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  1. Friendly Alert: Listening Quiz # 2, FRIDAY(18 April 14)covers Indonesia and Japan (Any relevant examples from the Textbook CD set)

  2. 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

  3. Ewe Tribal areas

  4. 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)

  5. Drums from Eastern Ghana

  6. Gangkogui (timeline)

  7. Axatse (timeline)

  8. Atsimevu(leader)

  9. Sogo, Kidi, Kaganu(left to right)

  10. 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

  11. Yoruba Tribal region

  12. Yoruba “Talking Drum”

  13. 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

  14. Africa(political)

  15. Popular Music in Africa(mainly Nigeria & West Coast)

  16. Yaw Ofori Singing Band(recorded by Union Trading Company [UTC] in 1940s?)

  17. Ramblers Dance Band(“Highlife”, c. 1950s?)

  18. E.T. Mensah and his Tempos Band(Ghana, c. 1955)

  19. Rhythm Aces performing at “Weekend in Havana”(Club in James Town, Ghana, c. 1950-60)

  20. 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”

  21. 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 Sunny’s 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]

  22. King Sunny Adé (b. 1946)“Minister of Enjoyment” “Golden Mercury of Africa”

  23. King Sunny and his African Beats

  24. 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@60) • King Sunny Ade - Ja Funmi (Waka Version) - YouTube • YouTube - King Sunny Ade - Sunny Ti de Ariya (Audio) • YouTube - king sunny ade (AUDIO)

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