How can we fuse different musical styles and traditions into a new composition?

Music

Which instrument from Trinidad and Tobago did Azealia Banks use in "Jumanji"?

Which West African drum was played on stage with Baaba Maal and Mumford and Sons?

When a producer creates a remix of a song

When two styles or traditions are combined together

What styles did Mia fuse to create the song "Borders"?

How did Esperanza Spalding modernise jazz in her song "Black Gold"?

How does the chaal rhythm differ from other rhythms we have studied?

Many different layers at the same time; countermelody.

Similar movement; melody and accompaniment.