U9-9B-Blog-Music and Dance of West Africa

The polyrhythmic Manjani music and dance of West Africa was a multi-percussion display of music and dance. The instruments played were a lot of different types of drums and bead shaker type of percussion instruments. The people playing the instruments also dance to the rhythm of their song. This song was played at a fast tempo. Each percussion instrument relied on the different instruments timbre to create the polyrhythmic sound. The dancing performed by the musical players relied on the on force to move to the rhythm of the music, on time to move to the beat of their music, and on space so that each performer had enough room to play their instrument and dance at the same time. These slight but powerful movements help the viewer to not only hear the music but fell it as well.