Bougarabou Drum

different regions of Africa for a number of foreign musical traditions. For example, many nations in North Africa can trace their lineage music back to the Greeks and Romans who ruled the region. Later, there was also an important influence in the Middle East in his music.

Other parts of Africa were also affected by foreign music. Some parts of East Africa and offshore islands were influenced by Arabic music and Indian music. While South, West and Central Africa have been influenced by music from North America and Western Europe. Other African music can be attributed to the specific dance forms such as rumba and salsa, which were founded by African slaves who were installed in Latin America and the Caribbean. In this article we will explore different types of music from Africa and where it originated.

North Africa

The North African music has been strongly influenced by the music of ancient Egypt and early Arabs. Well that one of the least popular forms of contemporary African music, is historically important and deserves consideration by all concerned to traditional music.

Sub-Saharan Music

There is no music more purely African music which began in sub-Saharan Africa. Although many regions have been influenced by other nations, sub-Saharan Africa remains the quintessential music of Africa. For writing and reading was late for some parts of Africa, this music has developed as a form of communication. Over time, became a communal exciting way to celebrate and commemorate important events in the life of a person. For example, there are literally Hundreds of African songs that celebrate marriage, childbirth or hunting parties.

The music is also to prevent evil spirits and to honor deceased ancestors. African music of this type is almost always accompanied by a dance or ceremony. It is often performed by professional musicians who have experience with ceremonial music.

Because music Saharan focused on communal singing was one of the first to insist on the use of singing harmony and structure. These methods range from songs with simple rhythmic structures to more complex and elaborate structures based on improvisation and variation.

Instruments

Although the strings, bells, flutes and xylophones even have been used in traditional African music, there is nothing more important that the African hand drum base. In fact, there are literally dozens of drums that are played on different occasions. Some of the most popular drums are used in a musical Traditional Africa include: Battery bougarabou, tama talking, djembe, drums of water and many types of Ngoma drums that are played in some regions of central and southern Africa.

These drums are almost always accompanied by singers and choirs, which often keep time with rattles, maracas, woodsticks, bells or just hitting delete or their feet.

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