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Singing, dancing, hand clapping and the beating of drums are essential to many ceremonies :
birth, death, inflation, marriage and funerals
Important to
religious expression and political events
Great influences in global music:
Contemporary American
Latin American
European Style
Traditional Music Of Africa
APALA, AXE, JIT, JIVE, JUJU, KWASSA KWASSA
from Nigeria ( Yoruba Tribal Style)
APALA
Wake up worshippers after fasting during Ramadan
APALA
Instruments : rattle (sekere), thumb piano (agidigbo), bell (agogo), 2 or 3 talking drums
APALA
from Salvador, Bahia and Brazil
AXE
Fuses Afro-Caribbean styles of the marcha, reggae and calypso
AXE
Hard and fast Zimbabwean dance music
JIT
Played on drums with guitar
JIT
Lively and uninhibited variation of jitterbug
JIVE
Popular style from Nigeria
JUJU
Relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms
JUJU
Shake your booty dance style begun in Zaire in the late 80's
KWASSA KWASSA
Music of Africa
MARABI, REGGAE, SALSA, SAMBA, SOCA, WERE, ZOUK
Simple chords in varying vamping patterns and repetitive harmony (extended period of time)
MARABI
Allow dances more time on the dance floor
MARABI
Jamaican sound dominated by bass and guitar chops associated with Rastsafarian Religion
REGGAE
Afro-Cuban music
SALSA
Typifies most Brazilian Music
SAMBA
