Today I had a lot of work to do as I have missed a few lessons. I have decided to focus on traditional African Tribal or folk music. This style of music requires a very syncopation/poly-rhythmic structure so, for now, I want to experiment with all different types of percussion. The tonality of African Folk music is arranged in a series of chords, mostly found in the E minor scale. I am trying to implement three or four different sections of percussion- one continuous, consistent beat and two or three differentiating beats. I want to incorporate the E minor chord, G chord and the B minor chord too because I think it suits my chosen music type the best. In terms of instrumentation, I want to stick to jamaba (traditional African drum) marimba, some vocals, and other drums of varying pitches. Although the variety of instruments is limited (and I'll most likely add in thinks as i go), i think i can create a very authentic piece that is faithful to the genre of African folk music. Today, going back over what I had sort of started last lesson (which i missed more than half of), I really did not like what I had made.
During the course of the lesson I deleted my work about four times because it was not to a standard that I was happy with. I hope that I will be a bit more productive next lesson.
During the course of the lesson I deleted my work about four times because it was not to a standard that I was happy with. I hope that I will be a bit more productive next lesson.