WORLD MUSIC

AFRICA

Ghana

•Africa is a continent made up of many different countries and cultures

•As an example we will look at one country and one small part of its music

Ghanaian Drumming

• There are various styles of music but the most well known is the tradition of drumming.

• These Ghanaian men are playing Djembie drums

Drums of Ghana• Djembe drums “Talking” drums

Ghanaian Drumming

• Ghanaian Drum Ensemble:

• A group of percussion instruments - drums, shakers and bells - which are played together. The music comes from the West African country of Ghana. Here is an example of African drumming.

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Where is India?

India

IndianIndian MusicMusic

•The main The main instruments areinstruments are•The The SitarSitar•Tabla DrumsTabla Drums

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•The The SitarSitar•Modes are Modes are played over a played over a drone:drone:

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•The The TablaTabla•Two Indian Two Indian drums which drums which normally normally accompany a sitar accompany a sitar performanceperformance

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•Here is an Here is an example of example of Tabla and Sitar Tabla and Sitar playing togetherplaying together

Where is Indonesia?

Indonesia

Indonesian Music

• Musically, we are going to look at two islands in particular

Java Bali

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• Indonesia is made up of several islands

• Bali and Java are the best known

• A popular form of indonesian music is the GAMELAN

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• The Gamelan is the name of the band and is made up of:

• Gongs

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•Metallophones•Drums

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Where are the Caribbean Islands?

Caribbean (West Indies)

•There are many different types of music spread throughout the islands of the Caribbean

•More recently there has been the pop music of the region: Reggae, originating in Jamaica and made famous by Bob Marley in the 1960s and 70s

•Older than this is Calypso – the folk music of the Caribbean

The Steel Band consists of several steel pans or drums

These were originally made from upturned oil drums

The surface was heated and dented into the required “notes”

There are large bass steel drums, drums for the middle register notesAnd high sounding ones as well

Where is Latin America?

Latin America

Lively music from South America

Features a lot of percussion

Rhythmically complicated

Latin Percussion Instruments

You will remember many of them from the Primary Music cupboard

Maracas

GuiroAgogo

Conga Drum

There are many lively dances that come from this region

The Samba is usually Accompanied by lots of percussion

The Salsa is a “saucy” dance as its name suggests