"You must Clap Hands when the base is plaid, and cry, alla, alla"
November 24, 2017 5:15 PM Subscribe

Musical Passage uses text and audio to explore one of the earliest records of African diasporic music, transcribed by Hans Sloane, natural historian and founder of the British Museum, during a trip to Jamaica in 1688.

The clips are also on Soundcloud.

Some other great projects by the participants in this one:
Banjology
Sonic Dictionary

posted by Miko (2 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: oops, great post, but looks like it's a double -- taz

Ugh. It's a fascinating bit of history, but I hate that damn page down style of webstory and it's everywhere. In this case, I can't tell if there is anything after the pages with the score because it won't go up or down after I'm at that pge.
posted by tavella at 9:47 PM on November 24, 2017

Double.
posted by verstegan at 12:49 AM on November 25, 2017

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"You must Clap Hands when the base is plaid, and cry, alla, alla" November 24, 2017 5:15 PM Subscribe

"You must Clap Hands when the base is plaid, and cry, alla, alla"
November 24, 2017 5:15 PM Subscribe