another and then being answered contrapuntally by a third or fourth. There are no soloists and the dynamic shifts remain quite subtle and reserved throughout. Reich’s Ensemble Modern‚ established In 1966 with three other performers had‚ by 1971’s Drumming ballooned to well over twelve regular players. The use of a consistent ensemble allows Reich to surround himself with like-minded players whose chief concerns are not improvisation or self-expression but rather an ego-robbing adherence to the necessity
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BURU IN JAMAICA During the period of slavery in Jamaica‚ Christmastime was usually the only opportunity that the slaves had to have any type of celebrations. In light of this‚ Christmas was characterized by many activities where the slaves feasted‚ sang‚ danced and just enjoyed themselves. One of the main activities that were observed at this time was masquerading. This occurred in two forms‚ Jonkunnu‚ with which most people are familiar‚ and Buru. Buru is an African-derived masquerade celebration
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a crowd but I was also new to playing jazz itself. During the performance of C Jam Blues‚ the band director pointed at me‚ hinting that I‚ the second string drummer‚ would be taking the next solo. The solo I played that night was the worst bit of drumming I have ever done. After that performance‚ i realized that the road ahead of me was going to be long and hard. Over the past four years I
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of modern anthropological beliefs about the evolution of man. This belief system tells the history of music from the point of view of the Ewe’s. Agbekor as War Drumming : Ewe funerals consist of a special type of war drumming‚ known as Agbekor. Funerals replaced war as the appropriate occasion for such drumming because it is full of the passions aroused by death. According to Titon‚ “elders explained that their ancestors performed it before combat‚ as a means to attain the
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reinforcement is the removal of a negative stimulus following a desired behavior. Allowing a child to not do their chores for a week after bringing home a good report card is using negative reinforcement. Examples: Classical Conditioning In a drumming class‚ a teacher was having a difficult time getting the students to listen when she wanted their attention. It was a class-wide problem not related to specific students‚ so she had been trying to find an effective solution. Visual cues did
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In the American culture‚ there are non- African songs that have been influenced by the African culture. This influence can occur either in the instrumentation or the way it is composed. Those songs that are influence by the African culture have elements similar to that of African music. There are many musicians that have composed their music similar to African music. Some of these musicians are Shakira‚ Juan Luis Guerra‚ and Paul Simon to name a few. The purpose of this paper is to present songs
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will have a repetitive vocal sound using elongated vowels and few consonants over a long period of time. Another technique that is used in sound healing is the projection of sound into the body or energy field. They will use rattles and shakers and drumming for altered state of consciousness‚ brain waves‚ and entrainment. Entrainment is the study of chronobiology. Rhythm and percussion are techniques used in sound healing. The way that this works is that the brain shifts through percussion‚ which was
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piano and bass add to the modern‚ open approach inspired by Max Roach’s fine drumming. Before forming this quintet with Clifford Brown‚ Max Roach had already established a lasting place in the history of the development of jazz‚ playing drums for Coleman Hawkins and Dizzy Gillespie before appearing on nearly all of Charlie Parker’s classic bebop recordings and on Miles Davis’s "Birth of the Cool". He transformed jazz drumming‚ pioneering an open style with emphasis away from heavy use of bass drum
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Millions of slaves were transported to the two countries‚ resulting in an influx of African culture. Both Jamaica and Brazil embraced this culture and integrated it into all aspects of music. The identifiable drumming found in both countries’ music is a direct descendant of African tribal music. Furthermore‚ many of the dances found in Jamaica and Brazil can also be traced back to Africa. Although there are slight differences between the two countries in terms
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sound of a drum would be their favorite sound in the world. Today I am going to briefly talk about the origin of the drum‚ the components of the modern drum set‚ and the benefits of drumming. Now‚ a drum is a musical instrument which produces sound by the vibration of a stretched membrane (head). The very first drumming in history was a series clapping of hands and hitting the chest or knees with open hands and that can date back to the beginning of man. Various rhythms were adapted using this method
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