Love the language analogy - especially the speaking with an accent part as it relates to somebody's playing. I'll take it a step further - take a new language mix in a couple other lanuages and cultures - ta da! You can end up with a whole new language - like creole.
zumbi wrote:as for the other post assuming that the lack of a notation system may have caused a lot of african music to be lost: that is just an ethnocentric assumption implying superiority of the written tradition over the oral one. something that can be debated.
peace & blessings to all!
... an ethnocentric assumption implying superiority of the written tradition over the oral one ...
zumbi wrote:... as for the other post assuming that the lack of a notation system may have caused a lot of african music to be lost: that is just an ethnocentric assumption implying superiority of the written tradition over the oral one. something that can be debated.
zumbi wrote:you're trying to portrait me as hostile to musical notation
as obvious as this may sound one can be a superb musician while being blind (or illiterate). it would be kind of harder if he was deaf...
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