stephanie (nnine@yahoo.com)
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:55:50 -0800 (PST)
that's a really cool question. i don't have much of an
answer except to say that from a couple of
ethnnomusicology-type classes in college, I got the
impression that all major families of instruments
(percussion, winds, strings) emerged independently in
different parts of the world. like you have different
drums popping up in indonesia and in zaire and in
ireland and don't necessarily have any sort of
cultural exchange at all to ignite that phenomenon.
I'd imagine that the modern drum set really has very
european roots, in orchestral music.
Eh, lemme make it perfectly clear that this is not my
field and I really am just talking out of my ass from
what I remember from a few undergrad elective classes
several years ago.
oh yeah, and the salsa thing, of course a lot of the
drumming has african/yoruba roots, but some salsa
seems to have distinctly afropop/highlife sounds and
beats in it (listen to nu yorica 2), which I think are
pretty contemporary african styles, right? Like, not
dating back more than 50 years or so? do we have any
scholars in the house?
--- BAO <tunde@arches.uga.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
> Not very much help, but you might want to look into
> history of brazilian
> and south american music. I rememeber reading about
> the merging of
> european i.e. spanish and african music i.e. the
> rhtymn to form salsa
> music and most of the brazillian and some of the
> other south american
> musics.
> As side question, pardon my ignorance, but what is
> the history of the
> drum. The drum sets you see in bands today where did
> they start..do they
> have relation to african drums, tom-tom, talking
> drum e.t.c. i.e. cowhide
> strecthed over wood with hollow center or whats the
> story?
>
> On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Adam Cohen wrote:
>
> > I've gotta do an essay for my music class and was
> thinking about writing a
> > little piece about the impact of african music on
> the western world.. Maybe
> > talk about the resurgence of african funk tracks
> by house remixers and
> > such.. Anyways, just wondering if anyone knows of
> any good links for
> > information on Fela, manu dibango or anything else
> related to african music.
> > Or even better, if someone already has an essay on
> this subject (or an essay
> > on any other music related subject at the
> University level !!! :) Thanks
> > for any info/essays..
> >
> > Adam
> >
>
>
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