Music 1C Chapter 10 Resources

Audio and video links for topics in Alves textbook. Be sure to listen to/watch each for insight into the music. 

Maps
Middle America
South America (goegraphical features)

Mexico:

Brazil:
  • Short video about candomble
  • Video footage of Carnaval 2010. Gives you a sense of the spectacle of carnaval in Rio
  • A short video demonstration of some of the instruments used in samba batucada
  • A short video of bloco afro group Olodum playing in Bahia, Brazil. Olodum are Bahia's most famous samba group. Learn more about them here
  • Bossa nova: excerpt of "Desafinado" from Chega de Saudade, the first bossa nova recording, produced by Jobim and Gilberto
  • Very good video about Gilberto Gil and his appointment as "Minister of Culture" in Brazil

Andean Countries:
  • Video of large siku ensemble in Puno, Peru.
  • Gotta love it--"professional" video of group performing huayno; it's really corny, but is really close to the popular mestizo style of music-making in the Andes (some Western instruments), and has some good footage of the dance. Bomba is not present in this video, but the shaker is playing the huayno rhythm more or less intact.
  • Coastal Peru: Mestizo music with african influence.Enciéndete Candelauses the cajon (mentioned in textbook), the cejada (donkey jawbone rattle), cajita (little wooden box) for percussion. Notice the polyrhythmic nature of the music, with clear call and response structure. Even the guitar is played very percussively! (Source: Soul of Black Peru. Luaka Bop recods, 2000).
  • Nice photo of Late Titicaca (12,000 ft. above sea level!)

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