CHAPTER 41 : CHORAL ART MUSIC COMPOSITION ACCOMPANIMENT: SELECTED IBIBIO TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS

Precious Kufre Udoh

Abstract


Music is a very significant aspect of life of any group of people. It is embedded in the cultural life of the people as expressed in their norms and values in terms of their culture, social, and moral values. Ibibio music is socially controlled and normally associated with important social, religious or political events. The research method used for this study was survey research design. The paper focused on the use of Ibibio indigenous instruments as accompaniment to Ibibio traditional choral art music compositions. It emphasizes the role of traditional instrument as accompaniment to music in promoting social and cultural values of the Ibibio. It was observed that Ibibio vocal and instrumental music are difficult to separate, the dialect is inflectional thus producing speech rhythm that has influenced drumming and dancing style. The study is a bold and courageous attempt at creating and documenting new genres in the contemporary Ibibio church musical works repertoire, and in addition it will serve as research materials for further musicological and compositional research in the near future. Ibibio traditional orchestra accompaniment promotes customs and traditions and also values of the people. Recommendations were made at the end of the research.

Keywords: Culture, Tradition, Orchestra, Accompaniment, Choral, Composition, Ibibio.


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