Jamaican Drumming Styles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8902009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marjorie Whylie (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 63-66 |
| Publication date | 1998-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Caribbean Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-6495 • E-ISSN: 2470-6302 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00086495.1998.11829588 |
| OpenAlex | W44093195 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
These survivals are strongest where there is an overall supporting African tradition. Playing the most important role in keeping these musical traditions alive is religious ritual of which drumming is an integral part. The drum salutes gods and ancestral spirits, it accompanies dance, controls possession, attends celebrations and ceremonials for the dead, provides the rhythmic support, the heartbeat for rituals of healing, and is present through the stages of life
Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Genealogy · Literature · Musical · Possession (linguistics · Rhythm · Sacred music · Visual arts · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |