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Research Article | Volume 4 Issue 4 (July-Aug, 2022)
The Kundung (Xylophone) of The Berom People and The Classification of Indigenous African Musical Instruments
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Abstract

African colonialism severely stunted the advancement of Afro-indigenous science, technology, politics, and economics, deeming it antiquated and giving colonial culture priority. The colonial overlords severely scorned and rejected Africa's ancient traditions in favour of their civilization. African arts and culture have also been marginalized, especially in the area of music technology, as most African melodic and harmonic musical instruments are viewed as incapacitated instruments that can be used for contemporary music accompaniment. The Berom tribe in Plateau State is familiar with the native xylophone known as Kundung(Xylophone) which has the limitation of playing five-note and its harmony is mostly in parallels. The musical instrument (Kundung) has frequently had important roles in entertainment, social and spiritual gatherings. In terms of its use, preservation, construction, and identity as a priceless cultural monument, there are rising fears that the Kundung is quickly losing its pride of place in most Berom communities. Thus, the building of the Kundungusing indigenous materials, technology, and abilities is the main topic of this article. It also discusses how the instrument may be considered one of the most cutting-edge techno-musical instruments from Africa while still maintaining its originality. Techniques, phases and procedures, materials, and tools used in the instrument's construction are all taken into consideration. Therefore, the connectivity between the components of the Kundung and how they function is established using a combination of scientific, historical, and descriptive study methodologies. As a result, the methods used by the locals to produce the instrument's scale and syrupy sound prove clever. The researcher realist that the musical instrument is turned by the maker based on assumption as the music but yet maintains the same intervallic measurement that to show one ability is memorizing a particular key. Also, the instrument is strictly constructed from the materials found in that environment as well as uses waste material from cows such as the horn which served as resonators to the musical instrument.

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