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Pages in category "Yoruba musical instruments" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Agidigbo;
Yorùbá music is regarded as one of the more important components of the modern Nigerian popular music scene. Although traditional Yoruba music was not influenced by foreign music the same cannot be said of modern-day Yoruba music which has evolved and adapted itself through contact with foreign instruments, talents and creativity.
Yoruba musical instruments (10 P) Yoruba musicians (1 C, 155 P) ... Pages in category "Yoruba music" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
In African tonal languages such as Yoruba, instruments whose tone can be controlled can be played to simulate speech. Such speech-surrogate instruments include the Goje fiddle in Sakara music, the Iya ilu talking drum in Yoruba genres, and the Agidigbo thumb piano in Apala music. [2] Yoruba words are made of high, middle and low tones.
Additionally, it plays a significant role in the Yoruba musical subgenres of Juju, Afro-juju, Apala, Fuji, and others. Agogo is always present in the musical instruments used by the performers that introduced Nigerian music to a global audience. The main musical instrument used in the dancing masquerades is also the bell.
This characteristic style can be clearly heard in the popular music of this area, particularly in those where the talking drum is the lead instrument, such as Fuji music of the Yoruba of Nigeria. In some ethnic groups, each individual was given a "drum name" which could be used direct messages to specific individuals.
Gbedu literally means "big drum" and is a percussion instrument traditionally used in ceremonial Yoruba music in Nigeria and Benin. [1] More recently, the word has come to be used to describe forms of Nigerian Afrobeats music.
The Batá drum is a double-headed hourglass drum [1] with one end larger than the other. The percussion instrument is still used for its original purpose as it is one of the most important drums in the Yoruba land and used for traditional and religious activities among the Yoruba of western Nigeria.