is the music of Africans who live in a large region of 50 > > nations, each with a special culture, history and language, South of > > Sahara. Zulu musical instruments are part of this multilingual culture. > > African music has some distinct characteristics: the use of repetition > > is one of them. Another important characteristic is the polyphony; this > > is the combination of different musical parts played simultaneously. This is a quotation from http://ezinearticles.com/?Zulu-Musical-Instruments,-Essential-To-Develop-Musical-Traditions-In-Africa&id=507181 This has apparently been spammed around so much that Zulu Musical Instruments pops up as a suggested search in the Google toolbar. It gets about 88,000 hits. > 1. Interesting ... can you post some links? Wikipedia says (with lots of links) African musical instruments include a wide array of drums, slit gongs, rattles, double bells as well as melodic instruments like string instruments, (musical bows, different types of harps and harp-like instruments like the Kora as well as fiddles), many types of xylophone and lamellophone such as the mbira and different types of wind instrument like flutes and trumpets. Drums used in African traditional music include tama talking drums, bougarabou and djembe in West Africa, water drums in Central and West Africa, and the different types of ngoma drums (pronounced by some "engoma") in Central and Southern Africa. and then External links * African Music * A collection of contemporary & classic African Music videos * A glossary of African music styles * International Library of African Music at Rhodes University Department of Music And Musicology * Rhythms of the Continent (BBC) * Some African musical instruments > 2. I think it's time the OLPC project had a list specific to audio on > the XO and the "world music" aspects of it. Does someone on the project > want to create such a list in the main MailMan area, or should I go > ahead and start a Google group on the subject? Mailman, I would think. I have been talking to musicians who would like to help the children learn recording techniques and the music business. In particular, how not to get ripped off in contracts. There is a murder mystery set in the music business (Sorry, I don't know its name.) An executive mentions A&R (Artists & Repertory). The detective says, "Wait a minute. In my business A&R means assault and robbery. What is it in yours?" The executive responds, "That's about right." > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Hershey Felder, Zulu Musical Instruments, Essential To Develop Musical Traditions In Africa
You're answering to a spambot message. Regards, -c. M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > william romsay wrote: > >> Hershey Felder, Zulu Musical Instruments, Essential To Develop Musical >> Traditions In Africa >> >> >> African music is the music of Africans who live in a large region of 50 >> nations, each with a special culture, history and language, South of >> Sahara. Zulu musical instruments are part of this multilingual culture. >> African music has some distinct characteristics: the use of repetition >> is one of them. Another important characteristic is the polyphony; this >> is the combination of different musical parts played simultaneously. >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >> > > 1. Interesting ... can you post some links? > > 2. I think it's time the OLPC project had a list specific to audio on > the XO and the "world music" aspects of it. Does someone on the project > want to create such a list in the main MailMan area, or should I go > ahead and start a Google group on the subject? > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > -- www.cesaremarilungo.com ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Hershey Felder, Zulu Musical Instruments, Essential To Develop Musical Traditions In Africa
william romsay wrote: > Hershey Felder, Zulu Musical Instruments, Essential To Develop Musical > Traditions In Africa > > > African music is the music of Africans who live in a large region of 50 > nations, each with a special culture, history and language, South of > Sahara. Zulu musical instruments are part of this multilingual culture. > African music has some distinct characteristics: the use of repetition > is one of them. Another important characteristic is the polyphony; this > is the combination of different musical parts played simultaneously. > > > > > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel 1. Interesting ... can you post some links? 2. I think it's time the OLPC project had a list specific to audio on the XO and the "world music" aspects of it. Does someone on the project want to create such a list in the main MailMan area, or should I go ahead and start a Google group on the subject? ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Hershey Felder, Zulu Musical Instruments, Essential To Develop Musical Traditions In Africa
Hershey Felder, Zulu Musical Instruments, Essential To Develop Musical Traditions In Africa African music is the music of Africans who live in a large region of 50 nations, each with a special culture, history and language, South of Sahara. Zulu musical instruments are part of this multilingual culture. African music has some distinct characteristics: the use of repetition is one of them. Another important characteristic is the polyphony; this is the combination of different musical parts played simultaneously. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel