In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the use of music is not limited to entertainment: it serves a purpose to the local community and helps in the conduct...

top of two, like a triplet played against straight notes. Sub-Saharan African music traditions frequently rely on percussion instruments of many varieties...

Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include...

top of two, like a triplet played against straight notes. Sub-Saharan African music traditions frequently rely on percussion instruments of many varieties...

mistakenly be heard and felt in reverse—Peñalosa (2009: 21) In non-Saharan African music traditions, cross-rhythm is the generating principle; the meter is in...

Afro-Cuban music, and how it influences the mood of a piece is known as clave theory. The clave pattern originated in sub-Saharan African music traditions, where...

Sub-Saharan African music is characterised by a "strong rhythmic interest" that exhibits common characteristics in all regions of this vast territory...

Pygmy music refers to the sub-Saharan African music traditions of the Central African foragers (or "Pygmies"), predominantly in the Congo, the Central...

fundamental and most prevalent duple-pulse rhythmic cell in Sub-Saharan African music traditions. The cinquillo pattern is another common embellishment of...

structures. Some other styles of music, such as gagaku or pi phat, have been analyzed colotomically. Rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa is typically generated by multiple...