TRADITIONAL ENSEMBLE IN CLASSROOM MUSIC LEARNING: A PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH

Abstract

The abstractness of music classes in Nigeria schools has been proven to be one of the primary causes of student’s refusal to choose music as an elective course in JS (Junior Secondary) class one to three as at 1990-1994. The introduction of musical culture, instruments and terminologies that are foreign to Nigerian student has left the students with mere imagination of non-reality subject of study called music. These unfamiliar terminologies are not only difficult for students to understand but also very difficult for most school teachers to interpret appropriately, since both the teachers and students possess little or no training on the language from which these terminologies were borrowed from. This makes it more difficult for students to remember these terms or even associate the terms with things around them.