| 翻訳と辞書 |
| African drums ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan African music is characterised by a "strong rhythmic interest"〔Stapleton C. and May C., ''African All-Stars'', Paladin 1989, page 6〕 that exhibits common characteristics in all regions of this vast territory, so that Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980) has described the many local approaches as constituting ''one main system''.〔Jones, A. M. (1959), ''Studies in African Music'', London: Oxford University Press. 1978 edition: ISBN 0-19-713512-9.〕 C. K. Ladzekpo also affirms the ''profound homogeneity'' of approach.〔Ladzekpo, C.K. (1996), ''Cultural Understanding of Polyrhythm'' http://home.comcast.net/~dzinyaladzekpo/PrinciplesFr.html.〕 West African rhythmic techniques carried over the Atlantic were fundamental ingredients in various musical styles of the Americas: samba, forró, maracatu and coco in Brazil, Afro-Cuban music and Afro-American musical genres such as blues, jazz, rhythm & blues, funk, soul, reggae, hip hop, and rock and roll were thereby of immense importance in 20th century popular music. The drum is renowned throughout Africa.
== Rhythm in Sub-Saharan African culture ==
Many sub-Saharan languages do not have a word for ''rhythm'', or even ''music''. Rhythms represent the very fabric of life and embody the people's interdependence in human relationships. Cross-beats can symbolize challenging moments or emotional stress: playing them while fully grounded in the main beats prepares one for maintaining life-purpose while dealing with life’s challenges. The sounding of three beats against two is experienced in everyday life and helps develop "a two-dimensional attitude to rhythm". Throughout western and central Africa child's play includes games that develop a feeling for multiple rhythms.〔''Steppin' on the Blues'' by Jacqui Malone. University of Illinois Press. 1996. page 21. ISBN 0-252-02211-4〕
Among the characteristics of the Sub-Saharan African approach to rhythm are syncopation and ''cross-beats'' which may be understood as sustained and systematic polyrhythms, an ostinato of two or more distinct rhythmic figures, patterns or phrases at once. The simultaneous use of contrasting rhythmic patterns within the same scheme of accents or meter lies at the core of African rhythmic tradition. All such "asymmetrical" patterns are historically and geographically interrelated.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|