PBStu Posted May 13, 2020 Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) In school I was looking at the topic of "African Composition". As an assessment we had to compose a 24 bar long piece of music with at least 3 African Instruments in the ternary form. Below is my composition. It didn't have to sound African, but it had to have melodic and rhythmic ostinatos. I wrote for Clave, wood block and 2 marimbas. This is the final draft that I submitted. Please leave feedback. I noticed later the two marimbas clashed a bit. Edited May 13, 2020 by PBStu MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu African Music Composition Assessment > next PDF African Music Composition Assessment Quote
maestrowick Posted May 18, 2020 Posted May 18, 2020 The woodblock isn't African; it's Asian. The Clave rhythm is sub-Saharan but the instrument instrument is more Afro-Cuban. I would say scratch the clave and woodblock and add more appropriate instruments like the kalimba, djembe, djun-djun. Use those with the marimba and NOW you're talking!!!! Quote
Luis Hernández Posted May 18, 2020 Posted May 18, 2020 Very nice piece. It reminds me to some minimalist works. Quote
PBStu Posted May 20, 2020 Author Posted May 20, 2020 On 5/18/2020 at 6:52 PM, maestrowick said: The woodblock isn't African; it's Asian. The Clave rhythm is sub-Saharan but the instrument instrument is more Afro-Cuban. I would say scratch the clave and woodblock and add more appropriate instruments like the kalimba, djembe, djun-djun. Use those with the marimba and NOW you're talking!!!! On 5/18/2020 at 9:08 PM, Luis Hernández said: Very nice piece. It reminds me to some minimalist works. thank you for your reviews. Quote
manu Posted August 9, 2021 Posted August 9, 2021 Hi, My name is Manu and I'm a lover of African Percussion and instruments, especially of djembes. I've been playing them since I was 22. Some days ago while I was founding information about djmbes (I wan to buy a new one) I found this website which speaks about african percussion, history... but specifically about djembe drums. So if you are insterted about them you should check it. 1 Quote
MJFOBOE Posted August 9, 2021 Posted August 9, 2021 No comment on the instruments ... however, I found the melodic/hamonic content to be a bit static and would benefit form some variation(s). 1 Quote
Henrik Stromberg Posted August 18, 2021 Posted August 18, 2021 I love djembe sound! It sounds the same in midi as in real life. I've done a lot of comparisons between the sounds and they are in 99,9% similar (https://musescore.com/sheetmusic?text=Djembe) Quote
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