Please explain the status and musical characteristics of drums and their music in black Africa's society, culture and life.

1. The position of drums and their music in the society, culture and life of black Africa;

1. To society: In some ethnic groups, drums are also used to symbolize the status and rights of kings, the language of drums is used to inherit the national history, and the language of drums is used to express people's thoughts and feelings. ?

2. Culture: You can use a variety of drum playing styles to imitate the tone of the language and create the language of the drum. ?

3. For life: drums are widely used as dance accompaniment to set off the plot atmosphere in the form of solo, duet and large ensemble; It can also be a form of music. ?

Second, the musical characteristics of drums and their music in black Africa's society, culture and life;

Drum and its music rhythm are complex and diverse. Taking the drum ensemble as an example, due to the different pitches and timbres played by each drum, their inherent melodies and rhythms, as well as the harmony generated by different performance occasions, have formed a complex form.

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The importance of drums to the African black musical instrument world;

Drum is one of the most important parts of African black musical instrument world, and it is also a symbol of black culture. This is because in the traditional cultural life of black people, drums not only have the characteristics of film instruments such as material, structure, sound principle, playing method and distribution, but also contain the content of life and social significance.

Drum can be a tool for African blacks to speak, and it can also be regarded as the supreme "sacred object"; The quality of playing skills can be related to the rise and fall of drummers' social status. The rhythm theory created by black drummers during playing is one of the foundations for black culture to impress the world.

It is precisely because of these comprehensive performance characteristics of drum that its position in traditional black music is almost irreplaceable by other instruments.