Music of the World’s Cultures, Unit 2

Capoeira

Afro-Brazilian performance style that combines martial arts, dance, and music

Roda

Circle used to perform in fo capoeira

Berimbau

Large musical bow used in capoeira

Capoeira songs

Rei Zumbi dos Palmaras

mestre

master

History of capoeira

Commemorates Afro Brazilian people's resistance to slavery

Angola Style

Major religions in Indian subcontinent

Moghul, Buddhism, and Hinduism

Moghul Invasion

muslims from north invade northern India

British colonization and indian

came to India to trade in 1600s

Bharatanatyam

Indian classical dance

Indian Classical Music

Shaped by moghul court music traditions in the north and Hindu temple music traditions in the south

Raga

Notes are different going up and down, ornamentation

rasa

Each raga associated with emotional connotation

Vocables

Syllables that are used for singing and do not have literal meaning

Musical entrainment

the alignment of bodily motion during a musical experience

Bollywood

Indian film industry

Playback singers

Record songs in studio for actors to lipsync

Bhangra

Punjabi music and dance style with strong rhythms

Diaspora

People living outside their historic homeland who maintain memories of their places of origin

Caste system

Social system based on hereditary caste within Hindu culture

Dhol

Two headed drum made of mango wood used in bhangra

History of bhangra

originates as a mens dance in rural Punjabi villages, performed at festivals and weddings

Algoza

double-flute used in bhangra

Tango

Origins in slums of Buenos Aires

Gaucho

Rural cowboy from Argentina

Bandoneon

Button accordion used in tango

Basic tango step

Slow slow quick quick slow

History of tango

influenced by African musical traditions and Germans

New tango

symbol of Argentine national pride

Colonialism in West Africa

musical traditions develop that combine African and Western elements

Decolonization in west africa

Seeds of African nationalism were planted early, but took off after WWII

Kwame Nkrumah

Mobilizes the masses, follows ghandis notion of peaceful protest

Highlife

Bands or music that were performed for higher ups

Identity in west Africa

Today people still identify as much with ethnic group as a nation

Ethnic groups

Ewe funeral-agbadza

Ewe people

Historically a minority group in the region, lived with kingdoms of Yoruba people

Oral history of ewe people

Left notsie , used drumming to intimidate warriors

lineage in Ewe society

Family members trace back to common ancestor and share obligations because of relationships

Basics of ewe belief/reilgion

Mawu, supreme being, deities, interact with people

Ancestral spirits

Interact with deities and people, can do harm and good

Role of funerals in ewe society

Rituals mak souls in an ancestral spirit

Agbekor

War drumming of the Ewe people

Songs of Agbekor

Call and response, not interested in precise pitch

Where agbekor is performed

At funerals

Gankogui

Shaker used in gahu

Axaste

Bell used in gahu

Gahu

Newer drumming tradition of ewe people, uses dance

dance steps of gahu

Performed in a circle, drum call tells dancers what movements to do

Oral histories of Gahu

Created by Yoruba speakers in Benin and Nigeria, dance brought to Ghana in 1950s

Ghana dance ensemble

After colonial power leaves, desire to create African identity based on music from traditional ethnic groups

rei zumbi dos plamares

capoeira, berimbau

araro ariraro

indian lullaby, vocables

main nikla gaddi leke

bollywood song

aao nachiye (sangeet group)

bhangra, dhol

la cumparista (instrumental)

tango, bandoneon

piazzolla, adio nonino

new tango, piano, bandoneon

et mendah, Ghana freedom

trumpets, woodwinds, highlife

agbekor

ewe drumming tradition (not in class)

gahu

ewe drumming tradition (in class)