The holidays are finally here! Maryse Letarte’s latest release, “Des Pas Dans La Neige”, has become a staple in my home, car and office from the time I felt the first chill of the year. This album provides the nostalgic feeling of decorating the Christmas tree or making snow angles and comforts you like warm hot chocolate by the fireplace. It is a capturing showcase of musicianship at it finest.
The music of Ethiopia is diverse. It differs between ethnic groups throughout Ethiopia. The sound and dance differs greatly, and yet compliments each other country wise. National TV stations broadcast music and culture of the ethnic groups on a regular basis.
The Oromo, Guragie, Amhara, Afar and Tigray songs are the most widely listened within and outside the country.
Sound, it must be remembered, is made up of a series of waves. Sound waves, like all waves, have peaks and troughs. The time between one peak and the next (or between any point on the wave and the next corresponding point) is one wave cycle.
When we record a sound source with two microphones in recording studios, those two microphones will pick up a similar wave pattern.