**** I want to trace African music from slavery to the present, beginning with music from Brazil.****
So far, I don't think we have dug deeply enough, and skipped a few rungs on the ladder. It all began with something like this:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nKgCJCvY5Vo
Around 1450, the Portuguse brought African slaves to Brazil. Their music mixed with the indigenous music and resulted in something like this (notice the typically African "call and response" nature of the music, and the name "Macumba"):
Add the Portuguese/European melodic and harmonic tradition to the mix of Afro/Brazilian approach to rhythm and we get, among other things, the choro; the first popular Brazilian music style:
[URL]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtI-uq8R1yo>http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2YiMtWFfydo[URL]
Add the Portuguese/European melodic and harmonic tradition to the mix of Afro/Brazilian approach to rhythm and we get, among other things, the choro; the first popular Brazilian music style:
[URL]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtI-uq8R1yo
So far, I don't think we have dug deeply enough, and skipped a few rungs on the ladder. It all began with something like this:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nKgCJCvY5Vo
Around 1450, the Portuguse brought African slaves to Brazil. Their music mixed with the indigenous music and resulted in something like this (notice the typically African "call and response" nature of the music, and the name "Macumba"):
Add the Portuguese/European melodic and harmonic tradition to the mix of Afro/Brazilian approach to rhythm and we get, among other things, the choro; the first popular Brazilian music style:
[URL]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtI-uq8R1yo>http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2YiMtWFfydo[URL]
Add the Portuguese/European melodic and harmonic tradition to the mix of Afro/Brazilian approach to rhythm and we get, among other things, the choro; the first popular Brazilian music style:
[URL]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtI-uq8R1yo