The Grooved Whale Project » west africa http://www.groovedwhale.com The whale dives deep. Follow it. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:39:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mali Music Transcription http://www.groovedwhale.com/2009/11/22/mali-music-transcription/ http://www.groovedwhale.com/2009/11/22/mali-music-transcription/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:58:11 +0000 groovedwhale http://www.groovedwhale.com/?p=426 congasAn interesting transcription of music from Mali in 6/8 – useful for those wanting to analyze how a rhythmic pattern is expanded upon by a master drummer.

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]]> http://www.groovedwhale.com/2009/11/22/mali-music-transcription/feed/ 0 African Violin http://www.groovedwhale.com/2009/11/22/african-violin/ http://www.groovedwhale.com/2009/11/22/african-violin/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:46:36 +0000 groovedwhale http://www.groovedwhale.com/?p=423 issaI always thought of the violin as a western instrument and was pleasantly surprised to find out it has a long history in west Africa. Check out Senegalese musician Issa Sow’s tunes on his nianiooru.

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