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Month: June 2012

June 16, 2012August 16, 2015

Instrument No 1 (extract)

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What is Time? Sunclocks

The use of the sun to approximate the time is as old as recorded time itself and there are many different methods of using the shadow created by the sun. (This is the second post of Time and Clocks, the thread that follows Time and Calendars.) The first measure of the hours was a simple stick. The Babylonians, in the …

What is Time? Clocks and Timepieces

Any clock must have a steady repetitive action and be able to display the units of its progress. The later history of clocks is characterised by the determined search of astronomers and mathematicians to measure these units more accurately. (This is the first post of Time and Clocks, the thread that follows Time and Calendars.) A Quick history of Clocks …

What is Time? Quick Summary of Calendars in History

Calendars have been created and re-formed by civilisations such as the ancient Egyptians, individual events like the French Revolution and religions like Islam. All such calendars are based on the observations of natural year cycles. Ancient Egypt A 365-year day was used from at least 4000 bc, divided into 12 months of 30 days, plus five extra days. Three groups …

The Rise of Afrobeat

You might have heard the term Afrobeats (note the ’s’) or Afropop, Afrofusion. That’s today’s music, of Burna Boy, Tiwa Savage, Wizkid and it’s super sharp, beat-heavy, sample-laden with classy production and smooth vocals, but its soul is derived from Fela Kuti’s 1970s Afrobeat (no ’s’). In our internet-saturated world, full of savvy musicians who listen to everything from everywhere, …

The Birth of the Blues

The first post in One Tree Many Roots checked the black soul of Jazz and its unique place in modern music, this time we look at the beating heart of all popular modern music, the Blues. It’s a universal musical language for those who can’t read music, and has trained the ears of those who can, to enjoy its liberating …

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