Uses And Impact of Music JSS3 Cultural & Creative Arts (CCA) Lesson Note

TOPIC: USES OF MUSIC

Music plays a vital role in our everyday life. This makes music part of our lives from inception till this contemporary time. The uses of music are as follows:

1. It is played to entertain guests during ceremonies.
2. Music is played during cultural festivals to spice up the event.
3. Music is played during religious worship.
4. Music is played in the background during advertisements both on radio and television.
5. Music is used by a medical practitioner in hospitals to treat patients.

 IMPACTS OR EFFECTS OF MUSIC

1. Music helps to build relationships.
2. Music fosters brotherliness.
3. Music creates awareness in the mass media.
4. The lyrics of music mould and mar or destroy one’s life.
5. Music helps to project important dignitaries in the society.
6. Music is used by nursing mothers to send a baby to sleep.

EVALUATION QUESTIONS

1. Mention two functions of music.
2. Highlight three ways music can impact humans.

 GENERAL EVALUATION / REVISION QUESTIONS

1. What are local crafts?
2. Mention two notable areas in Nigeria where fabric dyers practice tie and dye.
3. What is self-control?
4. State three ways in which one can exercise self-control.
5. What is teamwork?

 READING ASSIGNMENT

A Proper Approach to Cultural and Creative Art by Peter Akinyemi (Book 3).

REFERENCE PAGE: Pages 83 – 87. Attempt the revision questions. 

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

1. …………….song gives a soothing relief to a bereaved person who lost a loved one.  (a) Funeral (b) Cradle   (c) Insult  (d) Folk
2. ………….….is a kind of song that mothers sing to send a baby to sleep. (a) Lullaby  (b) Gospel song  (c) Folk song  (d) Insult song
3. Music is a form of entertainment. (a) True  (b) False  (c) Maybe (d) Not sure
4. Which one of these is NOT an impact of music? (a) Moulding and marring one’s life. (b) Creating disunity in the country  (c) Creating public awareness through the mass media  (d) building relationships
5. Which one of these is not a function of music? (a) Killing one’s idea  (b) Adding life to an occasion   (c) Celebrating cultural festivals  (d) For religious worship

THEORY

1. State two uses of music.
2. Enumerate two effects of music.