The guitar is also the instrument that leads the entire band, and all elements need to blend in with the guitar's setup.and this can include adjusting tuning, key and other aspects of the accompanying instruments. In 'every' Maskandi band is an acoustic guitar played in a unique rhythmic picking pattern. The tone produced by the Concertina is also much brighter and higher pitched. An accordion is typically found in Sotho music, and is much larger in size that a Concertina. A common mistake people make, is to identify a concertina as an accordion. Concertina, 'Inkostin' or 'Inkostina' (Typically a 20 button Anglo concertina, tuned to G/C and played Maskandi style).When listening to Maskandi, these are the typical/expected instruments to be heard: This is deliberately done to keep the unique 'sound'.
Although there are several variations of Maskandi, the instrumental ensemble typically remains the same in all variations. Now albums may contain the usual 10-14 tracks, which though they are still way over the three-minute mark, are easier for non-'world music' audiences to digest. Traditionally, a Maskandi musician had one song, a long one that evolved as the story of the musician's life grew.
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Maskandi is typically played on cheap, portable instruments, or modern instruments tuned or produced to imitate the polyphonic sounds of the old instruments. These perceptions are beginning to change quite rapidly, as the world observes more people following African oriented trends. Due to this, the music typically fails to connect with a wider audience and this is largely due to a lack of overall understanding of the genre, which subsequently leads to a lack of interest from listeners. This music is typically considered backward and irrelevant by most city dwellers, given that the roots of the music are deeply entrenched in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal, and feature heavy elements of Zulu culture. Although Maskandi music can be heard in more urban cities such as Johannesburg and Cape Town, it is important to note that it is largely the played by migrants who come to the big cities to seek a better quality of life and better employment opportunities. Looking at the genre from a record sales point of view.Maskandi happens to be the 2nd top selling genre in South Africa, after Gospel music. The style music is largely popular and mostly consumed in the Kwa-Zulu Natal province, given its rich Zulu heritage and significance to the Zulu tribe. Buselaphi Gxowa, Osukasambe, Imithente, and Lungi Ngcobo, daughter of the late Shiyani Ngcobo - are also making Maskandi music. African women - notably the Busi Mhlongo, and in more recent times Dr. Nowadays this is untrue in as much as it is no longer just the domain of men.
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