The Influence of Foreign Music on the Lifestyle of Nigeria Youths (A Case Study of Warri, Delta)
Chapter One
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The following are the objectives of this study:
- To examine the influence of foreign music on the lifestyle of Nigerian youth.
- To examine the morality of foreign music content.
- To determine the level of acceptance of foreign music by Nigerian youths.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK
CONCEPT OF MUSIC
The concepts of music include duration, pitch, dynamics and expressive techniques, tone colour, texture and structure. When describing the improvised solo, refer to aspects of these six concepts of music by considering questions such as the following.
Duration
- What is the tempo? Does it change?
- How many bars does the solo last?
- How long or short are the sounds? Are there silences?
- What rhythm patterns feature? Are the rhythms syncopated? Pitch
- What is the pitch of the solo voice or instrument?
- What is the melodic contour (shape) of the improvised solo? Does it move by steps or leaps, does it move up or down?
- Is the tonality major, minor, modal? Is there a change of key? Dynamics and expressive techniques
- How loud or soft is the music? Does the dynamic level change?
- What techniques does the soloist use to add to the expressive quality of the music? For example, are notes played legato or staccato, or accented; does the music slow down or pause; is the melody line ornamented?
Tone colour
- Which instrument plays the solo and what other instruments are heard?
- Does the soloist use techniques to modify the tone colour?
- Are the sounds acoustic, electric or electronic? Texture
- What other layers of sounds are heard during the solo and what role/s do they serve (for example, melody, countermelody, harmony, bass line)?
Structure
- How is the material of the solo organised?
- What musical ideas or motifs feature?
- Is there repetition and contrast within the solo?
- Does the solo include riffs or ostinatos?
EFFECT OF MUSIC ON MOOD OF TEENAGERS
Music is especially meaningful and popular during adolescence (Tarrant 2002). It is the most preferred leisure time activity for many adolescents (Fitzgerald, Joseph et al. 1995) with music listening being consistently rated as the most favoured way of spending time in doors (North and Hargreaves 1999). The range and diversity of musical genres available to adolescents is ever increasing, with the mP3 revolution making it possible to download an extraordinary variety of songs from every part of the globe (Scannell 2001). This level of access increases the necessity for educators to be informed about the potential impact of music listening given that teenagers spend most of their time in school. The Parent-Teacher Association of America, along with the American Academy of Paediatrics, has challenged the music industry with a vast range of accusations in relation to the provision of music to adolescents. Rock music in particulary has come under fire for its associations with adolescent suicidality and heavy metal music has also been targeted by the Parent’s Music Resource Centre for its links with antisocial behaviours (Scheel and Westefeld 1999). Allegations have been made about backmasking satanic messages in some songs, although these have mostly been proven to have more superficial intentions – namely commercial success (Blecha 2004). The impact of themes of extreme violence, rebellion, sexual promiscuity and rebellion typically used in hip-hop and heavy metal music can be mitigated to some degree by research that suggests teenagers listen to the music more than the lyrics (Gantz, Gartenberg et al. 1978; Mark 1988; Wass, Raup et al. 1988; Steinberg 1996), which in many cases are already heavily disguised by distortion and dramatic singing styles. In addition to public concern about a causative relationship between listening to aggressive styles of music and bad behaviour, research has consistently identified a relationship between poor mental health and adolescent music preferences for rap, rave and/or heavy metal music (eg. Stack, Gundlach et al. 1994; Scheel and Westefeld 1999; Lacourse, Claes et al. 2001; Tarrant, North et al. 2001; Anderson, Carnagey et al. 2003; Rustad, Small et al. 2003;
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
This chapter covers the description and discussion on the various techniques and procedures used in the study to collect and analyze the data as it is deemed appropriate
Research Design
For this study, the survey research design was adopted. The choice of the design was informed by the objectives of the study as outlined in chapter one. This research design provides a quickly efficient and accurate means of assessing information about a population of interest. It intends to assess influence of foreign music on lifestyle of nigeria youths
The study will be conducted in Delta State, Nigeria.
Population of the Study
A total of 800 questionnaires were distributed. Although only 200 were returned and completed. This will serve as the Population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION, DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
This chapter is devoted to the presentation, analysis and interpretation of the data gathered in the course of this study. The data are based on the number of copies of the questionnaire completed and returned by the respondents. The data are presented in tables and the analysis is done using the chi-square test and pearson correlation.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
The following are the objectives of this study:
- To examine the influence of foreign music on the lifestyle of Nigeria youth.
- To examine the morality of the foreign music content.
- To determine the level of acceptance of foreign music by Nigerian youths.
FINDINGS
As a result of the findings from the respondents the study found out that:
- Foreign music has significant impact on the social live of youth
- Foreign music does influence the lifestyle of Nigerian youths.
- The general acceptance of foreign music is based on its content
- Foreign music has a significant impact on the fashion style of most Nigeria youth
- Foreign music serves as a motivation to most upcoming Nigerian artists
- The choice of foreign music has increased overtime in Nigeria.
CONCLUSION
From the responses of the respondents and the result of the data analysis we conclude that foreign music does influence the lifestyle of Nigerian youths since there is a statistically significant (0.00) strong (0.849) relationship between the responses of the respondents that said that foreign music does influence the lifestyle of Nigerian youths and those that said that the general acceptance of foreign music is based on its content.
RECOMMENDATION
Music is good for the health and emotional balance but the study still advised that youths should mind the kind of music they listen to; some of the music have lyrics that will have negative impact on the life style of youths; in Nigeria today music youths listen to rap music; they end up using the words they heard from the lyrics of the music they listen to. Youths are advised to listen to music that will not influence them negatively.
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