Mo' Trad Afro-American Percussion: Eight Mo' Weeks o' Gettin' Down!
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BACKGROUND: After self-liberating Angolans in the Carolina colony used drums in 1739 to call fellow freedom fighters to arms, "Blacks" playing hand drums was made illegal. So, other means of invocation were enacted--methods we're getting into, this Spring of '22.
CONTENT: The fundamental instruments and rhythms of sustaining African power in the US will be surveyed, taught, and tried on for groove. Instruments we'll play: Body percussion, Bones, Gourd, Tambourine, and Washboard. Rhythms include Hambone, Hemiola, Backbeat, Chi'k'n Neck, Juba, & And-a-One...
