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Rhythm in Moving Away

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Introduction

Introduction

Rhythm is a vital element of any music, but the foundation of African music.

Find out about the careful combinations of rhythms in Tunde Jegede’s song Moving Away – how rhythms are shared and how they work together.

Eugene playing the udu

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Feature

Rhythms of speech in the chorus

Close-up of the chorus singers

The backing singers sing with the same rhythm, but where does the rhythm from?

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Articles
Chorus singers from Moving Away

Explore how Tunde Jegede alters the chorus rhythms in the initial and final choruses of 'Moving Away', and how this helps the music to build.

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Tunde Jegde is playing Kora

How does the music for the kora in 'Moving Away' combine two rhythms from different places?

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Eugene and Tunde

Tunde Jegede explains how he went about creating an entire song from one simple rhythm in 'Moving Away'.

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Eugene playing the udu

Eugene Skeef’s udu music in the song 'Moving Away' combines numerous different rhythms. The first two are the traditional ‘kuku’ and the SoundJunction seed rhythm ...

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Explore how the two guitars and udu share the same rhythms in the song 'Moving Away'.

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Kasse Mady Diabate

Use the Explorer tool to find out what's going on inside the song Moving Away, by Tunde Jegede

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