THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF AFRICAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, USING EZEGBE’S FIGURED ORGANOGRAPHIC COMPOSITE NOTATIONAL SYSTEM (EFOCONS)

Abstract

Musical instruments indigenous to Africa are termed African musical instruments. As the name implies, the materials of construction are sourced primarily in Africa. This does not mean that materials of construction of these musical instruments cannot be bought outside Africa. Indigenous technologists of these instruments are readily available in the cultures that produce them. They constitute means of livelihood to the producers and so serve as incentives to them. This singular factor accounts for why these musical instruments have not gone into extinction since the markets are readily available. The vegetation of a particular culture area affects the type of musical instruments produced.