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421:, is very limited in scope and is not adopted by academic institutions as a true category of music. The individual aspects and collectively of black music is surrounded by the culture in itself as well as experience. Black music is centered around a story and origin. Many artist start song with the things they experience first hand. Musical Blackness was a way of communicating and a way to express themselves especially during hard times such as slavery. Their songs were used to give guidance to one another and tell stories. The varieties of sounds and expressions used in the music helped stress their emotions. 413:, it was a way that the early slaves could express themselves and communicate when they were being forcibly relocated and when there were restrictions on what cultural activities they could pursue. The sorrows of song were the only freedom slaves had working on cotton fields, and overall through labor tactics. This burden of slavery became a gateway for other genres of music such as the blues. For example, Black music does not just encompass sounds of the U.S. black experience but also a global black experience that stretches from Africa to Americas. 1003: 234: 132: 33: 74: 1105:“folk, or local expressions of Black culture have been identified as authentic and positively evaluated for that reason, while subsequent hemispheric or global manifestations of the same cultural forms have been dismissed as inauthentic and therefore lacking in cultural or aesthetic value precisely because of their distance (supposed or actual) from a readily identifiable point of origin.” 1110:
their mutation.” By making the word artifice synonymous with the representation of authenticity in this context, Gilroy is acknowledging the lack of definitive ability to denote authenticity. Gilroy then goes a step further to express how sticking to conversations of what is authentic hurts our ability to better understand the “mutation” of Black music as it engages and it changed by the
1037:. Spirituals were the songs that the enslaved Africans sang. Most have religious texts, and they were sung by the enslaved Africans at many different times, including while working, in prayer meetings, and in Black churches. They helped the enslaved Africans cope with slavery. They were composed by the community and the genre came out of the enslaved African experience. 808:. (Mical 1995) Along with the rise of ska came the popularity of deejays who began talking stylistically over the rhythms of popular songs at sound systems, known as toasting. This would later give birth to dancehall and pioneer rapping that later emerged in New York. Reggae stems from early ska and rocksteady, but also has its own style of Jamaican authenticity. 1118:
demonstrating the reason for desiring being denoted as authentic. However, he also acknowledges that even seemingly authentic art forms like hip-hop, an American art form, are diasporic in nature incorporating global influences into their origin questioning how definitive apparent authenticity can be. Gilroy describes
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However, Gilroy proceeds to counter this perception by saying, “In all these cases it is not enough for critics to point out that representing authenticity involves artifice. This may be true, but it is not helpful when trying to evaluate or compare cultural forms let alone in trying to make sense of
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The term for many coming from places of "Black" origin can be perceived in a derogatory manner by cultures who see the term as a blurring of lines which ignores the true roots of certain peoples and their specific traditions. To refer to musical genres with strong African-American influence, such as
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In understanding the motivations behind pronouncing authenticity, Gilroy identifies the financial and market-based benefits to this pronouncement by saying, “the discourse of authenticity has been a notable presence in the mass marketing of successive Black folks cultural forms to white audiences,”
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starts a discussion of authenticity in the Black trans-Atlantic arena of diasporic music production by presenting how black music has become a truly global phenomenon leading to a dilution of black music into an ever-increasing number of genres and styles across the world. This dilution has created
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as having “formal borrowings from the linguistic innovations of Jamaica's distinct modes of 'kinetic orality,' " this flips his earlier description of authenticity on its head by presenting a seemingly culturally regional and authentic Black art form as a truly global manifestation, depicting how
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indigenous groups. Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders were able to identify with the American and West Indian servicemen due to the similarities of their physical appearance, most notably their darker skin color, and consequently shared dances and songs with them. The so-called Black
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Black music began to reflect urban environments through amplified sounds, social concerns, and cultural pride expressed through music. It combined blues, jazz, boogie-woogie and gospel taking the form of fast paced dance music with highly energized guitar work appealing to young audiences across
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ensemble that evolved from improvised percussion instruments used in Carnival processions. Steel bands were banned by the British colonial authorities. Nevertheless, steel drums spread across the Caribbean, and are now an entrenched part of the culture of
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onto them. Through Christianity, the enslaved Africans learned many hymns. Eventually, the hymns and the text of the Bible combined with many elements of music that the enslaved Africans had brought with them from Africa, such as antiphony (the
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As the music of the African Diaspora progresses, more recent and popular songs have demonstrated an act of protest in their lyrics and significant elements that are featured in the music of the African Diaspora. An example of a song would be,
674:. The subjects of bachata are often romantic with tales of heartbreak and sadness. The original term used to name the genre was amargue ("bitterness", "bitter music", or "blues music"), until the more neutral term bachata became popular. 1074:; released in 2016. This popular musical composition mentioned racial injustice events that triggered the Black Lives Matter Movement (e.g. police brutality/violence) but, also included Beyoncé embracing her distinct African heritage. 1532: 356:
people of African descent preserved elements of their African heritage while inventing new genres of music. The culmination of this great sublimation of musical energy into vocal work can be seen in genres as disparate as
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Daynes, Sarah and Peter Martin. “Ch. 5: Slavery and the Diaspora: Temporal and Spatial Articulations.” In Time and Memory in Reggae Music: The Politics of Hope. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2010. Pp. 85,
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UNSW, Brewster, Anne, English, Media, & Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW Miller, Benjamin Ian, English, Media, & Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (2009).
