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interviewing my mom

      I came home this weekend and wanted to ask my mom some questions about what she likes in music and how she heard it and just wanted to have a genuine heart to heart with my mom about the rhythm that keeps her heart going and this is what happened. I knew coming into this she liked hip hop and rnb but that's also what she grew up listening to and still does to this day. She told me when she was growing up her dad had her listen to Motown and other 60's groups and performers so she was always into rnb and hip hop which i found very cool that she liked most of the Motown artists. When this happened i asked her if this has changed at all with age what she listens to and if she is willing to listen to other genres and she told me yes! she loves the new songs of today because of the lyrics and the meaning behind them. She told me she loves a song that tells a story. When she grew up she had to use record players and cassette tapes which i have never used bu...

sub Saharan Africa and the music and culture

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      One instrument you see in see cartoons and movies is the panpipe, this is a pipe that is made out of reeds and are hollowed out to make a sound when you play they and is a aerophore. These instruments are very unique in the way that one they can have different tones and different weights and still play the same just by having the reeds longer and shorter. The other way this instrument stands out to me and other people is that it is a very woody sounding instrument that has a windy sound. I learned all of this in my class with doctor Kelly Vaneman.  NOTE THIS VIDEO IS JUST WHAT THE PAN PIPES SOUND LIKE AND A BIT OF INFORMATION THATS COOL The Sub Saharan people have elders and just people who are very wise in general who tell younger generations about their peoples past and they are called griots. These Griots do not discriminate with gender like many other countries and cultures they just have people who are wise enough and who know the knowledge....