Meki Nzewi: "Musical pactice and creativity", Bayreuth, 1991, Chapter 3, p. 73-100
Meki Nzewi is a professor at the University of Pretoria. He is himself a composer and percussionist in the Igbo society is brought up, which will be discussed here. He has 20 years of experience as an ethnomusicologist. Igbo is Nigeria's second largest ethnic group.
The third part of the book contains the following chapters: Chapter 3
organization of a Dance Music Group
Organization of Music Presentation
The structure of the Igbo Presentation
The structure of the Igbo Festival
Features of the Preparation
feature of the Core Events
Implication of the ideational Perspectives
Popular Igbo festivals
Music Education
Participation of Women
social musical Evaluation of Music and Music-Making
Music: Important aspects (selection)
It is interesting to see how the music concept is tied to a culture:
- The Igbo terminology "Nkwa" for music, ie instrumental music and dance.
- The Music (Group) is a collective good and belongs to the village.
- The annual music festival includes temporal, religious, physical, artistic and political arrangements.
- Music is an artistic and aesthetic rationalization that is prescribed by the Company.
- When music is playing, "wake up" society.
- Music is not lived in isolation, but is always shared with others. This means that music enjoins joy and camaraderie. We socialized as a group.
- Musical Education: There is no systematic and educational musical education. Each child is free to decide whether it wants to make music. It learns by forming bands with other kids and the adults imitated and imitating their instruments.
- women in music independently organized groups. Men are invited to take only specific roles in the group. Who is not the music group, lives in social isolation.
- There is a very small physical or psychological difference between playing music and the audience. If the listener in any way a hindrance to performance, he is asked to leave.
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