Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “World Music”
This evening – as per very recent and extremely unusual – Australia gets to be part of Europe. Yes, on the 9th of May (5am AEST Wednesday 10 May (Australia votes)) the 2016 X Factor winner Isaiah Firebrace will compete for Australia in the first semi-final of the Eurovision song contest. There are 18 countries in each semi-final and only …
It is no secret that technology is now a big part of world music. The impact of technology is not limited to recording studios and music festivals – it is present throughout the entire spectrum of music learners! Let’s have a look to the link between technology and music and the potential of technology in fostering music education among young learners. …
The Riq is another of the music exciting instruments you can play in our Joko’s Tambourine app. The Riq is an instrument similar to the tambourine which can also be spelled Riqq or Rik, or written in Arabic as رق. It is also known as a Tef in Turkish music and as a Daf in Pakistan. The Riq is an …
Bhajan instruments: The Kanjira’s Beginnings Featured in our Joko’s Tambourine app is another instrument of the Tambourine family; the South Indian Kanjira. Used as a folk drum or as part of Bhajan music, Hindu devotional music the Kanjira closely resembled the European style Tambourine. In the 1880s Manpoondia Pillai is credited with altering the drum and it afterwards it began …
