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Music in West Africa is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional materials to accompany each study. Music in West Africa presents fundamental style concepts of West African music using a focused case study of performance in Liberia, West Africa, among the Kpelle people. The book discusses the diversity, motifs, and structure of West African music within the larger patterns of the region's culture, highlighting those aspects of Kpelle music that are common to many other West African traditions. It also describes how music and dance in West Africa are tied to the fabric of everyday social and political life. Kpelle musicians value musical performance where multiple performers each contribute aspects of sound that fit together in elaborate ways. Drawing upon her extensive fieldwork and research, author Ruth Stone--who was raised in the Bong County region of Liberia--centers on key stylistic elements that Kpelle performers articulate and emphasize: faceting or breaking music into smaller parts, layering tone colors, part-counterpart relationships in musical structures, and time and polyrhythm. She explores fascinating parallels to these analytic themes in the textiles and masks of related arts and in broader cultural practices such as greeting sequences. Music in West Africa is enhanced by eyewitness accounts of local performances, interviews with key performers, and vivid illustrations. Packaged with a 70-minute CD containing examples of the music discussed in the book, it features guided listening and hands-on activities that encourage readers to engage actively and critically with the music.

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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195145003
ISBN-13
9780195145007
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Author
Ruth M. Stone
Publication Name
Music in West Africa : Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Format
Mixed Lot
Language
English
Series
Global Music Ser.
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
128 Pages

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5.4in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
8.2in
Item Weight
6.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ml350.S76 2004
Table of Content
Foreword: Preface: CD Track List: 1. Traveling to West AfricaJourneysToolsWest Africa in PerspectiveMusic in the Arts and LifeStyle AreasIdeas about PerformanceMusical InstrumentsConclusion2. Performance FacetsVocal Facets in Epic PerformanceInstrumental Facets in Horn EnsembleContinity in Performance: Woni EnsembleVocal and Instrumental Facets in Bush Clearing SongsParallels in the ArtsFaceting: Cutting the EdgeCloth PatternMasks and Carved FiguresGreeting SequencesObscuring Facets3. Voices: Layered Tone ColorsTimbre in African MusicInstruments: The Sounds of a Triangular Frame-zitherThe Centrality of the VoiceInstruments: Musical BowSound Texture in EpicSocial ResonanceOther Timbral Dimensions of SoundSymbolic Association of Tone ColorCloth Color4. Part-Counterpart: Call and ResponseCall and Response VariationsNonoverlapping Call and Response: Rice Planting Song; Children's Counting Song; Kpelle Rubber Camp Music; Entertainment Love Song: Overlapping Call and Response: Musical Dramatic Folktale (Chante Fable); Epic Performance: Dialogic RelationshipsResonanceDrummer-Supporting Drummer: Gifts that Keep the Performance GoingChief-CounterpointPoro-Sande5. Time and PolyrhythmA Master Drummer's Life HistoryFitting the Pieces TogetherRhythmic Patterns in the EpicContingency: Action: Inner TimeKpelle Performance in Liberia: The Island of Lamu, East Africa: The Shona of Southern Africa: The Spiritual World: The Larger ProcessLife HistoryTime in Local LifeBalancing the Qualitative and Quantitative6. Surveying the Trip: Cutting the EdgeCentral ThemesGlossary: References: Resources: Index:, , Foreword, Preface, CD Track List1. Traveling to West AfricaJourneysToolsWest Africa in PerspectiveMusic in the Arts and LifeStyle AreasIdeas about PerformanceMusical InstrumentsConclusion2. Performance FacetsVocal Facets in Epic PerformanceInstrumental Facets in Horn EnsembleContinity in Performance: Woni EnsembleVocal and Instrumental Facets in Bush Clearing SongsParallels in the ArtsFaceting: Cutting the EdgeCloth PatternMasks and Carved FiguresGreeting SequencesObscuring Facets3. Voices: Layered Tone ColorsTimbre in African MusicInstruments: The Sounds of a Triangular Frame-zitherThe Centrality of the VoiceInstruments: Musical BowSound Texture in EpicSocial ResonanceOther Timbral Dimensions of SoundSymbolic Association of Tone ColorCloth Color4. Part-Counterpart: Call and ResponseCall and Response Variations, Nonoverlapping Call and Response: Rice Planting Song; Children's Counting Song; Kpelle Rubber Camp Music; Entertainment Love Song, Overlapping Call and Response: Musical Dramatic Folktale (iChante Fable/i); Epic PerformanceDialogic RelationshipsResonance, Drummer-Supporting DrummerGifts that Keep the Performance GoingChief-CounterpointPoro-Sande5. Time and PolyrhythmA Master Drummer's Life HistoryFitting the Pieces TogetherRhythmic Patterns in the Epic, Contingency, ActionInner Time, Kpelle Performance in Liberia, The Island of Lamu, East Africa, The Shona of Southern Africa, The Spiritual WorldThe Larger ProcessLife HistoryTime in Local LifeBalancing the Qualitative and Quantitative6. Surveying the Trip: Cutting the EdgeCentral Themes, Glossary, References, Resources, Index
Copyright Date
2004
Topic
Ethnomusicology, Instruction & Study / General, Ethnic
Lccn
2003-070153
Dewey Decimal
780/.966
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Music

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