Friendly Alert:

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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)

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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

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Ewe Tribal areas
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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)

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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
• Also see Virtual Instrument Museum (Region
  Africa)for individual instruments

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Yoruba Tribal region
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Yoruba Talking Drum
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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

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Africa(political)
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Popular Music in Africa(mainly Nigeria West
Coast)
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Yaw Ofori Singing Band(recorded by Union Trading
Company UTC in 1940s?)
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Ramblers Dance Band(Highlife, c. 1950s?)
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E.T. Mensah and his Tempos Band(Ghana, c. 1955)
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Rhythm Aces performing at Weekend in
Havana(Club in James Town, Ghana, c. 1950-60)
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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

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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 Sunnys 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

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King Sunny Adé (b. 1946)Minister of Enjoyment
Golden Mercury of Africa
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King Sunny and his African Beats
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Highlife, JuJu, Afrobeat(Nigerian Pop)

• YouTube - Taxi Driver - A Highlife Classic
• YouTube - Classic Highlife
• YouTube - West African Highlife Band Nigerian
  Brothers drum 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_at_60)
• King Sunny Ade - Ja Funmi (Waka Version) -
  YouTube
• YouTube - King Sunny Ade - Sunny Ti de Ariya
  (Audio)
• YouTube - king sunny ade (AUDIO)