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it was too late house at Eric's house
it's like vero san bonanni bandpass a
Africa we
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where there is discord bring harmony
those are the words of st. Francis of
Assisi Einstein says from discord
find harmony
Confucius's be in harmony yet to be
different it was never just Beyonce each
Destiny's Child diva brought her own
unique tone to the mix and it was the
combination of their differences that
created harmony so why does this matter
to us it is the very essence of our
musical identity I mean we find it in
our name for example we we took the
Afrikaans tradition and the Zulu
tradition brought them together with the
words Macy and in Dumba's Ana ultimately
Masana
then racially speaking I'm Brown and I'm
cream clearly we are all bringing a lot
to the table but just because it is
different it doesn't mean that it can't
play its part in the harmony harmony
relies on difference we know this
because number one you can't sing the
same note and create harmony
obviously you can't ignore the obvious
overtones that will be created they're
unavoidable but for the purposes of
today we're talking about two human
voices intentionally interacting will
demonstrate this in a moment
number two you find harmony in the most
unexpected elements not only in music
not only in voices not only in tone and
number three some of the most beautiful
and iconic music was created by
composers taking the road less traveled
this makes me think of John Cage and his
song of silence entitled four minutes
and 33 seconds I don't know about you
Vee but personally I found that song a
bit too loud but that's beside the point
so what did we mean earlier when we said
that you can't sing the same note and
get harmony Patty and I could be sheep
and do the following phrase in this way
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she tried hard in number tree to save a
child have no place to go
laughing cutter oh we could take this
moment to celebrate party so as tasty
top to mirth
both celebrate Bianca's mystifying
mid-tones and do the following
can I use your imagination and imagine
that the tones are joining the notes are
joining and together we are creating
harmony so we rely on harmony we rely on
difference and we want to demonstrate
another way in which we do this
that is not relying on tone melodies or
notes these are them without the use of
obvious notes or melodies Bianca and the
gang are using their own unique rhythms
to create a new harmony now as you can
imagine that's hit X platform can be a
rather daunting space especially if
you're on the side of the theater but I
must say my partner she's doing a good
job yeah she's doing a good job I think
but you know what first and foremost she
is a professional singer and not a
professional clappa so we're gonna need
to bring in the cavalry and that is you
guys yes so before we do that we're
gonna give you some guys you know we're
not gonna leave you on your own and be a
musical GPS if you will the first symbol
that we will use is this one it means
look at us the second one is a stop
signal it looks like this and that means
stop all right ladies and gentlemen of
TEDx Pretoria are you ready to explore
the harmony of difference with us may
Zhanna by clapping with Bianca in the
band
if so yes put your hands up please for
transit let me see those beautiful hands
oh so many lovely hands on the count of
three we go r-13 lovely keep going and
another time keep going keep going this
is amazing Petit's POIs let's mix it up
a bit add a counter harmony algorithm
into your magnet
alright you got it you got it you got it
what we gonna do now right that route
and let your clapping boom ha ha
we're gonna add three notes to it it's
gonna be very simple your words all in
it go like this
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you can stop the clipping and just sing
lovely
you know in the halls and I know he's
there
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okay just for fun Bianca I
extra nail of harmony but you still have
to do exactly what you're doing so try
the hottest
be ready I'm ready let's go you ready
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all right
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let's go let's go
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that was incredible thank you that was
amazing I think we've got some
competition that's particularly was
particularly beautiful to me afterwards
we can talk alright so how many relies
on difference right this is a big point
that we're making and as musicians we
thrive on finding these differences to
create harmony so obviously it's not
only in musical harmony we also look for
a difference in opinion
difference in emotion difference in
social context absolutely and one such
musician who embodied this to the full
in his album the harmony rather of
difference was jazz saxophonist Kumasi
Washington in this album he paints a
magnificent musical landscape of five
different cultural groupings found in
his home city of Los Angeles the sixth
and final suite within this album was an
amalgamation of the first five five in
one house that four harmony so obviously
because it was so compellingly different
and beautiful the the album went on to a
numerous musical awards we wrote a song
called blink blinking we all do it the
same way we all need to breathe right
but imagine that you had the the
autonomy to choose when you blink and
when you don't blink you stand a chance
if you keep your eyes closed for a
little bit too long or if you blink too
often you stand a chance of missing the
opportunity to spot that difference that
you need to create harmony absolutely
our goal was to do just that to explore
and unwrap the beautiful eccentricities
of difference and ultimately create
harmony
so now together with you we are going to
create a song you've learnt it already
if you remember our what are these what
this means look at me and then and then
do you remember this sign that meant
stop and your notes absolutely we're
gonna do this right now
songs go blink
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got me in the box no key to unlock some
OCD Pinery
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don't be you looking real smart
we're slow
leaving clean
do you know your club I just can't come
you know break the laws who gotta go got
me the box
no key to unlock
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never what it seems
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don't say
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leave me
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shaking up break your lungs you
candies he saw these
we visit or indeed ha I must be some
heavy diesel this
Boyet me to fold my safe - that's funny
a to need but in the sun night I found
my own deliver Oh
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she's looking real smart through your
microscope
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