An afrocentric approach to musical performance in the black south Atlantic: the candombe drumming in Uruguay
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| contents | An afrocentric approach to musical performance in the black south Atlantic: the candombe drumming in Uruguay Luis Ferreira Arte Afro Candombe Black Music Black Atlantic Afrocentricity The Candombe drumming by people of African descent in Uruguay is a sound case in theSouthern end of the so called Black Atlantic. This paper analyzes style and interactive fluencyin the body movements that generate sound and music, following the meanings attributed toeach drum by noted expert drum musicians. It is argued how African cultural principles organizethe musical performance suggesting that these music and dance practices may be fruitfullyapproached from an Afrocentered hermeneutical perspective. Further, an argument isadvanced about the expressivity, philosophy and values embedded in Candombe drummingperformances which responds to African cultural senses as well as encoding a local history ofepic resistance and revitalization of consciousness 2007 artículo científico 1697-0101 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=82201112 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=822 Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música application/pdf Sociedad de Etnomusicología Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música (España) Num.11 |
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| spellingShingle | An afrocentric approach to musical performance in the black south Atlantic: the candombe drumming in Uruguay Luis Ferreira Arte Afro Candombe Black Music Black Atlantic Afrocentricity An afrocentric approach to musical performance in the black south Atlantic: the candombe drumming in Uruguay Luis Ferreira Arte Afro Candombe Black Music Black Atlantic Afrocentricity The Candombe drumming by people of African descent in Uruguay is a sound case in theSouthern end of the so called Black Atlantic. This paper analyzes style and interactive fluencyin the body movements that generate sound and music, following the meanings attributed toeach drum by noted expert drum musicians. It is argued how African cultural principles organizethe musical performance suggesting that these music and dance practices may be fruitfullyapproached from an Afrocentered hermeneutical perspective. Further, an argument isadvanced about the expressivity, philosophy and values embedded in Candombe drummingperformances which responds to African cultural senses as well as encoding a local history ofepic resistance and revitalization of consciousness 2007 artículo científico 1697-0101 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=82201112 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=822 Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música application/pdf Sociedad de Etnomusicología Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música (España) Num.11 |
| title | An afrocentric approach to musical performance in the black south Atlantic: the candombe drumming in Uruguay |
| topic | Arte Afro Candombe Black Music Black Atlantic Afrocentricity |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=82201112 |