Mackenzie's Journey into the Culture of Music

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Cool Stuff 4: Arabic and Indian Music

November 07, 2020

Hello everyone. Welcome to my blog. Today, I am going to be discussing some interesting facts I have found about Arabic/Indian music. I hope you all enjoy. Tabla We have discussed this instrument in class, but I wanted to go a little more in depth. The tabla has been around since the 18th century. It was first used in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The tabla usually tuned to the ground note of the raga. There is two different drums to be played. The right side being called the Bahina, and the left being called the Bayan. In the beginning the table was only associated with courtesan dance traditions, but now they are used for many different musical genres. Dance Dancing in Indian has been a big traditions. They believe the gods invented dancing. Dancing incorporates melody, drama, form, and line. The hand gestures/movements are a primary importance. There are almost over a hundred different movements. The movements are called...

Big Blog #1: Early Country

October 19, 2020

Early Country Country music began from Appalachian. It began in the early 1900's. In 1920, the first country genre record was made. Country music was one of the first genres to make it to the top of the modern American popular music. If you haven't ever listened to country music, it all revolves around heartbreak and love. Jimmie Rodgers , The Father of Country Music , had instant success. His first record hits were recorded between 1927 and 1933. Rodgers later died from tuberculosis. In 1961, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He used a famous technique called yodeling. The Grand Ole Opry was a very popular program for live music, located in Nashville, Tennessee. At this time, Western music came into play. This insisted of lovesick cowboys and gun-fighting outlaws. This is my favorite song by artist Willie Nelson. This song has become one of his signature songs. Di...

Music & Gender

September 25, 2020

Music and Gender Hello everyone! I wanted to start off by saying I hope everyone has had an amazing week. In this blog, I will be specifically talking about Music and Gender. I hope you all enjoy it! Stereotypes play a big part in this subject. As I grew up, most people assumed white males listened to country music and black males listened to rap. That is not the case always. Music preference comes from where you are raised. As a child, the younger white females were "raised on Hannah Montana and Taylor Swift". As most people perceive , black females listened to old R&B female artists. Gender has NOTHING to do with music. There are some circumstances where it does, but with your preference it does not. You are allowed to be white and listen to rap or R&B. You can also be colored and listen to country music. I will now take you into a step in my life. As a child, Yes I always listened to Disney music and danced around my living r...

Cool Stuff No. 2 : South America

September 18, 2020

South America Argentina and Uruguay - The most famous type of music is called the tango. The moves in the tango were made by late-night call girls. Also, a man with the name of Carlos Gardel moved the dance to France. The tango was regulated in the 1880's. Tango is very popular, because it is shared between two people together. The tango dance is traced back to the slums that are located in Buenos Aires. Bolivia - Bolivia is known to be colorful and joyful. Bolivia is also known for the tradition called Folklorico. This certain tradition os mainly used in street parades. A certain genre for the Folklorico is Morenada. The Morenada has a certain meaning or story behind it about African slaves brought in to work by the Spanish. During this event, the men wear black mask with long beards and the women wear skirts with colorful blouses. Columbia - Columbia is known for the Salsa. I have always found this dance very interesting, because I could never do it. Salsa is known f...

Blog #3: Music and Religion

September 11, 2020

Music and Religion I want to start this blog off by explaining my christian experience. As a child, I was raised in a Baptist Church and I went all the time. From signing hymns to sitting quiet in the congregation. As I grew older and got into sports, I began to fall out of church. I began to have practices during church times and slowly stopped going. Recently I changed my whole life around. I started going to a Pentecostal Church. Yes, at the beginning they are very scary and nerve recking. As I continued going, I learned many new ways to worship. Pentecostal church style is mainly using worship and praising to the Holy Spirit to get closer to Jesus. They use techniques such as , talking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and exorcism ( the gifts of God). They experience the presence of God within themselves. Pentecostal Churches do not sit and listen to the preacher. They are engaged in every second of the service. During Praise and Worship services, you will hav...

Cool Stuff No. 1 : Native American Music

September 04, 2020

Jingle Dance The jingle dancing really caught my eye. The jingle dance is a special dance performed by the women of the Native American culture. This dance is usually performed at Powwows for competitions. The women personally design their dresses and add metal cones (ziibaaska'iganan ) for noise. The jingle dress was originally founded in a dream. Also the dance came about for healing purposes. The jingle dress was originally named a " Prayer Dress". The dancers move their feet to the sound of the drums and usually have a feather in one hand and the other on their hipp . Clothing The clothing of Native Americans were very different, which I love. Men wore breechclouts and moccasins. Women usually wore more full-length dress. Their clothing also depended on the weather. In the winter, they would usually wear more layers of clothing. Native American clothing was made mainly of cotton. They al...

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