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Selasa, 25 Oktober 2011

What is World Music?





The term "Western Music" includes genres of music originating in the western world (which includes Europe), which differ from the music from the East or the Middle East. Simply put, western music, for the most part, built on big, small, and the pentatonic scale.


There is liberal use of the octave, fourth, fifth in. Music from the East or the Middle East, employing a larger group of scales, including those built on five notes (instead of seven) and quarter tones (instead of semitones). These differences, but the layman does not understand, go a long way in creating music that is noticeably different and unique to each culture.


music from different countries and nationalities can be dramatically different. Latino music, for example, is known for using various percussion instruments including congas, claves, timbales and hand drums. This music is often used for dancing, a lively, very rhythmic, and often dramatic. Mexican music, on the other hand, often includes a mariachi band consisting of guitar, bass, violins and horns such as trumpets.


strikingly different, the music of Japan is often played on interesting instruments with intriguing names such as the shamisen, taiko drums and flute called the shakuhachi, which is made of bambusa.Glazba is very meditative and often used for ceremonies and celebration of individual passages in life. Hawaiian music was very simple in rhythm and melody and has a different sound plays Ukuleles and Guitars. "Slack key" guitar, finger picking style of playing with unusual tunings, began in Hawaii in the 1960s and is still heard today. Music from Israel is a mix of music from Jewish and non-Jewish traditions. You will also hear a mix of klezmer and Hebrew folk music.


the United States, as a relatively young country, and one which consists of almost all the living groups, have their music - jazz - and it's derivatives. You can hear Dixieland swing in New Orleans and the hard charging blues in nightclubs in Chicagu.SAD is considered the birthplace of rock and roll and country music, and share their origins with folk music (which some say had its roots in Europe).


The term "world music" is often used to describe a wide and eclectic collection of music and musicians. There are many international music festivals throughout the year with the musicians and their support staff traveling thousands of miles for a performance. Music magazines such as "Song Lines" are dedicated to the world of music with each copy includes a CD of music from around the world.


Music from the specified culture (or country) is often influenced by what instruments are traditionally played and easily accessible. For example, Irish music is deeply rooted in the fiddle, where Spanish music depends a lot on the guitar and it's versatility.

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