African organizing principles of song and dance
-dominance of a percussive performance vogue—vital aliveness in sound + motion, even w/out a drum the voice is percussive/ percussive colors, high affect colors—i.e. pure white, means continent reputation +color of the other world, spiritual whiteness, face assorted white , that person conversing w/ dead
-inner pulse control— tutelage a beat in midst of diff. meters, “metronome sense”— great power to hear three dimensionally, freeze all outside distractions it’s common denominator that gives control—prepares u for every(prenominal)thing else
*visual equivalent weight—meditating forms, scar face, alert eyes looking straight, pursed lips, i.e.
woman with jar on head, ties w/ aesthetic of cool
-multiple meter—Blackest of All Traits—unique to blackened Atlantic, quintessentially black competing meters sounding all @ once
*visual equivalent—seen in quilts, they migrate, that is how multiple meter got around
-off beat diction—suspensions of beat, either for every other accent or suspending whole phrases
*visual equivalent—staggered entrances and windows push evil away—seen as constantly shifting entrances/ also seen in grinding millet, off beat phrasing of pestle so ppl don’t smash into individually other
-call and retort—solo/chorus, voice/instrument, overlapping call and response diff from Western antiphony b/c of “supportive interruption
-get knock off range—descending step-wise pattern of African melody, trait of grounding—seen in horizontality of Kongo, b-boys, + capoeiristas
-syllabicity—performing/dancing one-note-to-a-syllable, every note fasten to a syllable
visual equivalent—brass tack mode of afro-atlantic embellishment, theory + presence of “tack-head” in hiphop listening
-contests of aesthetic virtuosity—battles of dance, carving contests in jazz,...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay
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