Music // Multiculti

The Sámi are an indigenous people of Northern Europe. They live in the land of Sámi (or Sápmi), which spans four realms: Norway, Sweden, Russia and Finland. The Sámi population is estimated at 75,000. The Sámi are linked by a shared history, culture, dress, language and family roots.

New York-based free jazz guitarist Bern Nix is one of the few people who are well-versed in Ornette Coleman's "harmolodics" style. He played with Coleman from 1975-1987, and now leads the Bern Nix Trio in New York City. In his compositions and his intriguing covers of standards, he is always looking in the corners of the music for something new.

dhol mridang pakhawaj drums percussion india indian dholak sitar rabab sarangi dilruba sarod santoor harmonium "shruti box" tanpura "electric tabla"

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Bienvenido, Welcome, Alafia

Kabiosile presents live recordings of the Afro Cuban folkloric music of Santeria (also known as Lucumi or la Regla de Ocha), Cuba's most dynamic African spiritual tradition. Learn to play the bata drums with El Lenguaje del Tambor : Bata Rhythms from Matanzas, Cuba.

- Barbat - Daf - Damâm - Do-tablé - Dohol - Dotar - Ghaychak - Kamancheh - Ney - Santur - Setar - Tanbur - Tar - Tâs - Tombak - Zarbé-Zoorkhâné

Iran, Persian art, Singing, Radif, Avaz, Shour, Abou Atta, Bayat Tork, Afshari, Dashti, Homayoun, Bayat Esfahan, Mahour, Segah, Chahargah, Rast Panjgah, Nava, Ney, Santour, Tar, Setar, Tonbak, Daf...

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This film looks at the Punjab and its music - from folk music to bhangra. Featuring footage from the Utsavam Exhibition at the Horniman Museum, interviews with its curators and musical experts like DJ Ritu and Sonia Mehta of ADFED. Original footage in the Punjab by the Horniman Museum, UK interviews and production by FlyPod

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Characteristics The following characteristics are shared between Iranian and other Central Asian music: * The music is mainly monophonic, with each instrument in an ensemble following one melodic scheme. * The music is based upon a modal system; with each mode engendering different melodic types, called gushehs in Farsi. The execution of the melodic types are left up to the musician. * The use of microtones divides the scales into more than twelve semi-tones. * A priority is given to ornamentation. * There are a number of substantial pauses in each piece. The following are characteristics which distinguish Persian music from other Central Asian music: * Melodies are concentrated on a relatively narrow register. * Melodic movement occurs by conjunct steps. * Emphasis is on cadence, symmetry, and motivic repetition at different pitches. * Rhythmic patterns are kept simple. * The tempo is often rapid, and the ornamentation is dense. * Vocal parts are often decorated with Tahrir, a vocal ornamentation similar to yodeling. * Also, Iranian music is unique in the Middle Eastern tradition in that the different melodic phrases, or gushes are supposed to model the rhythmic stamp and melodic pattern of poetry.

Jabbo Smith, Bubber Miley, Hot Lips Page, Roy Eldredge, Fats Navarro, Sonny Berman, Henry 'Red' Allen, Tony Fruscella, Dupree Bolton, Booker Little, Don Ellis, Woody Shaw,

Clinical Archives is independent netlabel for eclectic and illogical music. The basic directions : abstract, avant-garde, alternative, indie, intuition improvisation, free improv, jazz fusion, electronic jazz, free jazz, funk rocktronica, jam band, live electronic, experimental, manipulation, neoclassicism, illbient, ambient, musique concrète, noise, tape music, minimalism, acousmatic music, sound sculpture, sound collage, electroacoustic, acoustic; drone, new wave, field recordings, microsound, montage, psychedelic, folk; quasi-folk; prog-rock; post-punk; trip-hop, soundscapes, sound art, spoken word, strange and other forms ... "Clinical Archives is about expanding the definition of music" All those works are released for free under Creative Commons Licences.

Jazz Improvisation Primer by jazz pianist Marc Sabatella. 

Reflections on the Artistic Process By David Liebman

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