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African Presences I: Class Projects
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A Full Sound Spectrum: Buzzing and Vocalizations as an Aesthetic
Buzzing as an Abstract Aesthetic
Mande Buzzing Devices
Oral Traditions and Buzzing
Buzzing in a non-Mande African Context
The Bala to Marimba: Case Study in the Transformation of a Mande Instrument
Wassoulou Music Title Page
Other Wassoulou resources
Wassoulou Vocalists
Nahawa Doumbia
Oumou Sangare
Wassoulou Music Instrumentation
Wassoulou Music Basics
All things drumming!!!
A Brief History of the Jembe and its Entry into the United States
American Jembe Drumming Circles
National/Regional Ballets & Other Jembe-based Performance Groups
Non-Ballet National Ensembles
Risen Ballet and Ensemble Stars
Specific Ballets
Jembe resources: People, Rhythms, Drums & Media
Thoughts re: Our Overall Organization of this Site
Finding teachers and communities: evaluating Djembe-L FAQ
Finding Transcriptions: the long road to Paul Nas and his W.A.P.-Pages
Finding drums, drum parts, and drum/dance sound & video: African Rhythm Traders
African Jembe Drummers Branch Out
Mbemba Bangoura
Seckou Keita
Famoudou Konate
Mamady Keita
Yacub Addy (Congo Square – Yacub Addy & Wynton Marsalis)
Sogbety Diomande
Guinean Jembe Teachers in America
Abdoulaye Sylla
Ismaël Bangoura
Fara Tolno
Fodé Bangoura
Jeli’s Music and History
Social History and Modern Status of the Jeli
The Art of Jeliya
Origins
Popular Artists Today
About
Ngoni
Cultural Context and Modern Usage of Ngoni
Bassekou Kouyate & Other Ngoni Stars
Deviations from the “Traditional” Ngoni
Construction, Tuning, and Playing
History of the Instrument
Month:
February 2008
Welcome to the class projects for musc265
February 18, 2008
February 18, 2008
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