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Friendly Alert:
Listening Quiz # 2, FRIDAY(18 April 14)
covers Indonesia and Japan
(Any relevant examples from the Textbook CD set)
General African Music Traits
• Emphasis on Rhythm
• Use of Percussion
• Density of Timbre (“buzzy sound”)
• Use of Ostinato
• Use of interlocking parts
• Call and Response
• Controlled Improvisation
Ewe Tribal areas
Anlo-Ewe Tribe
• Primarily southern coastal Ghana
• Hierarchically organized society- tribal chiefs (regional and local)- age groups (local groups of similar ages)
• Dance Clubs (social identifiers, e.g., towns)- led by committees (hierarchical)- ensembles reflect social organization
• Semiprofessional (cf. Pygmy and Mande)
• Interlocking Parts (cooperative group)
Drums from Eastern Ghana
Gangkogui (timeline)
Axatse (timeline)
Atsimevu(leader)
Sogo, Kidi, Kaganu(left to right)
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• Also see Virtual Instrument Museum (Region: Africa)
for individual instruments
Yoruba Tribal region
Yoruba “Talking Drum”
African Drumming on YouTube
• YouTube - Akrowa Dance Ensemble, Drumming in Kokrobite Ghana
• YouTube - traditional Ewe drumming and singing
• YouTube - Ayan Bisi Adeleke - Master talking drummer - drum talks
• YouTube - Yoruba Bata Ensemble Drums for Orisa, volume 1
Africa(political)
Popular Music in Africa(mainly Nigeria & West Coast)
Yaw Ofori Singing Band(recorded by Union Trading Company [UTC] in 1940s?)
Ramblers Dance Band(“Highlife”, c. 1950s?)
E.T. Mensah and his Tempos Band
(Ghana, c. 1955)
Rhythm Aces performing at “Weekend in Havana”(Club in James Town, Ghana, c. 1950-60)
I. K. Dairo (1930-1996)
• Nigerian• Late 1950s – nationalism• Pan-Tribal influences
(Yoruba)• Talking Drum• Emphasis on Rhythm• Morning Star Orchestra• Blue Spots (1960s)• “Ju ju”
Jújú• Yoruba-based music (tribe of SW Nigeria)• Emerges in 1930s w/ trios
- a leader who sang and played the banjo- a shekere bottle-gourd rattle player- a jùjú (tambourine) drummer
• 1948 – addition of Yoruba talking drum• King Sunny’s Band (large lineup, up to 16+)
5-8 guitars, 2+ Talking drums, synthesizer(s), pedal steel guitar, miscellaneous percussion, 4 or more backup singers
• “Jújú Music” (Island Records, 1982) -200,000 copies sold [replacement for Bob Marley]
King Sunny Adé (b. 1946)“Minister of Enjoyment”
“Golden Mercury of Africa”
King Sunny and his African Beats
Highlife, JuJu, Afrobeat(Nigerian Pop)
• YouTube - Taxi Driver - A Highlife Classic• YouTube - Classic Highlife• YouTube - West African Highlife Band & Nigerian Brothers d
rum & chants• YouTube - JUJU MUSIC - Performance Documentary Trailer• YouTube - Dele Abiodun- Juju music -Nigeria Yoruba• YouTube - Juju Tempo Tola Osumare• YouTube - I.K. Dairo - Salome (Audio)• YouTube - I.K. Dairo MBE• YouTube - King Sunny Ade (KSA@60)• King Sunny Ade - Ja Funmi (Waka Version) - YouTube• YouTube - King Sunny Ade - Sunny Ti de Ariya (Audio)• YouTube - king sunny ade (AUDIO)