MUSIC OF AFRICA

• Music has always been an important part of the

daily life of the african people, whether for work,
religion, ceremonies, or even communication.
Singing, dancing, hand clapping and the beating
of drums are essential to many african
ceremonies, including those for birth, death,
initiation, marriage and funerals. MUSICS and
DANCE are also important to religous
expression and political events.
VOCAL FORMS
OF AFRICAN
MUSIC
MARACATU
DANCE
 MARACATU DANCE
maracatu first surfaced in the african state of
Pernambuco, combining the strong rhythms of
african percussion instrument with portuguese
melodies. The maracatu groups were called
nacaoes (nations) who paraded with a
drumming ensenble numbering up to 100,
accompanied by singer, a chorus and coterie
of dancers
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
USED IN
MARACATU
• the alfia is a larger wooden drum that is a
rope tuned, complemented by the tarol which
is shallow nare drum, and te caixa-de-
guerra which is a war-like snare. Proving the
clanging sound is the gongue, a metal
cowbell. the shaker are represented by the
agbe a gourd shaker covered by beads, and
the miniero or ganza, a metal cylindrical
shaker filled with metal shot or small dried
seeds.
• ALFAIA DRUM TAROL
• CAIXA • GONGUE
• AGBE • GANZA /MINIERO
BLUES
• Blues is a music genre and musical
form which was originated in the
Deep South of the United States
around the 1870s by African
Americans from roots in African
musical traditions, African-American
work songs, and spirituals.
• The ‘Father of the Blues’.
• William Christopher Handy was born in
Alabama in 1873 and who worked a number
of odd jobs before establishing himself as
both a musician and a music teacher. He
was raised in a strict household that
forbade musical instruments, but he
secretly bought a guitar and spent hours
practicing the trumpet in his first band.
PERFORMER OF THE BLUES GENRE

RAY CHARLES
CAB CALLOWAY ARETHA FRANKLIN
JOHN LEE HOOKER B.B KING
 EXAMPLE OF BLUES MUSICS
• Early mornin
• A House is Not a Home
• Billies blues
• I cant stop loving you by Ray Charles
 SOUL MUSIC
• soul musicwas popular music
genre of the 1950s and 1960s. it
originated in the united state, and
combine elements of african -
american gospel music/ rhythm
and blues,and often jazz.
• the catchy rythms are accompanied
by handclaps and extemporaneous
body moves which among its
important features other
characteristic include “ call and
response” between the soloist and
chorus, and an especially itense and
powerful vocal sound
 Into extreme poverty,
James Brown worked
his way to the top of the
funk and R&B music
earning the moniker
"The Godfather of
Soul." His unique vocal
and musical style
influenced many artists
“SOUL FOREFATHERS”

Sam Cooke Jackie Wilson

 SPIRITUAL
Spirituals (or Negro spirituals) are the
songs which were sung by the black
slaves in the United States in the 18th and
19th centuries. The words to many Negro
spirituals have Christian themes. This is
because Black slaves in the United States
turned to religion, as a way to cope with
the pain of slavery.
 CALL AND RESPONSE
In music, a call and response is a
succession of two distinct phrases
usually written in different parts of the
music, where the second phrase is
heard as a direct commentary on or in
response to the first