when we were talking about the Native Americans and there culture, I wrote down a couple things. I wrote about the drums and how lots of people play them at the same time like a heartbeat, how people wore shakers, and how they mimicked animals through songs and dance. I found it interesting that they mimicked animals.
It wasn’t until I saw this video till I realized that they didn’t necessarily mimic animals through actions or their voices, but more by the way the music and dance made them feel. they had animal guides that they liked to represent. I did some video watching and it was talking about how the Native American belief isn’t understandable. They make their own prayers so everyone has a different way of expressing themselves.
I also wrote things down from class about Sub- Saharan African. I wrote things like: their music takes place outside of artistic event, rhythm is extremely complex, and that music is very socially participatory. I found a long tread of Sub- Saharan African music on YouTube and if you just watch each video for a little amount of time you will see children and hear the complex rhythms on the drums and such fourth.
I also wrote some things down about the instruments as well. I wrote about the most common instrument used, which is the drum. There’s the Djembe drum and the Agbekor drum that we talked about. The Djembe drum was the drum that was shown in the video, and its made of trees. We didn’t talk much about the other drum, we just know its either blue or green with a red stripe.
In this video, there are many people dancing and singing. toward the end of the video you can see the men playing the drums. Everyone seems to be having a great time.
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