What characteristics of African music are similar to Western European traditions?

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Reference: Text chp. 3.

·  What characteristics of African music are similar to Western European traditions?

·  How is the music used in the society?

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A Circle Dance Song

Listen to Shizhane’e’, CD 1:8, textbook pp. 51-52.
The A and B sections repeat after the C section, producing what Gary Witherspoon calls “dynamic symmetry” (p. 51).

Obviously the Navajo are concerned with form and shape in their art.

·  How does this symmetrical form support the meaning of the text?

·  Are there examples of this in Western popular music?

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