![]() When the European exiles arrived, they also came with the legacy of Moorish music, including drumming, that had been bequeathed to Europe by the Africans. The Moors who had migrated or fled to the Americas ahead of the later Christian onslaught had also introduced their musical instruments including drumming in the Americas. In that time, Moorish drumming and rhythm was widely practiced in the Iberian pennisula to the point where it became a fixed part of the musical landscape. The last set of North African moors that had any meaning overlordship of Europe lasted between 740 AD and 1492 AD. ” See ĭrumming was introduced into the Roman military traditions by the Moorish/Berber divisions of the Roman army who made such an impression that soon it became a standard military tradition. According to one source: “It’s possibly a inheritance of the Iberians who were of North-African origin and related to the nowadays called Berbers, Tuaregs and other Hamitic peoples: people with a culture and music wherein drums and drumming also play an important role. Drumming is an ancestral tradition long central to any concept of African music.ĭrums and drumming may have come into Europe in the times of the Iberians who originated from Africa. One cannot get more African than drumming and rhythms. ![]() Rhythm and drumming dominates popular modern popular music. Therefore, the use of the guitar in the recorded selections was probably a relatively recent innovation. Its use was not widespread until the early 20th century when it was used by popular professional musicians like the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. Guitarro was widely played in the Spanish colonies since it was the Spaniards and the Portugese that conquered and shared the Moorish lands in America between them.Īlghough widely played in the latin territories of America in the 17th and 18th century, it was only known in the southern region of the United States in the 19th century. The Moors many of whom migrated to the Americas brought their guitarro with them. When the Moors fell from power, guitarro had already become an integral part of Iberian music. They used it for their music and soon the whole of Spain, southern Italy, southern France, became avid acolytes of guitarro culture. Guitarro was introduced to Spain by African Moors in the 9th century AD. The Krar harp or one of its variations later developed into the guitarro, the direct ancestor of the guitar which was used widely in ancient Mauritania, later known as the Maghreb, the Sahel and Guinea. In India, there also exists the Sitar, another one of the earlier forms of guitar. In Ethiopia, one can find some of the earliest forms of guitar where it is known as Krar Harp. the slaves) is the Banjar, which they brought hither from Africa.”īanjo was the instrument widely used in American folk music until after the depression of 1929, when historians remarked that its happy notes were replaced by the more sombre notes of the guitar. The Moors of West Africa, the Mauritanians, the so-called Negros who had been forcibly brought to the Americas subsequently re-created the Banjo, this West African musical instrument which is very similar to the North African Moorish guitarro.Īccording to Thomas Jefferson in 1781: “The instrument proper to them (i.e. Before the first modern Europe was born, before any of the famous million dollar fiddle manufacturers were ever conceived, fiddles, the famous violins, have been created and used widely right across the African continent.įiddles probably came into Europe by way of the waves of Moorish incursions which implanted their populations and culture in the European landscape, ages ago.īanjo is a musical instrument which had was invented and widely used in ancient Mauritania, the Sahel and the Coast of Guinea. These traditional fiddles come from stone-age Africa. In Ethiopia and Eritrea, one finds similar traditional fiddles that are played exactly like the violin and which produce similar sounds. Horsehair strings are suspended on a bridge. ![]() Snakeskin covers a gourd bowl to create a membrane head similar to that of a banjo. The Goje is a one string fiddle from Nigeria. The image below is from a church in Kiev called St Sophia Cathedral
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