World Music Examples
Live from Bamako, Mali.
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Official classification: Djembe, Cyclic patterns, West Africa, Dance, World Music Examples, Video, Dance, World Music, Mali, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Unit 9. Music for dance, Rootsy Records
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Drumming and dancing in Bamako, Mali. This was a recording at a Janjigi ceremony in 2007.
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Official classification: Djembe, Percussive Sounds, Cyclic patterns, West Africa, Dance, Weddings, World Music Examples, Video, World Music, Mali, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, 4d Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - context, 4d Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - context, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Unit 9. Music for dance, Rootsy Records
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Live marriage ceremony filmed in Bamako, Mali - West Africa.
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Official classification: Djembe, Percussive Sounds, Cyclic patterns, West Africa, Dance, World Music Examples, Video, Dance, World Music, Mali, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Unit 9. Music for dance, Rootsy Records
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Djembe drumming and dancing. Rootsymali says "Some clips of a recent wedding I drummed at in Bamako, Mali."
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Official classification: Djembe, Percussive Sounds, Cyclic patterns, West Africa, Dance, Weddings, World Music Examples, Video, World Music, Mali, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, 4d Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - context, 4d Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - context, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Unit 9. Music for dance, Rootsy Records
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Rhythm dance from Mali, West Africa. www.rootsyrecords.com
Official classification: Djembe, Cyclic patterns, West Africa, Dance, World Music Examples, Video, Dance, World Music, Mali, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Unit 9. Music for dance, Rootsy Records
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Sega Cisse is a 70 year old master djembe player from Mali. www.rootsyrecords.com
Official classification: Djembe, Cyclic patterns, West Africa, World Music Examples, Video, World Music, Mali, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Rootsy Records
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A few clips from a JanJigi marriage ceremony in Bamako, Mali.
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Official classification: Djembe, Cyclic patterns, West Africa, Weddings, World Music Examples, Video, World Music, Mali, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, 4d Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - context, 4d Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - context, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Rootsy Records
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This is another Marakafoli rhythm recorded in Bamako, Mali. Thanks to www.rootsyrecords.com
Official classification: Djembe, Ostinato, Cyclic patterns, West Africa, World Music Examples, Video, World Music, Mali, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Rootsy Records
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This is a video taken in Bamako, Mali of the rhythm Marakafoli. It is a rhythm for the Maraka ethnic group.
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Official classification: Djembe, Cyclic patterns, West Africa, World Music Examples, Video, World Music, Mali, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Rootsy Records
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Rootsymali says "In the Bamana language of Mali this was called Nafaji Tulonke. It took place in a disctrict of Bamako called Nafaji. I received permission from the chiefs of the nearby villages to video this special ceremony."
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Official classification: Djembe, Cyclic patterns, West Africa, World Music Examples, Video, World Music, Mali, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, 4d Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - context, 4d Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - context, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Rootsy Records
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An example of music Hiphop/folk fusion music influenced by Brazilian Coco traditions.
Recommended listening for Somerset Music Coco Scheme of Work.
Official classification: 1990s, World Music Examples, Audio, Folk, Brazil, Fusion, Curriculum support, Hip hop
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Capoeira is a globally popular martial art that comes from Brasil. Like coco it is a member of the family that’s known as Brasilian circle dances.
Recommended viewing to support Somerset Music Coco Scheme of Work.
Official classification: Dance, World Music Examples, Video, Brazil, Dance Rhythms, Curriculum support
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"Sunshowers" is the 2004 second single from M.I.A.'s critically acclaimed album Arular.
M.I.A. who did the music for the Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire, draws on traditions from all round the world in her work and so this example, recommended listening for the Somerset Music Coco Scheme of Work, illustrates that this approach can be both artistically and commercially very successful.
Official classification: 2000s, Popular Songs, World Music Examples, Video, Electronica, Rap, United Kingdom, Curriculum support, reggae
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Live performance example of Brazilian Coco to support Somerset Music Coco Scheme of Work.
The name "Coco" comes from the Brazilian word for head, "cabeça," because song lyrics are often improvised. Coco is often performed with a repetitive musical beat and call and response singing reminsiscent of Capoeira music. The music is commonly performed at traditional parties in the northeast, such as weekend street parties and Carnival.
Official classification: World Music Examples, Video, Folk, Brazil, Latin America, Curriculum support, Dance
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Image and audio music example of the cithara (kithára) which is wooden type of the Greek lyre.
Official classification: World Music Examples, Audio, Greece, Ancient Greece, Curriculum support, Kithera
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The principle woodwind of Classical antiquity is the aulos, consisting of a pair of cylindrical pipes with double reed mouthpieces. Originally made from reed stems, wood or bone.
Official classification: World Music Examples, Audio, Greece, Ancient Greece, Curriculum support, Aulos
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Traditional Brazilian Coco.
Recommended listening to support Somerset Music Coco Scheme of Work.
Official classification: Dance, World Music Examples, Audio, Brazil, Latin America, Curriculum support
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Coco influenced Brazilian pop music from the 50s.
Recommended listening to support Somerset Music Coco Scheme of Work.
Official classification: 1950s, Dance, World Music Examples, Audio, Brazil, Latin America, Curriculum support
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Classical Guitar piece from Brazil, released in 1996.
Recommended listening to support Somerset Music Coco Scheme of Work as example of repeating rhythm pattern that is the same as the Clave pattern in the course.
Official classification: 1990s, World Music Examples, Audio, Classical, Brazil, Curriculum support
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This Brazilian fusion piece from 2008 mixes classical guitar with folkloric berimbau.
Recommended listening to support Somerset Music Coco Scheme of Work.
Official classification: 2000s, World Music Examples, Audio, Brazil, Fusion, Curriculum support
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