The Music of Africa"The study of African music is a study at once of unity and diversity. The range of indigenous musical resources and practices found on this vast continent is as wide and varied as its topography. In this informative and highly readable book, Professor Nketia provides an overview of the musical traditions of Africa with respect to their historical, cultural, and social backgrounds, their organization and practice, and delineates the most significant aspects of musical style."--Back cover. |
Contents
Music in Community Life | 21 |
Performing Groups and Their Music | 35 |
Recruitment and Training of Musicians | 51 |
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accompanying African Music African societies Akan Akan of Ghana Ankole Arabic association band basic bells ceremonies chants child Chopi chordophones claps contexts cradle songs cultures Dagomba Dahomey dancers drum drummers duple ensemble Ethiopia Example festival flutes Folk Music Frafra funerals Ghana gourd Hausa History Hugh Tracey hunters idiophones Ijaw instrumental music Islamic J. H. Nketia K. P. Wachsmann Kenya keys kple lyre mbira melodic movements music and dance Music of Africa musical bow Musical Instruments musical practice musical type performed musicians Musique Nigeria notes Nyamwezi occasions organization percussion performing group phrase piece pitch played player praise rattles resonator rhythm rhythmic patterns rites ritual roles scale sequences Similarly singer singing social Solo Chorus sound stick string struments style Sukuma Sukuma of Tanzania sung syllables Tanzania texts tion tones traditional music trumpets tuned Uganda vocal west Africa worship xylophones Yoruba Zaire zither