Title:
UTILIZATION OF NIGERIAN INDIGENOUS MUSIC IN CONTEMPORARY ART MUSIC COMPOSITION

Authors:
Isaac E. Udoh, Ph.D

Volume:1 Issue: 8

Abstract:
Indigenous music, often referred to as folk music, is rooted in oral tradition. It is rich in cultural content of its owners: it can be purely instrumental, purely vocal or both. Indigenous music has melodic pattern, harmonic pattern and even rhythmic pattern as that of the Western World. It is possible to use the indigenous musical elements found in indigenous music in contemporary art music composition. This work, therefore, seeks to discuss the use of indigenous musical elements, the ones from Annang of Akwa Ibom State in particular, in art music composition. Some think that traditional musical elements are not potent enough for art music composition. This is a problem that this work seeks to address. The method used in this research includes interview, library review, collection of discography, recording and transcription of some Annang folk music. This research will bring to the fore the possibility of utilization of indigenous musical elements in Contemporary Art music composition. It will help academicians in the continuous use of indigenous music in the development of music composition in Nigeria and beyond.

Citation:

[Udoh, Isaac E. "UTILIZATION OF NIGERIAN INDIGENOUS MUSIC IN CONTEMPORARY ART MUSIC COMPOSITION." IJAH, vol. 1, no. 8, 2017, pp. 67-649. September. ]