Traditional music

Medicine in Africa Long before the introduction of cosmopolitan medicine, diseases existed and ancient people had their ways of dealing with them. Traditional medicine, dominated the ancient world with different societies embracing different methods of eliminating or reducing the impacts of the prevailing diseases. According to WHO, Traditional medicine refers to the entire knowledge and skills as well as practices that ancient people applied to curb the negative impacts associated with…

My thoughts were when I started to write the introduction of my book, they were what should I write? What would you, as a reader, like to know about how I came up with the idea to write my book? I was composing a little tale about my childhood (in the south), before I started writing it, and it was exciting recalling memories of it, which I had not thought about in over forty years. The Holy Ghost softly spoke to me within my mind, and told me to stop writing the short story to finish the book…

to the United States before he was born. His parents are both Chinese, but they never speak Chinese to him. Once, I had a traditional Chinese dance performance at the Chinese Mid-autumn Festival Gala. We met backstage and chatted for a while, James said, “Your graceful Chinese traditional dance is excellent! I heard someone praise that the dance goes perfectly with the music and the lyrics, but it’s a pity that I don’t understand the lyrics. That’s why I admire people who are bilingual, like you…

Even though traditional western medicine might not believe in this type of healing, because it cannot be measured, it clearly has not kept people from believing or by practicing it. Pamela stated that individuals continue to attend her acupuncture sessions, even without…

influence that played a major role in his musical identity. In his song “Africa”, he uses traditional African instruments including “the talking drum, kora (large harp-lute), and djembe (goblet-shaped hand drum)” (Lesson 6), but he also utilizes other instruments like “electric guitars, bass, synthesizer, and keyboards to produce African-flavored music with a techno beat” (Lesson 6). However, later on in…

American folk music includes many musical genres such as traditional music, traditional folk music, contemporary folk music and roots music. Many traditional songs have been passed on for generations in the same family or folklore group. Most of the folk music has been sung by the same family or civil society, which can be traced back to the original places, such as the UK, Europe, and Africa. Most of the folk music from England and Scotland is introduced to the United States. While American…

Every culture has music they use for religious or expressive purposes. Music have had a major impact on many cultures around the world from Egypt to the Native Americans. From the Teenage culture who use music mostly for expressive purposes. To the Native Americans who used it in a religious way. All the way to the ancient Egyptians who created Gods with the power of music. In this essay we will look at not just ancient people but also the teengers of today. In this paragraph we will learn…

People do not often listen to traditional Japanese music; but when they do, it is usually considered by most to be very smooth and peaceful. Shinto was one of the earliest main types of music ever recorded; and was also one of their main religions. This type of music was considered free; as people were able to play what they wanted to, but it became formal, as it progressed over the years. Afterwards, the age of Gagaku came about from the Chinese Buddhists, during ancient times; and was…

Definitions According to Vincent Persichetti, “polymodality involves two or more different modes on the same or different tonal centers. The modal strands may be melodic or harmonic.” In the most traditional conception a melodic line in order to be considered modal, apart from being diatonic to a mode (traditional or synthetic), needs to contain no alterations. This also applies to modal harmonic content. Persichetti states that “a pure modal passage is one in which a modal melody is…

Music is integral to human society and allows humans to express and share their emotions with others and also provides relaxation to the mind. Digital technologies have enhanced the reach and quality of music media to many more consumers than what existed with traditional music. While digital music provides much needed convenience, access and quality to the consumers, it also generates concerns for music distribution companies that are affected by the unauthorized distribution of digital music.…