The dominant force in African music is rhythm, or the the movement in time of individual sounds. Rhythmic pulses are seen to be the embodiment of life and spirit.
African music incorporates a technique known as cross-rhythm, or the juxtaposition of two rhytms against each other.
African rhythmic influence can be seen in much of today's music, including rock, Jazz, and Latin-American music
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