African Art Musicians
Music · 50 practice questions
Knowledge of the lives and music of Nigerian art musicians (e.g. W. W. C. Echezona, Laz Ekwueme, Sam Akpabot, Akin Euba, Bode Omojola) and other African art musicians (e.g. J. H. Kwabena Nketia, Ephraim Amu, Philip Gbeho).
- Relate the musicians to the music they perform.
- Trace their biographies.
- Examine their type of music.
- Assess their contributions to the development of music.
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- Practice question 1
The study of African art musicians specifically forms part of a broader effort to document and value Africa's contribution to
- A.no broader field of study whatsoever, remaining entirely isolated and insignificant
- B.world musical history
- C.only the history of African traditional festivals, with no reference to musical history
- D.a factor entirely unrelated to documenting Africa's contribution to world musical history
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B. world musical history
The study of African art musicians specifically forms part of a broader effort to document Africa's contribution to world musical history.
- Practice question 2
The specific choice of traditional material referenced within an African art music composition specifically can reflect the composer's own particular
- A.exact market price, a factor entirely unrelated to the composer's own regional background
- B.regional background
- C.a factor entirely unrelated to reflecting the composer's own particular regional background
- D.precise physical height, a factor entirely unrelated to the composer's own regional background
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B. regional background
The specific traditional material referenced within an African art music composition specifically can reflect the composer's own regional background.
- Practice question 3
Philip Gbeho, a Ghanaian art musician, specifically is well known mainly as the composer of
- A.a widely known highlife dance tune, rather than any national anthem
- B.a factor entirely unrelated to being the composer of Ghana's national anthem
- C.Ghana's national anthem
- D.Nigeria's national anthem, an anthem instead composed by an entirely different musician
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C. Ghana's national anthem
Philip Gbeho, a Ghanaian art musician, specifically is well known mainly as the composer of Ghana's national anthem.
More UTME Music topics
- Black Musicians in the Diaspora
- Historical Development of Western Music Styles
- Nigerian Folksongs
- The Staff
- Triads and Their Inversions
- Chord Progressions
- Music Forms and Media
- Music Notes/Rests and Their Values
- Musical Genres
- Nigerian Traditional Music and Other Arts
- Kinds of Motion
- Nationalism in Nigerian Music
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