https://padlet.com/jamesgottsunderland/uiyx1r8dagtp0qyl This is the pre-session wall to engage with the geographic and historic origins of Folk music in preperation to this weeks session. en-us 2023-10-12 08:43:19 UTC 2023-10-13 15:19:03 UTC hello@padlet.com http://cdn.pearltrees.com/s/pic/la/english-folk-music-52274895 jamesgottsunderland https://padlet.com/jamesgottsunderland/uiyx1r8dagtp0qyl/wish/2743444192
In the 1300s, the traveller Ibn Battuta mentioned that the women who accompanied Dugha to perform were carrying bows that they plucked. He did not mention the number of strings, but this clearly shows the existence of harp instruments in 14th century Mali and could be the earliest written reference to the kora. The kora is designed like a bow with a gourd, similarly to Ibn Battuta's description, but Battuta did not go into enough detail about the instruments for them to be identifiable]]> 2023-10-12 11:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesgottsunderland/uiyx1r8dagtp0qyl/wish/2743444192 jamesgottsunderland https://padlet.com/jamesgottsunderland/uiyx1r8dagtp0qyl/wish/2743445616 Yodeling evolved in the central region of Switzerland in rural Alpine communities as a vital form of communication. It was used to call to cow flocks. But more importantly, it was used to communicate from village to village and mountain to mountain, for communities separated by deep Alpine valleys and rugged terrain.

]]> 2023-10-12 11:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesgottsunderland/uiyx1r8dagtp0qyl/wish/2743445616 jamesgottsunderland https://padlet.com/jamesgottsunderland/uiyx1r8dagtp0qyl/wish/2743446156 The original jug bands had their origins in the 1890s amongst African-Americans, and were then known as 'spasm bands'. This 'do it yourself' approach to their instrument-making gained immense popularity in America during the 1920s and early 1930s, and became closely linked to the development of the blues

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