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Listening to the silence : African cross rhythms
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Africans listen to the silence and use it as a dimension in which they can improvise, observes John Collins, an English musician and host of this program. Taking off from the peace of nature, the s...
Africans listen to the silence and use it as a dimension in which they can improvise, observes John Collins, an English musician and host of this program. Taking off from the peace of nature, the singing cicadas, and the simple routines of the workday, this program explores a kaleidoscope of musical examples from Ghana: children's games and their musical bands; traditional drums; sensual dances; trance dances; animated funeral music; and many other examples from the Ewe, Ashanti, Ga, and Frafra peoples of Ghana. Throughout the program, the leitmotif is social participation and the strikingly complex rhythmic sensibilities of the people.
Details
- Creator
- Loke Film
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], c1996
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (33 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- video file
- ISBNs
- 9780736562577
- OCLC
- ocn707965322
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Oct. 15, 2006.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Childrens Rhythmic Training (4:47) -- Cross Rhythm Demonstration (2:48) -- Drumming Group: Overlapping Rhythms (7:44) -- Western Musical Instruments (4:05) -- African Music and Dance (2:56) -- Funeral Music and Dance (4:21) -- Music in Africa (4:53)