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Something learned about another culture that surprised or intrigued you. I found Arabic music to be intriguing. I loved that they slid between the notes on the piano. I loved the way that the music sounds. It was interesting to learn that they have their own strict music theory for their culture…sometimes I forget thatContinue reading “Wrap Up”

Alright, in this blog we’ll be focusing on East and Southeast Asia. The first thing that I would like to talk about is Mongolian Throat Singing (I have been patiently waiting to be able to post this in this cool stuff blog since I read the syllabus at the beginning of the semester). Throat singingContinue reading “The…’Cool Stuff Blog’ #4”

For this blog, I decided to interview my grandfather, Phil Edge. He was born in 1946 in Greenville, South Carolina. He likes to say he’s an only child because that’s how he grew up but he does have one brother (who is 12 years older than him). He has been married three times and hasContinue reading “Musical Interview: Phil Edge”

If you haven’t figured it out yet, I like to find trap music in the cultures that we study. This time is no different. I found some amazing Arabian Trap music that includes some of the aspects we talked about in class. The bending between notes (quarter tones, etc) is present. The constant beat inContinue reading “The…’Cool Stuff’ Blog #3”

In class when talking about South America, we only talked about Ecuador. I’d like to expand to Brazil. In Brazil the Bossa Nova is quite popular. It developed in the 1950’s and 1960’s. The name Bossa Nova actually means a ‘new trend’ or ‘new wave’ which I find beautiful. The Bossa Nova developed from aContinue reading “The…’Cool Stuff’ Blog #2”

As I’m pretty sure most of you know/have figured out by now, I’m a band kid. I live and breath band. I love Marching Band and all sorts of band music (and let’s be honest, I have A LOT of stories that I could tell you-a.k.a. ‘That one time during band camp…’). If you wouldContinue reading “Music and Gender”

Sub Saharan Africa is full of different tribes. There’s the Shona, Sukuma, Kikuyu, Kongo, Mongo, Luba, Swahili, and Amhara (just to name a few). Each tribe has their own beliefs and differences in sound culture. Their beliefs influence their sound culture…and it’s just beautiful. The Shona people are based in Zimbabwe. Their music often isContinue reading “The….’Cool Stuff Blog’ #1”

Let’s start off by saying that I was raised in the church. My father was a preacher at a church that my family owned. We categorized ourselves as the Charismatic Episcopal Church (similar to the Episcopal church). Our services were as follows: Processional hymn, Opening Acclimation, Collect for purity, Hymn, Collect (prayer), 1st lesson (oldContinue reading “Music and Religion/Philosophy”

Hello, Katie here. At the youthful age of 21, I happen to have at least a small amount of musical encounters that I can be proud of. I grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina around a community of rednecks. I’m talking about the ‘shooting riffles just to shoot riffles’ types of rednecks. Because of this,Continue reading “My Global Music Autobiography”