Music and cultural identity and expression.

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Music is widely done around the globe, and it has it variety of uses to which it also applies to different culture identity and also it expresses they way we all see it. Different culture has their way they interpret music and also translated music to create good melody from it. Sometimes, we listen to music from different tribes and we might seems really confused because it's not our culture and we do not know how they might have gone about it. Only the people of the same tribe will be able to understand what message that is been passed through the music.

Music brings people of the same cultural identity together and give them good relation. Different culture have different songs which they sing,and also different style which they use in showing it so that it soothe their tradition and also express their belief and cultural values.

We have some genres of music in the world which portray music and cultural identity which are;
1. Blues; Blues are song sang by the black Americans of the United State it so now world widely sang by everyone across the country. This song gives a lot of means and also it is used for lot of ceremonies across the world. This blues song was originally created by its soulful vocals which it give to the heart when ever you hear them. Also, it gives an emotional lyrics which give a distinct meaning and distinctive also the vibe of the guitar playing even without even singing the song.

2. Folk music; Folk music is a traditional music with the use of pipes and fiddles. Folk music are mostly used for telling any kind of story. This music played during this storytelling draw the attention of the listener to the person telling the story themself. Story telling and folk music works in handy, I remember some days when I was still tender, I love going out to hear stories because I love the folk music that was rendered and also different stories about things we hear.

3. JuJu music; This song is mainly popular among the Yoruba singles(Africans).. it is widely sang in every aspect of the Nigerian country and this allows most of the Nigerian artist to work with this singing process because most of the singing style got originated from the JuJu style because it is an ancient musical style.

4 . Afro Pop, Apala and many others.. These songs are generally used for different occasions and has different meanings to the songs they are played to.. Music is life and can fit into any aspect of life..