African rhythms
Djembe and dundun
African rhythms refers to the distinctive polyrhythmic patterns originating in sub-Saharan African music, characterized by multiple interlocking rhythms played simultaneously.
The term appears in discussions of world music, jazz history, and dance: The drummer studied African rhythms in Ghana.
These patterns influenced blues, jazz, funk, and virtually all popular music of the Americas.
- polyrhythmOverlapping musical beat patterns
- AfrobeatWest African funk-jazz fusion
- djembeHand-struck goblet drum
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- call-and-responseAlternating musical exchange
talking drum · drum circle · ceremony · healing practices · spirit possession · ancestral spirits · kalimba · body percussion · oral tradition · storytelling · festival · kora · dance · communal gathering · initiation rites · groove · calabash · percussion
- African MusicAfrobeat, highlife, afrobeat, Afro-pop, Afro-jazz
- Jazz Originsblues, ragtime, spirituals, syncopation, New Orleans
- world musicworld music, Celtic music, Indian music, Brazilian music, reggae
- Caribbean folkbomba, cuatro, danza, guiro, maracas
- Gnawaritual songs
- BluesB.B. King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, twelve bar blues, delta blues
African rhythmsViennese waltz
Rapid rotating ballroom dance
Gregorian chant · baroque music · common time · chamber music · four-on-the-floor