GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

                                                                               ABSTRACT 

There are various cultures in Africa. These cultures are unique. The uniqueness of the melodies between and among the African communities did not exclude the similarities and differences between or among those melodies as located in the various communities as the case may be at any point. The melodies in Asian Ubaikpa music were found to consist these similarities and differences. The symbolism and the ideality in the artistic, sociological and psychological compartments in the African melodies displayed in the performances of the Asian Ubaikpa music genre are stipulated in the music excerpts in this work. Adapting these unique features as utilized in Asian Ubaikpa music in the art music composition will project the African communal essences beyond Africa.  

KEYWORDS: Melody, Asian Ubaikpa music, Annang and African art music composition.