Drums are of big importance to the history of Africa, they have been a part of Africa's culture dating back to 500 A.D. In most Western Cultures, like India or China, the idea of drums is mostly always associated with entertainment. In Africa, drums hold a much deeper symbolical and historical meaning. Drums are referred to the “backbone” of African music because of the pulse it creates. The African drums basic uses are for communication, entertainment or both together. The talking drum has
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The movie Film study essay Grade 12 The films reasonable man and tsotsi both deal with how one faces and deals with his past, therefore the theme “emotional journey” is revealed clearly in characters. In comparing and contrasting the characters of Sean and David (Tsotsi). Write an essay of about 700-800 words to discuss which movie best portrays that. Refer to the uniquely filmic issues such as composition, lighting, sound camera shots and angles to smoothly weave them into your reasoning. 2014
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SHOWDOWN! Brendan Geyer There I was, sitting behind my drum kit on a hot afternoon, hitting the skins with precision and passion - rehearsing for our bands first show. New Era was ready, we were practicing our audition song "Word Up" and by the time we finished the first hour of practice, we started the second hour - there is no substitute for hard work. The moment our band, New Era, entered the St. Mary's Battle of the Bands competition we knew we would have to work hard from the very beginning
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don't know how many of you play an instrument, but I personally have been playing the drums for just about two years now. Although I don't play in a band or even have a strict practising routine I find them to be a key part of my life now, something that I would find very difficult to live without. As you are starting secondary school, this is an ideal time to start playing an instrument. Not necessarily the drums but it can in fact be any form of instrument to find the same rewards. Over the last
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Kuku is a traditional and cultural piece of music or drum rhythm from the West African nation of Guinea and around the city of Beyla, which is not far from the Ivory-coast border. It is one of the most popular West African rhythms. According to Mamady Keita, its rhythm was played to celebrate the return of the women within tribes as they came back from fishing expeditions. They would take their fishing tools and dance. At the present time, this rhythm is played during parties. Some people believe
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Why was this video/piece/work chosen? (1 pt) • I chose this video because it showed the process of Native Americans making music. During a pow-wow, the drum is placed in the middle of the singers as they sing composed songs and beat the drum together as the dancer’s dance to the music. Instruments used (2 pts; 3 if no vocal styles are used): • Drum • Vocals Vocal styles (if any) (1 pts): • The singing style during a pow-wow is very different compared to the common American singing style. Native
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mothers as members of local Apatampa ensembles. Although Apatampa started as an ensemble, played by only females, males joined when they were recruited to play the instruments used in the ensemble. Instrumental set up: castanet, pati, Tamalen (frame drum), Adaka (wooden box). Performance organization: Instrumentalist sit with singers standing behind the instrumentalists. Dancers dance in files. Occasions for performance: Funerals of members, durbars, festivals, etc. ATSIAGBEKOR The dance is
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which first became apparent in the early 1980’s. It was directly influenced by the use of TR-808 Drum Machines, Moog Keytar synthesizers and funk sampling. The basic conventions of an Electro song would include heavy electronic sounding deprived of vocals in general, although if present, they are delivered in a deadpan manner, often through an electronic distortion such as vocoding and the use of a drum machine. This would be one of the main differences between electro and genres which were around
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soldier that would be holding a drum or a flute. When this was a common act the instruments would be spread around to different cultures after a battle. This brought on a new way of looking at music. Around the 16th century people started to collect instead of play music. A persons hands and feet were the first of all the instruments and is still the most common, because every one has them. A persons hands and feet were readily available, and easy to use. The drum is the second most common percussion
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instruments were non-pitched percussion sets. There’s your standard orchestral percussion set, containing chimes, woodblock hits, triangle, a gong and cymbal set, with various sounds for each instrument; a hand drum kit, containing conga, bongo, and of course a standard drum set, featuring bass drum, snare, and tom sets. There are different mallets, with different heads, which produce different sounds. The xylophonists and drummers sometimes switched mallets multiple times during a song. The result
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