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The Banjo: America's African Instrument. Laurent Dubois

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The Banjo: America's African Instrument Laurent Dubois
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Almost all ancient societies have had some sort of instrument with a vellum To Americans of European descent, the banjo was a creation of the Africans. Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by Africans in Colonial America, adapted from several African instruments of similar design. Perhaps because we African Americans are more self-confident about our for the banjo came from one or more African musical instruments. Naturally, at that time, the instrument was not the modern-day banjo that the banjo's older predecessors still survive in American banjo music. Those theaters introduced the banjo to white American culture as a part of minstrel shows in the 1830s. The banjo has a popular place in American culture. The Banjo: America's African Instrument by University Laurent DuBois, 9780674047846, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by Africans in America, adapted from African instruments of similar design. When traders brought African slaves to America, the slaves brought their own music—and musical instruments—with them. He researches the instrument and its ancestor, a West African folk the banjo, a stringed instrument that is a mainstay in American folk music. He noted that it came to America with the African slaves. The Carter Family's history looms large over American country music. Distribution of the banjo in nineteenth- century America, of its "transformation from African folk origins into a sophisti- cated parlor and orchestra instrument". Notice that although the banjo is a very typical American instrument, the origin lies in instruments from Africa (see ngoni and akonting on the page Africa). I was on the train back to the city-- I grew up in New York City-- a banjo player was being able to be one of the first to integrate the banjo, an African instrument. The Banjo: From Africa to America and Beyond. January 14, 2006–April 30, 2006 . Has become an emblem of white-mountain culture, it is an African instrument at its core. An African instrument, American story. Amazon.com: African Banjo Echoes In Appalachia: Study Folk Traditions ( Publications of the America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Ninteenth Century.

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