{"title":"A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON OGU MASE MUSIC OF AKARAKUMOANDLAGON-THOGLI BADAGRY, LAGOS STATE.","authors":"O. Loko, F. John","doi":"10.33906/musicologist.851319","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This is a comparative study on Mase musicin two Ogu communities;Akarakumoand Lagon-Thogliin Badagry Lagos, Nigeria. Issues relating to the origin, relevance, structure, form and development of Mase music in both communities were investigated for documentation and archival purposes. Data is drawn from oral interviews, participant observation and available literature. Respondents were selected among leaders and members of the visited Mase groups. Selected samples of Mase songs were transcribed into staff notation and analysed for documentation. The study revealed that Mase music and its variants were created by YedenouAdjahoui from Benin Republic. The instrumental ensemble of Mase music includes Apotin, Aze, Alekle-daho, Alekle-pevi, Apesin-daho, Apesin-pevi, Ogan, Ayaand hand clapping.","PeriodicalId":29680,"journal":{"name":"Musicologist","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Musicologist","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.33906/musicologist.851319","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"MUSIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This is a comparative study on Mase musicin two Ogu communities;Akarakumoand Lagon-Thogliin Badagry Lagos, Nigeria. Issues relating to the origin, relevance, structure, form and development of Mase music in both communities were investigated for documentation and archival purposes. Data is drawn from oral interviews, participant observation and available literature. Respondents were selected among leaders and members of the visited Mase groups. Selected samples of Mase songs were transcribed into staff notation and analysed for documentation. The study revealed that Mase music and its variants were created by YedenouAdjahoui from Benin Republic. The instrumental ensemble of Mase music includes Apotin, Aze, Alekle-daho, Alekle-pevi, Apesin-daho, Apesin-pevi, Ogan, Ayaand hand clapping.