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New Tablature for African Drumming by Miri Castillo is a document available to read on EtoBox.
It has long been recognized that Western musical notation is less than a satisfactory vehicle for recording African dance drumming. The symbols impose a fairly standardized Western interpretation that cannot be avoided, and they are incapable of expressing the life blood of African drumming, which is its timbre. A new system is needed, one without Western connotations and capable of indicating the quality of the sound, at least approximately.
- Author
- Miri Castillo
- Language
- EN