African Music Chapter 4 Analysis

Another quote that is in chapter 4 on participation that shows how African music is used in a different way to retain a focus on involvement in African music. ''Just as they encourage a musician's confidence in order to enhance possibilities for personal happiness and community realization. They regard participation as an effort to contribute because they believe that involvement will lead to caring and that a participation will find a wat to complement a situation'' (Chernoff 162) If is the musician is preforming the crowd shows appreciating and get involve to boost the performer confident by clapping and joining by singing. An example how I would use to describe the quote is how would someone be in a situation where they had to dance in front
of an entire crowd, and perform a song that represents African style of music. Another quote that explains on chapter 4 is ''When participation is not a joke, when the situation passes from the comic to the serious, people try to tolerant and sympatric open-mindedness and support'' (Chernoff 163). This quote gives out a more understanding from the first quote that I provided of participation. ''In African the notion of participation as a significant gesture of active effort, as a contribute which gives life and meaning, has provided a central theme of religious intuition and practice'' (Chernoff 164).