{"id":1824,"date":"2014-07-04T00:55:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T23:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lastminutemusicians.com\/how_to_get_gigs\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2022-11-01T10:51:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T10:51:14","slug":"starting-a-world-music-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lastminutemusicians.com\/how_to_get_gigs\/starting-a-world-music-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a world music band"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This article is framed towards those interested in creating a world music function band. Those performing traditional African and Indian folk songs whilst also playing contemporary songs with a world twist.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">Members of a world music band should aim to be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Excellent sight readers<\/li><li>Have the ability&nbsp;to work in non-contemporary time signatures and tunings<\/li><li>Multi-instrumentalists<\/li><li>Dedicated musicians<\/li><li>Able to improvise effectively, both solo and as a group<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"p1 wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Using different rhythms&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">Unlike contemporary popular music, which tends to keep to a 4\/4 time signature, many genres of world music use more complicated signatures, which may catch beginners off guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">For example, the popular Gaelic folk song<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wQvf4viHvbE\"> \u201cThe Skye Waulking Song\u201d <\/a>is in a 12\/8 time signature, whilst traditional African musicians&nbsp;often jam in 9\/8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">On the other hand,&nbsp;Indonesian\/Java Gamelan music, a genre which plays different versions of the same melody often unfolds without a conventional time signature&nbsp;To complicate things even further, some world music appears to almost have no time signature at all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"s1\">Involve the audience<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Similarly to a ceilidh or barn dance band, a world music band that involves the audience may be an important component to a successful world music group. Simply by clapping in time, dancing or singing a line back in a call and response style will undoubtedly make for a fun experience, both for the performer and audience.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"p2 wp-block-heading\"><b>Introduce new instruments&nbsp;<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">Whilst a band performing world music genres will be able to improvise using contemporary guitars, basses and percussion, the best way to achieve an authentic sound is to play the&nbsp;traditional&nbsp;indigenous instruments to a specific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">This may include African drums such as a djembe or ashanti ntumpani which are often played with sticks, or the African kora, a long necked harp with many strings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">Other musicians and instrumentalists a band may want to include in their line up are sitar, bouzouki and sarangi players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Djembe drum: An African drum, traditionally carved from a hollowed trunk and covered in goat skin. Usually played with the hands.<\/li><li>Wurlizer piano: A keyboard without strings &#8211; the sound is produced by a combination of steel reeds, hammer action and a pickup. Used in Celtic folk music.<\/li><li>Bouzouki: A Greek long neck lute<\/li><li>Sarangi, An Indian fretless bowed instrument which is played in the lap. 36 \u2018sympathetic strings\u2019, 3 main strings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"p1 wp-block-heading\"><b>World Fusion&nbsp;<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">Taking into account western audiences, bands may want to perform&nbsp;material from a specific world music genre and contemporary popular music in the same style. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">This is often done by bands such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminutemusicians.com\/members\/caribbean_harmony.html\"><span class=\"s2\">Caribbean Harmony <\/span><\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminutemusicians.com\/members\/grupo.html\"><span class=\"s2\">Grupo Carnival <\/span><\/a>who perform contemporary pop songs in a style traditional to the Caribbean or Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/musicalalmanac.wordpress.com\/tag\/gamelan\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/musicalalmanac.wordpress.com\/tag\/gamelan\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminutemusicians.com\/search\/specialist_musicians.html\">https:\/\/www.lastminutemusicians.com\/search\/specialist_musicians.html<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminutemusicians.com\/search\/world_music_ensembles.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.lastminutemusicians.com\/search\/world_music_ensembles.html<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>Do you perform in a world music band? 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