African drumming and African music is much more based on rhythm and percussion than European influenced Western music. To imply that music is harmony and melody only is a fallacy. Timbre and rhythm can rule the roost. Then we would be mocking guitarists and keyboard players for not knowing the Mbaba or Kpanlogo.
I guess what I'm saying is Western music evolved with harmony and melody up front but that doesn't mean it had to. So a drummer that doesn't know what a dorian scale is is not less of a musician. We are between worlds.
I guess what I'm saying is Western music evolved with harmony and melody up front but that doesn't mean it had to. So a drummer that doesn't know what a dorian scale is is not less of a musician. We are between worlds.