Shiemma Music World

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Musical instruments are materials, objects or any element used in accompanying or presenting music. Musical instruments are generally classified into three groups namely; 1. Western Instruments  They are instruments which are not made in Africa. The instruments in this group have foreign names most of which are English. Example: Trumpet, Saxophone, Violin, Guitar, Drumset/ Jazzset, Recorder, Flute, (keyboard) Organ etc  2. African Traditional Musical Instruments These are local instruments made and commonly used in Africa for various traditional events. They have names that can be traced to an African language like; Gangan, Bata, Bembe, Ipe, Molo, Agidigbo, Thumb Piano, Fere, Une, Zither, Kakaaki, Sekere, Agogo etc 3. Human Body (clap, voice, fingers snap etc.)

TYPES OF MUSIC 1. Traditional Music Traditional music is the music of a group of people living in a particular environment. It can be performed with or without accompaniment and it is associated with traditional and ritual ceremonies. This type of music is passed down from one generation to another orally as it is not scored nor properly documented.  This music can be poetic, historical and satirical and all these types of music are set fit to different types of occasions, ceremonies and festivals.  2. Sacred Music These are the types of music used for religious purposes. In Nigeria for instance the two fore most religions (Christianity and Islam) each has their worship centers. The kind of music used for various activities such as: worship, praising God or prayers at this various worship centers (church or mosque) is called the sacred music. 3. Secular Music These are music that is not attached to any religion. The secular music is used for entertainment. 4. Folk Mus...

TEN IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC 1. The main importance and usefulness of music is entertainment. It is an integral part of any event as it takes care of the soft part of that event. 2. Music can be used to express one’s mind. A musician makes use of the song text to speak out his/her innermost intent. It affords the musician an opportunity to reach a large number of people. 3. Music helps to promote and preserve language. It does this with the language used in song text, the costumes used on stage, the kind of instrument, the theme of the music performance and so on.  4. It is used in religion to worship and praise God/gods. The Christian, Islam and traditionalist consider music important in their service and worship. 5. Music serves as a career which could be taken up at any higher institution of learning. A music graduate can be called musicologist among other names. 6. Music serves as a means to earn a living. There are multiple job opportunities in music ranging from instrumenta...

                   DEFINITION OF MUSIC Music is an organized sound that is soothing to the ear. These organized sounds are produced from various musical instruments. These musical instruments produce musical sounds in two forms; 1. Rhythmic – this is the sequential arrangement of beats which could be danced to. 2. Melodic – it is a line of music used to form a tune. Music can as well be defined as a universal language as it uses signs and symbols which are interpreted the same way all over the world. Like every language, music has its own alphabets called musical alphabets.  They are the first seven letters of the English alphabet (ABCDEFG)                                             Oluwashina E.                                   ...