ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN AFRICAN MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

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Welcome to the fascinating intersection of traditional African music, cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence in African Music and Instrumental Technology is a groundbreaking book that explores the exciting possibilities emerging from the fusion of these three fields.

Artificial Intelligence in African Music and Instrumental Technology is novel and innovational, bringing out the colouration of Artificial Intelligence in African Music Technology with implications of Artificial Intelligence and technological application tools for instrument fabrication/tuning. The book explores the dynamic relationship between traditional African music and evolving instrumental technology utilizing Artificial Intelligence and calling for a fusion of African music with modern technology in filming/theatre and institutions of learning via the instrumentality of Artificial Intelligence.

It elucidates technological application of Sibelius, Cubase, Sound Forge etc. music writing/recording in contemporary music making and studies in schools.

Ethnomusicologists and music technologists who have made their footprints effectually impactful in the sands of time are featured exhaustively. A great deal of musical ecological context is reflected for further ecological researches.

Ecological details of interior intricate dances of Nigeria’s Ambaya, Egbelegbele, Gbagyi, Shandam, Bibife, Kwasekuhan and other local dances are highlighted.

It features African music characteristics; sprechstimme/sprechgesang; war songs, Hausa oral praise songs Kirraari/Taakee etc. for the sake of adding colours to theatrical performances and filming.

The folksongs are translated into English for the sake of meaning and not necessarily meant to be sung in English for the sake of musical sensibility and singability.