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Blues and it's Islam connection
- Thread starter JAUQO III-X
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The historical proof is there, And you don't need to read the article to know the connection.
No, it sure doesn't. And it doesn't, at all. "Nasal intonation?" "Bending of notes?" "Historians believe?" "Growing body of evidence?" "A Georgia author whose great-great-great-great-grandfather was a Georgia slave who prayed toward Mecca?" "Guitar derived from Arab oud?" "Author John Storm Roberts says he can hear patterns of Islamic African music in the songs of Billie Holiday?" Lol..... Look, maybe there IS a connection, and maybe there is NOT a connection. It's an interesting article and nothing more.
I did read it, and its based on speculation. Its a theory at this point, and being debated by historians.
Oh really? Where is the proof? I don't need to read the article to know there is a connection? Hmmmm, just gotta believe eh?
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Yeah, some of that is laughable. From Georgia, Jerusalem is the same direction as Mecca. Or maybe he was praying towards Rome or Athens
Even if it's true that he was "praying towards Mecca", a few isolated incidents do not equal an "Islamic connection", unless you buy into the agenda.
Funny, I'm no esteemed author, but what simple ole me hears is "patterns" of a whole lotta drugs.
See, here is where the Islamic agenda is exposed. Those are cultural and language characteristics, not Islamic, unless you buy into the agenda.
so. the dna line that makes up what is now music is a thread that runs through all of us. groups that congregate for purpose of praise through song share a strong influence on the development of our musical genesis.
that's what i get from it, anyway.
simple idea, makes total sense.
that's what i get from it, anyway.
simple idea, makes total sense.
No, Islam is not "a culture". It is present in different cultures, in the Middle East, North Africa, Indonesia, Turkey, etc. To say that those musical characteristics are part of "Islamic culture" and not instead characteristic of African musical and language patterns is an absurd and indefensible notion.
Yes it is, no matter how you feel about Islam.
This is the way I mean culture:
"the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group"
Quoted from here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture
ETA: And it's not absurd or indefensible. Islamic "culture" and African "culture" were/are intertwined to a degree.
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