Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Overview of Rhythm
- Part II Performing Rhythm
- Part III Composing with Rhythm
- Part IV Rhythm in Jazz and Popular Music
- Part V Rhythm in Global Musics
- 13 The Musical Rhythm of Agbadza Songs
- 14 Rhythmic Thought and Practice in the Indian Subcontinent
- 15 The Draw of Balinese Rhythm
- 16 Rhythmic Structures in Latin American and Caribbean Music
- 17 Indigenous Rhythm and Dance in North and South America
- Part VI Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
17 - Indigenous Rhythm and Dance in North and South America
from Part V - Rhythm in Global Musics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
- The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Overview of Rhythm
- Part II Performing Rhythm
- Part III Composing with Rhythm
- Part IV Rhythm in Jazz and Popular Music
- Part V Rhythm in Global Musics
- 13 The Musical Rhythm of Agbadza Songs
- 14 Rhythmic Thought and Practice in the Indian Subcontinent
- 15 The Draw of Balinese Rhythm
- 16 Rhythmic Structures in Latin American and Caribbean Music
- 17 Indigenous Rhythm and Dance in North and South America
- Part VI Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Music and dance are mediums that connect Indigenous communities of North and South America and the social, natural, and cosmic worlds of which they are a part. Despite more than half a millennium of colonization, Indigenous communities sustain Indigenous traditions and practices while simultaneously adapting them to fulfill new communal needs.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm , pp. 298 - 312Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020