UNI

VERSI
TYOFNI
GERI
A,NSUKKA.
FACULTYOFARTS.
DEPARTMENTOFMUSI
C.

COURSETI
TLE:
Afr
icanMusi
candSoci
etyi
i
COURSECODE:
MUS243
LECTURER:
MrsCCUkwueze
Apr
esent
ati
onmadeby
:
Ol
oduUcheWi
sdom 2020/
250075
UkpakaSomt
ochukwuMi
chel
l
e2020/
248231
Obi
nnaChi
som Pr
eci
ous2020/
243862
Amadi
umeChi
der
aGr
ace2020/
246855
I
fej
i
rikaThankGodEbubechukwu2020/
250057
Ont
heResear
chTopi
c:
AFRI
CANMUSI
CISCREATEDI
NTHECONTEXTOFNON-
MUSI
CALI
DEAS-
DI
SCUSS.
Ont
he9t
hofFebr
uar
y,2023.
SUBTOPI
CS:
1:I
ntr
oduct
ionandexpl
anat
ionoft
heTopi
c.
2:
Compar
eandcont
rastAf
ri
canMusi
candEur
opeanMusi
c.
3:
Whatar
eMusi
cal
Ideas?
4:
Whatar
eNon-
musi
cal
Ideas?
5:
TheNon-
musi
cal
Ideast
hatAf
ri
canMusi
cismadef
rom.
 CHAPTERONE.
I
ntr
oduct
ionandexpl
anat
ionoft
heTopi
c.
Pr
esent
edby
:Ol
oduUcheWi
sdom.
Simplyput
,Af r
icanMusi ci
st heMusi coft heAfri
canpeople.It
canbeInstr
ument al,Vocalorboth.WhenwesayAf r
icanMusi cis
madef r
om thecont extofNon- Musicalideas,wemeanwedon' t
makemusi cforMusi csake.WemakeMusi cinresponseto
si
tuati
ons,
ev ents,t
imesandt hi
ngst hathappensinandar ound
us.OurMusicisdev oidoftheEur opeanconsci ouscomposi t
ions
whereMusical i
deasar efi
rstputintoconsi der
ati
oninmaki ngt he
music.
ByMusi cali
deas,imeant heconsciousar rangementsofthe
notes,sequence,meli
smas, chor
dpr ogressions,andmanyot her
elementsthattheWest ernMusicisdwel l
ingonbecauseof
theori
esandpr act
ices.Inot
herwor ds,musi cali
deasrefer
st othe
i
deas, knowledgeandexperiencegottenfrom af ormalapproach
orstudyofMusi c.
InAfri
ca,ourMusicismadef r
om t hecontextofNon-Musical
i
deas.WemakeMusi cfordiff
erenteventslikemourni
ng,
cel
ebrati
on,ceremonies,f
estival
s, et
c.Weal souseourMusi cto
giv
eadv i
ce,promotemor ali
ty,preserv
eculture,
communi cate,
spir
it
ualpurposes,
lul
laby,etc;andallthesearenon-musical.
I
nAf ri
ca,
Musicisourl
if
e,ourcul
tureandourcompani
on.
Afr
icanswil
lhar
dlydoanyt
hingwithoutMusi
c.
 CHAPTER2.
Compar
eandcont
rastAf
ri
canMusi
cand
Eur
opeanMusic.
Pr
esent
edby
:UkpakaSomt
ochukwuMi
chel
l
e.

Di
ff
erencesbet
weenWest
ernMusi
candAf
ri
canMusi
c.
West
ernMusi
c:Musi
cisnot
ed
Af
ri
canMusi
c:I
tisnotnot
edbutpassedt
hroughor
alt
radi
ti
on
West
ernMusic:
Dist
inct
ionsaremadeint
ermsof"
artandaudi
ence"
fi
rst
gr
ouptendi
ngtobeli
mitedinnumber
Af
ri
canMusi
c:I
tiscommunal
,audi
encear
enotsepar
atedf
rom ar
ti
sts.
West
ernMusi
c:Musi
ciscr
eat
edandownedbyone.
Af
ri
canMusi
c:Tr
adi
ti
onal
Afr
icanmusi
cwhencr
eat
edcanbeusedbyal
l
.
West
ernMusi
c:Theyar
emost
lyf
orar
ti
sti
candacademi
cpur
poses.
Afr
icanMusi
c:Theyar
eforent
ert
ainment
,cul
tur
epr
eser
vat
ionandpar
tof
ourli
fe.
West
ernMusi
c:Madei
nthecont
extofMusi
cal
ideas.
Af
ri
canMusi
c:.Madei
nthecont
extofNon-
musi
cal
ideas.
Si
mil
ari
ti
esbet
weenWest
ernMusi
candAf
ri
canMusi
c
-
Theybot
hhav
ekey
s/scal
es.
-
Theybot
hmakeuseofi
nst
rument
sal
thought
heymaybedi
ff
erent
.
-
Theyar
ebot
hper
for
medwi
thv
oice.
-
Itmaybepur
elyv
ocal
ori
nst
rument
als.
 CHAPTER3:
Whatar
eMusi
cal
Ideas?
Pr
esent
edby
:Obi
nnaChi
som Pr
eci
ous.

