This question was popular among the candidates and most of these candidates performed fairly well. However, a few candidates performed poorly in the question due to their inadequate knowledge of the musical instruments of Nigeria. They were expected to respond to the question in the following manner
(a) (i) The composers of traditional music are not known but composers of art music are known.
(ii) Art music combines elements of traditional music and western conventional harmonies but traditional music has its own tonality;
(iii) Art music is composed by formally trained musicians whereas
traditional music is part of oral tradition of a particular community.
(iv) Traditional music is transmitted orally from one generation to the other but art music is documented.
(b) (i) Idiophones
Chordophones
Membranophones
Aerophones
(c) (ii) Idiophones - Shekere, Ngedegwu
Chordophones - Goje
Membranophones - Gangan
Aerophones - Alghaita
