Shawn

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Hello and welcome to my Wikispace. Here you will find and learn about ethnomusicology. Ethnmusicology is a combination of different types of music and their relationship with each other, its beats and origins. On this page, I will discuss different types of music and their relationship to Africa. Songs from way back in the day and even songs in the present time all have ties with African music. Think of The Blues which combines drums, strings and woodwinds, all of which came from Africa.The drums, for instance, are made from hollowed-out logs and animal skin.The woodwinds are made from hollowed out branches which had holes punched in the wood with bones from dead animals. The history of most musical instruments date back to very early African times.

1. Changes - 2-Pac media type="file" key="05 Changes.mp3"
 * Anytime Anywhere:**
 * Synopsis**:

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Changes-lyrics-2Pac/4B5E5C3281E191954825686A002CDF1C
 * Lyrics:**

2. I Got a Woman - Ray Charles media type="file" key="(Charles, Ray) - The Very Best Of Ray Charles Georgia On My Mind - 02 - I Got A Woman.mp3"
 * 1974 - Earlier**:
 * Synopsis**: Ray Charles was one of the most famous pianist in the mid 1900s. Next to Dizzy Gillespie he was a legend. The blind piano player composed and sang songs that my grandfather loves even to this day. Most Blues and R&B songs consist of some of the same instruments as Jazz. But the songs were meant to be sad and sorrowful hence The Blues. And Blues is believed to originate from African American Slaves that were taken from their home. Since they did not have the right to speak they communicated through song. These songs were meant to be used as directions for the Underground Rairoadgty

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/I-Got-a-Woman-lyrics-Ray-Charles/4AB2C7FFADE53EA348256C24000BBE25
 * Lyrics:**

3. Alujo - The Bata Repertoire for Egungun in Pobè33 media type="file" key="Dizzy Gillespie - Cubana Be Cubana Bop.mp3" This song consists of only drum and few vocal. The song comes from Yoruba, a country on the southern part of the Gold Coast of Africa. The beats in this song and others of this album are very similar. Other song that originate from Africa are similar, but each country has their own sort of remix to it. From there music has evolved into the modern American music that we have today.
 * Country w/o English as Main Language:**
 * Synopsis**:

Instrumental.
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