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What are the categories of African music?

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1. African music is the traditional music of various black people in Africa south of the Sahara Desert

2. The role of African music

Associated with various labor and social life customs

African music plays an important role in various ceremonies (such as various kings and chiefs In addition to being used for entertainment and expression of political life, it is also used as a means of transmitting information (see individual tribes for expressing will) Channel) to praise gods and humans, and also used to exorcise demons and diseases

Characteristics of African music

1. Highly developed rhythm, complex and changeable rhythm lines and rhythm levels.

2. There are many types of African music scales

3. African music melodies are often narrower and the phrases are shorter

4. African music has a natural polyphonic tendency

5. There are many types of African music instruments

A body-sounding instruments B scraping-body instruments