WEEK FIVE
ADDING SHORT MELODY TO GIVEN WORDS
Every language has a rhythm peculiar to it. Every sentence spoken in the correct way must make sense. Some words will be stressed more than others. African languages are very particular about the correct flow of words.in Nigeria we refer to this as the speech rhythm or natural flow of words. For example, Joo fun wa lorin (Give us music, please) suggests the rhythm
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4
joo
fun wa lo – rin
Consider another sentence, “Cake and biscuit are on sale”; the natural stress are those that have been underlined. If we are to set such words to rhythm, the accents of the word need to coincide with or fall on the accented beats.
Cake and bis – cuits are on sale
In writing a rhythm to fit words, we should bear in mind that the syllables of the words will fall naturally into group of two, three, or four.
Consider this sentence, “What shall we do if the sun does not shine”
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What shall we do if the sun does not shine?
Exercises:
Add melody to the following words
- I am coming home
- I will come again tomorrow
WEEK SIX
NIGERIAN HIGHLIFE MUSICIANS
There are several genres of music in Nigeria. These include Fuji music, juju music, Apala, were music and highlife music. Although Ghana is the origin of Highlife but the genre had spread across the west-African countries including Nigeria. The lists of notable Nigerian highlife musician are listed below.
- Bright Chemezie . Oriental brothers
- Bobby Benson
- Dr. sir Warrior
- Ebenezer Obey
- Fatai Rolling Dollar
- Fela Sowande
- King Sunny Ade
- Orlando Julius Ekemode
- Orlando Owoh
- Oliver De Coque
- Prince Nico Mbarga
- Rex Lawson
- Roy Chicago
- Victor Olaiya
- Victor Uwaifo
- Wilberforce Echezona