Traditional Music and Dance: An Appreciation

Abstract

Music as a human artistic expression has diverse categories. Traditional music is one of the categories. Others are school, popular, pop, religious, and art music. We can also categorize music on the basis of nationality which results into African, Indian, Arabic, Western, Nigerian, Kenyan, Malay music etc. Music also has related arts such as dance, drama and visual arts, all of which are interrelated. Of all of them, dance is the closest to music. In this study, our attention will be focused on traditional music and dance; especially as conceived and practiced in Africa.