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Musical Pot
The Influence of World Music on Other Musical Styles
What is "world music?"
Problematic term Folk music
Not quite accurate, as some world music is quite sophisticated and consider "elite" in country of elite origin
Not western
Wouldn't include Native American musical styles, for example
Ethnic
Blues and jazz can be considered "ethnic," but aren't usually considered as world music
World Music
For our purposes, let's consider "world" music to be any non-western musical y style that isn't connected to mainstream western musics
Jazz Rock Classical Etc.
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A quick word about jazz
Jazz evolved after a musical "melting pot" in New Orleans around the turn of the last century
N.O. was very ethnically diverse
Freed African slaves Creoles of Color Europeans Caribbeans
All mixed together to produce a musical style uniquely American
Musical Melting Pot
Musicians have always been influenced by music not from their own tf th i cultural tradition
The use of cymbals in Europe was influenced by Middle Eastern music
Music from India
India has a very highly sophisticated classical music tradition Sitar
A type of string instrument Some strings are not meant to be played, but resonate sympathetically Ravi Shankar is one of the best known sitar performers outside of India
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George Harrison (1943-2001)
Played with a rock band In 1965 David Crosby of the Byrds introduced Harrison to Indian music Enthralled, he bought a sitar and began learning the music
Javanese Gamelan
The best known of Indonesian styles Ensemble of mostly percussion instruments
Metallophones Hand drums Gongs
Each gamelan is tuned only to itself, so you can't mix instruments
Gamelan uses it's own tuning systems that are out of tune with western music
Music is cyclical, patterns within patterns
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
French Impressionist composer In 1889 he heard a Javanese gamelan at the World Fair The sounds of the Javanese scales inspired Debussy to use an approximate sound in his music
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Tuva
A remote area in central Asia The relative isolation allowed their musical traditions to evolve in a unique way Their singing styles are known as throat singing or harmonic singing
Richard Feynman
Nobel Prize winning physicist
A stamp collector as a boy, he wondered what happened to the country he had some rare stamps from
He never made it to Tuva, but he helped found the Friends of Tuva which has been partially responsible for introducing Americans to Tuva's culture
Kargyraa Rap (Durgen Chugaa)
David Hoffman produced an album (Back Tuva Future) in that part would explore p p what might have happened had Feynman gotten the chance to visit Tuva Tuvan singer Kongar-ol Ondar is considered a cultural treasure in Tuva
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Didgeridoo
Australian Aboriginal instrument made of a hollowed bamboo tube One of the oldest known brasswind instruments Musical interest is created by setting up rhythmic grooves and changing the timbre
Jamiroaquai
British acid jazz/soul/funk band In 1990s band member Wallis Buchanan performed didgeridoo on a number of tunes Their album "Emergency on Planet Earth" closes with Didgin' Out
Cuba/Puerto Rico
Music from Cuba and Puerto Rico has been strongly influenced by the African musical styles brought over b t l b ht by the slave trade Percussion and polyrhythms Cuban Arsenio Rodriguez is said to have invented the musical style known as "mambo"
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Chano Pozo (1915-1948) and Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
In 1940s jazz trumpet player Gillespie met Cuban conga player Pozo Their musical collaborations helped popularize Latin American grooves in American jazz Manteca was one composition they collaborated on
Influence is a two way street
So far we have listened to how rock, jazz, or classical musicians have been influenced by world music styles World musicians are just as often influenced by western musical styles Carmen, by Georges Bizet was an opera premiered in 1875 A collaboration by German classical musicians and Cuban percussionists resulted in an album called "Classic Meets Cuba"
Bagpipes
Wind instrument Air bag is squeezed under one arm
A blowpipe an...