Question 5
Jazz, Reggae, Calypso, R&B and Afrobeat.
Write on any three of the above listed musical types, focusing on:
- any three instruments used;
- any two popular musicians.
Observation
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This question was popular among the candidates and most of these candidates performed excellently well. The candidates had good knowledge of the musical genre, the instruments used and popular musicians of the listed black music in diaspora.
S/N
MUSICAL GENRE
INSTRUMENT
POPULAR MUSICIANS
i
Jazz
Bass guitar, voice, trumpet, clarinet, drums, cornet, trombone, tuba, conga, maracas, banjo, piano (keyboard), saxophone rhythm guitar
Louis Armstrong, Miles Davies, Joshua Holcomb, Will Anderson, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzie Gillespie, John Coletraine, Scott Joplin, Hugh Masakela
ii
Reggae
Bass guitar, drums, voice, piano (keyboard), trumpet, rhythm guitar, saxophone, trombone, conga, maracas, French horn,
Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Robbie Shakesphere, Shy Dunbar, Johnny Nash, Alpha Blondy, Majek Fashek, Rita Marley, UB40, U-Roy, Yellowman, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Bunny Wailer
iii
Calypso
Trumpet, steel pan, conga, trombone, flute, saxophone, bass guitar, maracas, rhythm guitar, piano (keyboard)
Mighty Sparrow, Harry Belafonte, Mighty Shadow, David Rudder, Mighty Terror
iv
R&B
Voice, guitar trumpet, steel pan, conga, trombone, flute, saxophone, bass guitar, maracas, rhythm guitar, piano (keyboard)
Diana Ross, Mariam Makeba, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, B.B. King, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder
v
Afrobeat
Voice, trumpet, steel pan, conga, trombone, flute, saxophone, bass guitar, maracas, rhythm guitar, piano (keyboard)
Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Seun Kuti, Femi Kuti, Orlando Julius Ekemode, Alariwo