Traditional Music Versus Modern Music:- Afri-InLeo Initiative 53
Music is something that keeps flowing and changing as it moves through time. It is a universal language that speaks to the soul. Right from the time of old, music has become a powerful language that has bring people together, use as therapy for the soul and also used in expressing emotions in such a way that our words cannot.
Music has evolved through out history, giving rise to two kinds or types of music, the traditional music which is the old songs that have been sung from generation to generation and on the other side is the modern music which is the new songs and sounds we hear everyday on the television, on our phones.
Both the traditional and modern form of music play an important and crucial roles in our society but have there difference.
When you are talking about the traditional form of music, we are referring to the old style of music that is passed down from generation to generation, from our grandparents and their grandparents before them.
This type of music is often connected to the history, to the believe and also to the daily life of people and it is not just heard for the fun of just listening to it but as a means of transferring the cultural musical heritage and identity.
Unlike the modern type of music that is taught through formal education ot digital means or tutorials, the traditional type of music is learned orally through listening and repeating or recitation and serve as a way of preserving the cultural heritage and identity of the people. The traditional form of music connect us to the roots of our passed, ensuring that the cultural heritage and identity of our passed stay alive in the heart of the younger once that are coming up.
The modern type of music on the other hand reflect the change brought by technology. This is the type of music that we hear mostly in our generation today that relies mostly on electronic instruments like the electric piano, computer, mixers that can alter the sound of the person singing, unlike the traditional form of music that relies on natural and handmade instruments like the local drums, flutes, harps and sitars.
Both the traditional form of music and the modern form of music shar common ground in the sense that they both aim at connecting people together. Some artist today combine the traditional and modern type of music to create something unique. Some blend afrobeat music and African drumming pattern with pop and jazz, borrowing from the past to shape the future. Most artist who respect tradition roots at the same time embrace modern creativity often produce some meaningful music and sounds.
So both the traditional form of music and the modern type are good and have their unique gifts to offer us and they continue to be a source of inspiration to us and bring people together from everywhere.
Thank you for reading.
Yeahh, the two sides are good.
You can't take away the originality in the traditional songs while the beauty of technology in the modern music can't be overemphasized too
Exactly.....every music have Thier own unique way and they pass information to Thier listeners
Every music has it own special and unique ways of touching people's mind... that's an awesome writeup sir
In other to be recognised as a traditional musician one have to embrace modern music because the world is growing and things are changing and new generation are coming up, modern music has capture the glory of the traditional music because the traditional music is gradually fading away and era is progressing and you know this new era has brought alot of transformation people began to make huge amount of money and people got educated and brings about fame and in a short while another method will still come up again
Before we go out to watch people singing or watching them in a TV show because they are seen as channel where not everyone has the channel or not financially bouyant to subscribe to the channel so we have to go to neighboring places to watch and come back home but guess what we now watch them even in our phone hear them too through phone we browse and so on watch them in television even in free channel so modern music is just the best because the sounds also inspired us.
Online me if am in the church were the sing and they are just clapping hands or only band i dont feel anointing like that but if i meet were the bass guitar and the dream and the trumpet and keyboard are playing i feel so much Inspired.
If we have a gathering and there are two set of gathering close by and it happens there is one of traditional music and the one of the modern music if you look at the population you will find out that the multitude of modern gathering will be full of vibrant and young boys and even some that met traditional music will go for the modern music because they will say they want to be advance too so seriously as the world grow day by day so also development increases
Thank you for sharing