Indigenous Music Performance and its Influence on Contemporary Nigerian Music

The study was on influence of indigenous music performance on contemporary Nigerian music. The study used the descriptive survey research design. The target population for this study included music undergraduate students in the University of Port Harcourt, in Rivers state, Nigeria. A sample of 60 respondents was drawn for the study using purposive sampling technique and the snowball sampling technique. The instrument used for the study was titled “Influences of Indigenous Music on Contemporary Nigerian Music Questionnaire” (IIMOCNMQ). The face and content validity of the instruments were determined through expert judgment. Reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha method with a reliability index of 0.86. The questionnaire was personally administered and collected by the researcher. Item by item analysis involving mean and standard deviation was used for data analysis. Results of the study revealed that Afro-beat music influence contemporary Nigerian music to a high extent. Igbo highlife influence contemporary Nigerian music only to a low extent while Folk music influence contemporary Nigerian music to a very low extent. Based on this, it was recommended that traditional musicians should find means of blending indigenous music in modern Nigerian music so as to sustain its values.