Guadeloupean Music - Music of Guadeloupe, Boula, Gwo Ka, Biguine, Zouk Chouv, Les Aiglons, Lewoz, Balakadri (Paperback)

Chapters: Music of Guadeloupe, Boula, Gwo Ka, Biguine, Zouk Chouv, Les Aiglons, Lewoz, Balakadri. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The music of Guadeloupe encompasses a large popular music industry, which gained in international renown after the success of zouk music in the later 20th century. Zouk's popularity was particularly intense in France, where the genre became an important symbol of identity for Martinique and Guadeloupe. Zouk's origins are in the folk music of Martinique and Guadeloupe, especially Martinican chouval bwa and Guadeloupan gwo ka, and the pan-Caribbean calypso tradition. French Antillean Carnival in ParisCarnival is a very important festival on Martinique and Guadeloupe. Music plays a vital role, with Martinican big bands marching across the island, and Guadeloupan gwo ka ensembles travelling and performing music (mizik vide) in a manner akin to Brazilian samba schools. Carnival in both islands declined following World War II, bouncing back with new band formats and new traditions only in the 1980s. Both islands feature participatory, call-and-response style songs during their Carnival celebrations. Guadeloupan Carnival includes many of the same elements as the Martinican celebration. Gwo ka ensembles travel the island, playing music called mizik vide in a participatory style that allows anyone to grab an improvised percussion instrument and join in. Traditionally, Carnival includes dances of African origin, including laghia, haut-taille, grage, calinda and bel-air. Traditional instruments include the chacha, makye, boula, tanbou chan and tanbou bas drums. Main article: Gwo ka Gwo ka is a family of hand drums used to create a form of folk music from Guadeloupe. There are seven basic rhythms in gwo ka, and multiple variatio...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=24294