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Africa is, of course, a big continent. | Africa is, of course, a big continent. | ||
The Wagogo people of central Tanzania use a pentatonic scale 1/1 - 9/8 - 5/4 - 3/2 - 7/4 ([[Overtone scale|harmonics 5 through 10]]) in all their songs and all their instruments. Instruments: [[kalimba]], harp, fiddle, [[marimba]], hand drum. Vocals tend to have parallel harmonies, singing at a distance of a "penta-third"{{clarify}}. Hukwe Zawose is a well-known Wagogo musician. | The Wagogo people of central Tanzania use a pentatonic scale 1/1 - 9/8 - 5/4 - 3/2 - 7/4 ([[Overtone scale|harmonics 5 through 10]]) in all their songs and all their instruments. Instruments: [[kalimba]], harp, fiddle, [[marimba]], hand drum. Vocals tend to have parallel harmonies, singing at a distance of a "penta-third"{{clarify}}. Hukwe Zawose is a well-known Wagogo musician. | ||
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Madagascar was colonized by Indonesians long ago, and the music is a mixture of African and [[Indonesian]]. Tarika Sammy is a well-known group. | Madagascar was colonized by Indonesians long ago, and the music is a mixture of African and [[Indonesian]]. Tarika Sammy is a well-known group. | ||
An essential family of musical cultures of Africa is the [[Arabic,_Turkish,_Persian|Arabic]] one, for which there is a separate page. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||