Editing Polyphony (section)

==Africa==
{{See also|Traditional sub-Saharan African harmony}}

Numerous [[Sub-Saharan African music traditions]] host polyphonic singing, typically moving in [[contrapuntal motion#parallel motion|parallel motion]].<ref name="Polyphonic regions, p20">{{cite book |last1=Jordania |first1=Joseph |chapter=Polyphonic regions of the world |title=Why do People Sing? Music in Human Evolution |date=2011 |publisher=Logos |page=20}}</ref> While the [[Maasai people]] traditionally sing with drone polyphony, other East African groups use more elaborate techniques. The [[Dorze people]], for example, sing with as many as six parts, and the [[Wagogo]] use counterpoint.<ref name="Polyphonic regions, p20"/> The music of [[African Pygmies]] (e.g. that of the [[Aka people]]) is typically [[ostinato]] and contrapuntal, featuring [[yodeling]]. Other Central African peoples tend to sing with parallel lines rather than counterpoint.<ref name="Polyphonic regions, p21">{{cite book |last1=Jordania |first1=Joseph |chapter=Polyphonic regions of the world |title=Why do People Sing? Music in Human Evolution |date=2011 |publisher=Logos |page=21}}</ref> In [[Burundi]], rural women greet each other with [[akazehe]], a two-part interlocking vocal rhythm.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Facci |first1=Serena |last2=Ciucci |first2=Alessandra |date=2020 |title=The Akazehe of Burundi: Polyphonic Interlocking Greetings and the Female Ceremonial. |url=https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/emt/article/view/30278 |journal=Ethnomusicology Translations |issue=10 |pages=1–37 |doi=10.14434/emt.v0i10.30278 |via=IUScholarWorks Journals|doi-access=free }}</ref> The singing of the [[San people]], like that of the pygmies, features melodic repetition, yodeling, and counterpoint. The singing of neighboring [[Bantu peoples]], like the [[Zulus|Zulu]], is more typically parallel.<ref name="Polyphonic regions, p21"/> The peoples of tropical [[West Africa]] traditionally use parallel harmonies rather than counterpoint.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jordania |first1=Joseph |chapter=Polyphonic regions of the world |title=Why do People Sing? Music in Human Evolution |date=2011 |publisher=Logos |pages=21–22}}</ref>