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If the idea of polyphony is accepted in such a narrow sense, it cannot be applied to the music of any other civilisation, whether this be the orchestral ensembles of Bali or the choral and instrumental ensembles of Black Africa.
- Simha Arom, Martin Thom, Barbara Tuckett, Raymond Boyd, Gyorgy Ligeti
- 1991
Sep 28, 2012 · For instance “an African style of singing based on vocal homophony or polyphony has been demonstrated for many years” by communities such as Ijesha-Yoruba of Nigeria, Nguu of Tanzania, Zulu, Xhosa, and Swazi of South Africa.
- Rudolf de Beer, Wilson Shitandi
- 2012
African cross-rhythm is extremely complex, and is characterised essentially by the permanent sense of tension it creates: different interwoven rhythmic figures are repeated cyclically and uninterruptedly.
Feb 27, 2017 · Soon he had embarked on an African adventure of his own as the echoing, hollaing polyphonic choral music of the Aka pygmies furnished him with a slightly schizophrenic listening experience caused by the repetition of its rhythmic cells and the asymmetry of the cells themselves.
In the Volta Region, in that country’s southeast, traditional music of the Ewe3 people is polyphonic, layering multiple performative lines, through diverse expressive media - dance, song, and percussion (bells, rattles, and drums), each carrying different rhythms.
- Michael Frishkopf
- 2021
Harmony, understood as a form of simultaneous doing, serves as an underpinning to many African expressive forms. The chapter begins by distinguishing between the terms harmony, polyphony and multipart. It then acknowledges the contributions of A. M. Jones and Gerhard Kubik.
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Jan 1, 2021 · In contrast to their analytical separation in Western theory and practice, traditional West African music features integral connections among all the expressive arts (music, poetry, dance, and...
