- Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:09 am
#36621
Hi everyone,
Sometimes I have to explain to other people that, for example, "B-TT--S-" is not "Kuku", or "S-TS--" is not "Soli" and I have wondered why the terminology is so confusing.
In fact "S--TS--" etc. is a rhythmical pattern and other than "accompaniment populaire" I am not aware of any patterns (in mande djembe music) that have names. Then, what is usually called "rhyhtm" is a set of rhythmic patterns played together on a particular set of instruments, for a particular occasion, originally coming from a particular ethnic group/region.
However, sometimes "rhythm" is also typically sung with a particular song/s, and/or danced with particular dance steps, so actually it is somewhat misleading to call Kuku, Soli, Balakulanyan, Moribayassa etc. "rhythms".
So a question to those with understanding in musicology/ethnography - is there a better term that describes this combination of rhythm/song/dance/occasion? How do mande people themselves call it, if they do?
Sometimes I have to explain to other people that, for example, "B-TT--S-" is not "Kuku", or "S-TS--" is not "Soli" and I have wondered why the terminology is so confusing.
In fact "S--TS--" etc. is a rhythmical pattern and other than "accompaniment populaire" I am not aware of any patterns (in mande djembe music) that have names. Then, what is usually called "rhyhtm" is a set of rhythmic patterns played together on a particular set of instruments, for a particular occasion, originally coming from a particular ethnic group/region.
However, sometimes "rhythm" is also typically sung with a particular song/s, and/or danced with particular dance steps, so actually it is somewhat misleading to call Kuku, Soli, Balakulanyan, Moribayassa etc. "rhythms".
So a question to those with understanding in musicology/ethnography - is there a better term that describes this combination of rhythm/song/dance/occasion? How do mande people themselves call it, if they do?