How can we describe the music of Yemi Alade?

Music

West African Music

Fusion music can only be fused with African music.

Fusion music combines two music styles together to create a new musical style.

Fusion music combines West African music with American funk and jazz.

What two genres does 'Old Town Road X' fuse?

Afrobeat fuses West African music traditions with American funk and jazz whereas afrobeats fuses the tradition with any other genre from around the world.

Afrobeat fuses West African music traditions with American funk and jazz whereas afrobeats fuses the tradition with R&B, pop and dancehall.

What is the difference between afrobeat and afrobeats?

Chose two styles and combine the musical features using the instruments at our disposal.

Play two audio clips from songs from different genres at the same time.

Take the lyrics from a song and combine them with the lyrics from another song.

What would western musicians say the time signature of Mede brebre masi ta was?

No - It is spoken but there is a drum accompaniment

Two instruments playing the same rhythm at the same time

Two rhythms that interweave with each other

Two rhythms with different pulses played at the same time

How can we describe the music of Yemi Alade?

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