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Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0Igbo music (Igbo: Egwu nkwa ndi Igbo ) is the music of the Igbo people, who are indigenous to the southeastern part of Nigeria.
01 · What it is
MusicVocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
NigeriaPlaced on record in Nigeria.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
1 cited sourceEvery claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What is Igbo music in plain words?
Igbo music (Igbo: Egwu nkwa ndi Igbo ) is the music of the Igbo people, who are indigenous to the southeastern part of Nigeria.
Where is Igbo music practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Igbo music in Nigeria.
What is the current condition of Igbo music today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
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The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 1 sourceIgbo music (Igbo: Egwu nkwa ndi Igbo ) is the music of the Igbo people, who are indigenous to the southeastern part of Nigeria. The Igbo traditionally rely heavily on percussion instruments such as the drum and the gong, which are popular because of their innate ability to provide a diverse array of tempo, sound, and pitch.
Igbo music is generally lively, upbeat, and spontaneous, which creates a variety of sounds that enable the Igbo people to incorporate music into almost all facets of their daily lives. Some very popular Igbo musical styles are Igbo highlife, Ogene, Igbo gospel.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Igbo music”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
Igbo music is music genre, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
The source record links this tradition to 2 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 1
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