Answer the following questions using the reading and also your personal opinion. 1. Recall listening to the “Postal Workers Canceling Stamps” recording at the beginning of class. In what ways do

Answer the following questions using the reading and also your personal opinion.

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1.     Recall listening to the “Postal Workers Canceling Stamps” recording at the beginning of class. In what ways does this align with your ideas about the definition of “music” and in what ways might it challenge them? While consulting the reading from David Locke for today (especially p. 70-72), name a few different ways that this recording reflects some of the values and aesthetics of African music.

2.     Again, consulting the Locke reading, what was the primary purpose historically of the Ewe style of drumming called Agbekor? How is the style used today?

3.     Which instrument is chiefly responsible for keeping the time in Agbekor music? (Hint: it is the double bell. What is it called?)

4.     What is the meaning of the name Agbekor in the Ewe language?

reading:https://www.mediafire.com/file/633at0ousssrwii/locke+agbekor.pdf/file