Music Composition @lemmy.world michaelgarydean @lemmy.world 9mo ago

Chopi Orchestras in Mozambique

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2008URL: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/chopi-timbila-00133Description: The Chopi...

Discovered this music while reading “The Study of Ethnomusicology” by Nettl.

“The xylophonist of a Chopi orchestra made up music as he went along, but he was constrained by rules articulated by his leader”

Musicology @lemmy.world michaelgarydean @lemmy.world 9mo ago

Chopi Orchestras in Mozambique

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Further explanation of the techniques:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IgZV9nR-m2o