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In understanding how authenticity is conceived, Gilroy discusses how authenticity functions as an aspect of Black music that comes from perceived proximity to the origin of said music. On page 96 of his book
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In Jamaica, African diasporic music is made to portray resistance through music in order to strengthen the communal bond and identity for groups that share collective memories of oppression, suffering, etc.
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Kunzler's dictionary of jazz provides two separate entries: "blues", and the "blues form", a widespread musical form (p. 131). Kunzler, Martin (1988). Jazz-Lexicon. Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.
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Music of the African diaspora was mostly refined and developed during the period of slavery. Slaves did not have easy access to instruments, so vocal work took on new significance. Through chants and
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share folk and popular styles that are connected enough to the Antilles and other Caribbean islands that both countries are studied in the broader context of Antillean or Caribbean music.
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is a phenomenon that occurred post-1970s, however the racial identifications expressed within said phenomenon originate from the mid 20th century during
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that became the focal point of cultural communication, including music and the arts. Popular music bands with an evident anti-colonial,
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identity were the Black Brothers, a rock-reggae band from West Papua in 1970s, and the Black Sweet, a Melanesian band in the 1980s.
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When Africans came to the United States they brought their music with them. Over time, a new genre of music developed, called
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arose, characterized by a focus on dance rhythms rather than lyricism. Soca has since spread across the Caribbean and abroad.
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style is an especially potent part of the music of the other former British colonies, which also share traditions like the
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dance. Trinidadian folk calypso is found throughout the area, as are African-Caribbean religious music styles like the
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Pacific, i.e. the cultural contact of African and Melanesian people, was fostered mainly through the Melanesian
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Curtis, Marvin V. (August 1996). "The Lyric of the African-American Spiritual: The Meaning behind the Words".
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Starting from the second half of the 19th century, African American performance through the colonial type of
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tribes, while the European slaveholders added their own musics into the mix, as did immigrants from India.
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Solis, Gabriel (2015). "The Black Pacific: Music and Racialization in Papua New Guinea and Australia".
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ambiguous authenticity can be. As such, Gilroy effectively deconstructs the concept of authenticity.
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in West Africa. Hence, the melodic traditions of the African diaspora are probably most alive in
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that states a Knowledge editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.
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in the French-speaking Antilles of the Caribbean. Haiti's most well-known modern music genre is
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music of Trinidad. Calypso's early rise was closely connected with the adoption of Carnival by
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Many other African-American music genres, such as gospel and jazz, developed from this genre.
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for cadence, followed the mini-jazz era. Kadans had an influence on the development of
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drumming and the music masquerade processions. In the 1970s, a calypso variant called
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Many genres of music originate from communities that have visible roots in Africa. In
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pattern) and syncopation. This eventually formed into the genre called spirituals.
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Spirituals developed because the enslaved Africans masters forced
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tension around what music can be considered authentically Black.
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The conventional zouk sound has a slow tempo, and it is sung in
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elements are a hybrid of instruments and styles from numerous
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style and have also had extensive musical contact with the
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during the 1980s,It has many influences, from Haitian,
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