MUSIC APPRECIATION(ART & POPULAR MUSIC-

HIGH-LIFE)FELA SOWANDE & VICTOR UWAIFO

Meaning-Art & popular music

Art music-Those who studied music in colleges of music,Polytechnics,Universities and graduated inspecialized areas

Examples of Art musicians Prof .w.w.c. Echezona PROF LAZ

EKWUEME Prof Akin Euba SAMUEL AKPABOT T.K.E Philips AYO BANKOLE FELA SOWANDE

POP

POPULAR MUSIC: Songs and dances that are composed for entertainment and commercial purposes and that also deal with familiar issues and themes of the moment. It changes a lot in taste and popularity

Examples of Popular musicianso Sunny Ade Lagbaja-Bisade

Ologundeo Osita Osadebe Dan Marayao Fela Anikulapo Victor Uwaifo

etco Tu face

Kinds of Popular Music

Highlife-Originated from Ghana introduced to Nigeria in 1950.Its the music of the elite.Has moderate tempo.Grew out of brass band.-Victor olaiya,Oliver de coque,Osita osadebe.

Juju.Yoruba origin.Full of proverbs and parables.Instruments are Guitar,jazz drum,agogo,gangan,bata,keyboard etc.-Sunny ade,Ebenezer Obey,Shina peters

Afro beat-Mixture of African and American musical culture based in Nigerian strong rhtyhms-Fela ,Sonny okosun,Femi kuti

Fuji-Usually regarded as juju music without guitar-Sikiru ayinde ,Wasiu ayide (k.1 de ultimate)

REGGAE-Origin is jamaica.Noted for bassline,rhythm guitar-Ras kimono,majek fashek,Evi Edna Ogolin

Afro Hip-hop-This is the African Version of American Hip-HOP-d BANJ,2FACE,Faze,P.Square etc

Rock-It’s a combination of styles Jazz,classical –Charles Oputa (area fada)-Charly boy

Assignment

Fuji—O-wasiu ayinde(k 1 de ultimate) AFRO HIP-HOP- b:-A– m.i, g- weird m.c HIGHLIFE-B.- Christy Essien Igbokwe Afrobeat-I- Femi kuti Juju- E- Shina peters Reggae-: Majek fasek