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Multiple Pitch Lines in Yoruba Choral Music

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2019

Akin Euba*
Affiliation:
Lagos, Nigeria
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Extract

The occurrence of polyphony in Yoruba choral music is significant for many reasons. First, it is almost entirely absent in traditional folk songs and is probably restricted to a small section of the Yoruba community. Secondly, in recent years polyphonic singing has become one of the essential features of a type of popular music, known among the Yoruba as juju. Although this form of music is fairly well distributed geographically, it is perhaps unique in popular folksong in its use of polyphony. It also differs from traditional polyphonic song in that it can be more easily identified with Western influences.

Type
Multi-Part Techniques in Folk Music and Dance
Copyright
Copyright © International Council for Traditional Music 1967

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References

* As indicated in personal correspondence.