African Rhythms in Latin American Music
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im listening to this 4 homework lol
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He is mostly right because he's talking about how African syncopation influenced not only Jazz but most "non-classical" music. He even mentions that Latin Americans tried to emulate the syncopation that they heard in Jazz music... I would assume he knows what hes talking about since he's an expert who has been studying various styles of music for a long time. Unless UCSB just picked some bum off the street to lecture their students which I highly doubt.
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the first song played I think is called ”Manhã de Carnaval" ("Morning of Carnival"). I personally adore it
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really nice playing and very clearly put .
I don't know of the musical level or interests of the audience but if it was a more advanced music class I one would expect to hear about the highly influential, on Brazilian music, rhythm called Partido Alto.
He, as well as most people who play this music, was playing the rhythm constantly in these pieces and it's what provided the syncopation in a 2-bar or 2-phrase pattern. a strong accent after the downbeat.
Look it up! You'll hear it everywhere.
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@americanojoel It's a good title... almost all nations in Latin America have African influences...
technically this music is a mix of European, Native American and African music.
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boring...... yawn
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What a nice piece
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What nice piece
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2:20 to skip to the actual music.
This video is horribly mis-named. While the lecture is interesting, and the musician is clearly talented, the subject should more appropriatly be titled "African influences on South American Guitar" or perhaps, "African Influences on Brazilian Music". "Latin American Music", for most of the world, is a much broader category.
americanojoel 3 years ago 23
Real nice intro to Brazilian rhythms on guitar. Well played. Stumbled on it by accident looking for Mambo music.
Rogeetar 2 years ago 5