[Minutes and seconds mark on recording] 0:00: Intro. Definition, African music, traditional and non-traditional; 3:45: Will discuss traditional music; 4:00: Borrowings from adjacent groups; 5:30: Example: Ewe (Ghana). Singing, not octaves. Seven tone scale. Polyphony. With steady drum beat. Note harmony. Fast recitative. Recreational. With dancing; 11:15: Dahomey, ritual chant, with bells. Female voices, example; 12:45: Example: syllabic chant. Nice rhythms toward end. Pentatonic with half tones. Drum words, nonsense syllables. Teaching to children; 18:45: Akan: Example; Ritual, seven tone, processional music, men and women, drums, iron bell, rattles; 23:00: Example (Ghana Ewe). Parallel octaves. Music not merely defined by differences in language; 25:00: Example: Instrumental music. African music is often text bound. Xylo music, seemingly purely instrumental, is song. Mbira; 28:00: Example: Xylo music, Malinke. Improvisation is variation; 29:00: Example: Drum music. Frame drum. Note melodic!; 30:30: Example: Drum enssemble (9). Patterns. Ashanti. Not improvised. Dancing. Some drum language; 35:00: Exa,[;e: Flute. Low, hoarse and powerful. Cane. With buzzer. 5 tone. "What did he say." Textbound instrumental music; 38:00: Example: Flute. No words. Two different flutes. Two cuts; 41:00: Discussion, scales, most important note, cadences, finals, some kind of modality, melody construction, melody and tonal language, Ashanti phonetic elements, word order, tones--for meanings, questions and statements, tones in grammar, not a highly tonal language; 60:00: Text setting & tones. Text tones are in the melodic line in their relative positions. Speakiing voice and singing voice.; 63:30

Nketia: Lecture, African Music. 1 of 2. (Dub, Pr 10 - Nagra): 0:00 Intro. Definition, African music, traditional and non-traditionl.; 3:45 Will discuss traditional music; 4:00. Borrowings from adjacent groups; 5:30 Ex: Ewe (Ghana). Singiing, not octaves. Seven tone scale. Polyphony. W/steady drum beat. Note harmony. Fast recitative. Recreational. With dancing.; 11:15 Dahomey, ritual chant, w/bells. Female voices. example.; 12:45 Ex: syllabic chant. Nice rhthms toward end. Pentatonic w/half tones. Drum words, nonsense syllables. Teaching to children.; 18:45 Akan: Example; Ritual, seven tone, processional music, men & women, drums iron bell, rattles.; 23:00 Example (Ghana Ewe). Parallel octaves. Music not merely defined by differences in language.; 25:00 Ex: Instrumental music. African music is often text bound. Xylo music, seemingly purely instrumental, is song. Mbira.; 28:00 Ex: Xylo music, Malinke. Improvisation is variation.; 29:00 Ex. Drum music. Frame drum. Note melodic. !; 30:30 Ex. Drum ens. (9). Patterns. Ashanti. Not improvised. Dancing. Some drum language.; 35:00 Ex: Flute. Low, hoarse & powerful. Cane. W/buzzer. 5 tone. "What did he say." Textbound instrumental music.; 38:00 Ex: Flute. No words. Two different flutes. Two cuts.; 41:00 Discussion, scales, most important note, cadences, finals, some kind of modality, melody construction, melody & tonal language, Ashanti phonetic elements, word order, tones - for meanings, questions & statements, tones in grammar, not a highly tonal language; 60:00 Text setting & tones. Text tones are in the melodic line in their relative positions. Speakiing voice & singing voice.; 63:30 END 1 of 2