1 This later spreads to other colonies. 2  March 22 - The Stamp Act passes parliament. 3  It is the first direct tax on the colonies. 4  The purpose of the tax is to help pay for the British military stationed in America. 5  This act is met with greater resistance and the cry against taxation without representation increases.
In American pop music the clave pattern tends to be used as an element of rhythmic color, rather than a guide-pattern and as such is superimposed over many types of rhythms. In Brazilian music Afro-Brazilian bell patterns.
Polyphony is a musical composition that uses simultaneous but multiple independent melodic parts, lines, or voices. During the Renaissance era, polyphonic music became widespread throughout in both sacred and secular settings due to the revival of interest in art and literature. The most favored styles of music during this period was the motet, for sacred topics, and the madrigal, for social themes.