There'
sAfr
icanmusi
cfort
heAf r
icanpeopl
eandt
hent
her
eist
he
Europeanmusicf
ort
heEuropeanpeople.
Musicali
deai swhenyoucr
eateamusicwit
hideas,
knowl
edge
andexperiencethatar
egot
tenfr
om musi
ctheori
esand
knowledge.
Forexample,theEur
opeancomposer
scomposemusi
cwi
tht
he
useofdif
ferentel
ementsofmusi
c.
Someoft
hesemusi
cal
ideasi
ncl
ude:
1:
TheuseofTr
iads.
2:
Fourpar
tHar
mony
.
3:
Sequences.
4:
Maj
or/
Minort
onal
i
ties.
5:
Modul
ati
on.
6:
Chor
dpr
ogr
essi
ons/Pr
ogr
essi
onsPat
ter
ns.
7:
Atonal
i
ty/Bi
tonal
i
ty-t
heuseoft
woormor
ekey
sinMusi
c.
Et
c.
I
nAf r
ica,wedon'
templ
oyt
hesei
deas,
wemakenat
ural
Musi
cfor
ourdail
yli
fe.
 CHAPTER4:
Whatar
eNon-
musi
calI
deas?
Pr
esent
edby
:Amadi
umeChi
der
aGr
ace
Non-musical
ideasr eferstotheideas,knowledgeandexper i
ence
ofmusicmakingt hatar enotrel
atedtot herul
es,theori
esand
el
ementsofMusi cCr eationofthewest erner
s.Ideasthathasno
connect
ionwiththel aiddownpr oceduresofmusi cmaking.In
Afr
ica,t
hemaki ngofourMusi cislar
gelyNon- musical
.Theseare:
1:Ceremoni es:Af
ri
cansar ehugeloversofCeremoniesli
ke:
Bir
th/chil
dnami ngceremonies,weddingCeremonies,cor
onati
on,
chi
eftaincyceremonies,rel
i
giousceremonies,
funeral
s,etc.
Afr
icans, makemusict hatwil
lbef
iteachandev er
yceremony .
2:Fest
ival
s:Afri
cansar efesti
vepeopl
eandeachet
hni
cgroup
hasherdif
ferentfest
ivals.Thesef
esti
val
sar
enumerous.
3:Cult
ure:Ourcul
tureisahugeinfl
uenceonthemakingof
Af
ricanmusic.AnAf r
icanwil
lrat
hermakemusicfoll
owing
hi
s/hercult
urerat
herthantheconsciouscomposi
ti
onsofthe
west.Eachcult
ureinAfri
cahasherownwayofMusi cmaking.
4:MoralConsciousness:Africansar
eknowntobel ov
ersof
moral
ity
,decency ,
just
ice,kindness,
hospi
tal
i
ty,
etc.Youwil
lsee
musicmakersinAf ri
ca,creatingmusict
oupholdourmoral
val
uesandbeliefs.
5:Communicati
ons:Bef
oreSocialmedi
awasinv ented,Af
ri
cans
wereusingMusi
ct ocommunicateandsendvi
tal i
nformati
on,
regar
dingev
entsinoursoci
ety
.Today,i
tisst
il
linuse.
6:St
oryt
ell
i
ng:I
nAfr
ica,wel
ovest
ori
es.WemakeMusi
ctot
ell
st
ori
es,moonl
i
ghtt
ales,
etc.
 CHAPTER5:
TheNon-
musi
cal
Ideast
hatAf
ri
canMusi
cis
madefr
om.
Pr
esent
edby
:If
eji
ri
kaThankGodEbubechukwu.
WhenMusi ci smadei nAf ri
ca,wedon'tfi
rstl
yconsiderkeys,
chordprogressions,accompanimentpat ter
ns,et
c.Weconsi der
manyot her"Non-musi cali
deas",
whichar ecruci
altothecreati
on
ofourMusi c.Afri
canMusi cislar
gelyinfl
uencedbymanyt hi
ngs
thatarenotconnect edtothetheori
es,knowledgeandi deas
gottenfr
om t heformal st
udyofMusi c.Someoft heseinfl
uences
are:
1:Tal
ent
:MostoftheMusicoftheAfr
icanpeoplearemadefr
om
pureTal
ent
.InAfri
ca,
youwil
lseethechil
dren,
youthsandel
ders;
makingmusicaboutt
hei
rsoci
ety,f
rom pur
eTalentembeddedin
them.
2:Occasi
ons:AgoodnumberofAf ri
canmusicisoccasional
,we
makemusi cbasedonwhatishappeningi
nandar oundus.These
occasi
onsrangesfr
om:fest
ival
s,ceremoni
es,cel
ebrat
ions,et
c
3:I
nspir
ati
ons:I
nAf r
ica,webeli
evei
ngods,ancestors,etc.Andit
hasbeenproventhatfrom t
imetoti
me,theyi
nspir
et hepeopl e
wit
hsomemusi ceitherforwor
ship,
prot
ecti
on,mot i
vation,
warni
ng,et
c.
TherearemanyNON-MUSI CALIDEASthatinfl
uencethecreat
ion
ofMusicmakinginAfr
ica,
unli
ketheEuropeanMusi cthat
consci
ousl
yfoll
owstheori
esandmakemusi cforMusicsake.