African music

 I choose African music because their music is peaceful and meaningful. I picked Burna Boy his real name is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu  he is from Nigeria. He first gained recognition in 2012 with the release of “Like to Party.” He is considered one of the most Africa’s most successful and influential Afrobeats artists. Here are two videos he made. The musical elements for the music video Gbona is drums, horns, and percussion. For the  music video For everybody is electric bass, synthesized drums and electronic keyboard. African music is very different from our culture music because it is considered complex, polyrhythmic structure, heavy emphasis on percussion and interactive. The music is deeply integrated with dance, featuring constant, layering rhythms. “ Finally, another common principle in Sub-Saharan African music is that rhythm is the most important musical element. While Western music is full of long melodies and lush harmonies, West African music focuses on rhythm. We can hear this focus in the Kpanda Dance” https://press.rebus.community/globalmusix/chapter/music-of-west-africa/#:~:text=Rhythmic%20Focus,focus%20in%20the%20Kpanda%20Dance.

“The continent of Africa and its music is vast and highly diverse, with different regions and nations maintaining distinct musical traditions. African music includes genres such as makwaya, highlife, mbube, township music, jùjú, fuji, jaiva, afrobeat, afrofusion, mbalax, Congolese rumba, soukous, ndombolo, makossa, kizomba, and taarab, among others.^[1] African music also uses a wide variety of instruments from across the continent.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Africa

I think this kind of music is good for the mind it is relaxing the instruments are great in this kind of music. The dances matches with the music. It’s peaceful and meaningful to me. I can feel what the singer or music is saying. I could listen to this kind of music all the time. Every music that you listen to is different from one another. Just have to sit and actually listen to the types of music and they instruments that are playing in it. 

Source here are the two sources that I used for this assignment. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Africa

https://press.rebus.community/globalmusix/chapter/music-of-west-africa/#:~:text=Rhythmic%20Focus,focus%20in%20the%20Kpanda%20Dance.