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In our traditional setup a trait of identifying most societies is by their music, hence,
the degree of value placed on traditional music. The project was an attempt to explore
and analyse the elements of adowa music of the people of Asante Mampong. The
researcher as a creative ethnomusicologist collected data using observation, oral
interview and audio-video recording. The study discusses the provenance of the
Asante Mampong adowa genre; its role and significance to the people, the ensemble
setup; the performance; and a collection of twenty (20) songs. Elements such as lineal
and vertical sonorities, rhythm and the ensemble were critically examined and some
of its generative processes selected and fused with Western compositional techniques
to create a two-movement popular art music composition titled Adoclassique. The
choice of instruments for this African jazz novelty was based on tone compatibility,
pitch implications and their availability; consequently, the use of flute, soprano
saxophone, piano, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, cowbell, claves, cymbal,
rattles, conga drums, and drum set. Its two movements have been named Alla Afro Cuban and Jazzed-up. A detailed sectional analysis of the score has been provided to
guide performers and listeners. The study confirms the model of intercultural
composition theory which says that the art music composer must have firm
background knowledge of the traditional music in use so as to maintain the idiom
whilst he innovates a new music consistent with the tradition in a creative thinking
style. It is hoped that when Adoclassique is played to the people it will help
resuscitate their appreciation and participation towards their own indigenous music. |
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