Mali, and other African nations' music. The insistent drumming, complex yet different, is a constant on that continent.
In Brasil and the Carribbean, the same beat is apparent.
How did African-North Americans "lose" that?
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Topic - For our resident musicologists: recently, I've been listening to Senegalese, - tinear 06:50:34 02/23/07 (13)
- But, everyone seems to forget... - Kwe 09:10:17 03/07/07 (0)
- The great conspiracy theory of music... - dave c 14:47:56 02/23/07 (4)
- what my previous post deliberately leaves out... - dave c 14:51:01 02/23/07 (3)
- Thanks. Your muddying argument explains where the tabla and - tinear 15:31:05 02/24/07 (2)
- is the tabla common in western music... - dave c 18:01:29 02/24/07 (1)
- How would I know, mine hasn't worn off yet. nt - tinear 13:31:21 02/25/07 (0)
- Many moons ago I took some Traditional African music classes - musetap 11:43:14 02/23/07 (0)
- They didn't "lose" it, they went *beyond* it. nt - markrohr 07:30:16 02/23/07 (0)
- Re: For our resident musicologists: recently, I've been listening to Senegalese, - Dmitry 07:17:20 02/23/07 (4)
- Well, Jazz comes pretty late in the game, after A-As have been - tinear 15:34:16 02/24/07 (3)
- African drums were in fact outlawed in the US.... - D Harvey 06:39:25 02/26/07 (1)
- Spanglish... - dave c 13:59:15 02/26/07 (0)
- Well, this could shed some light - Penguin 14:05:29 02/25/07 (0)