Forms of Ghanaian highlife

Forms of Ghanaian Highlife

A Ghana deme highlife naŋ yi 1980s poɔ a yi ba naŋ pulli West African rhythms yi neŋ Europe, a nensɔlee naŋ yi South ane North America. A Ghana deme highlife waa la parɛɛ ata:

Adaha

Fanti Osibisaaba

palm-wine music.

Dampiiluu Yuomo

A regimental bands a ta 6,000 West Indian soldier naŋ be Coast Castle ane Elmina Castle a British colonial administration da barɛɛ yelkaŋa ba puoriŋ.A yelŋa da la a Adaha brass band na ba naŋ ŋmɛ a  Fanti Coast.

A pare dɛndɛŋe soba Adaha yielu da yarɛɛ la a te tɔ southern Ghana ane o lombori mine. A Konkoma ba naŋ boɔlɔ Konkomba, da eeɛ gaŋgarre ane voonoo na ba naŋ maale kyɛ la yaare a yuoni 1930 ŋa Adaha evolved. A pare ŋa da porɛɛ Bonso, a tembilii ane a kore, a boŋŋmeɛre daa da eeɛ tuo ka a noba koŋ tõɔ da.

A Fanti Osibisaaba yielu na  ba naŋ de boŋŋmeɛrre ane a guitars ane accordions of sailors of the Kru sailors, Liberia deme. A  Fanti Osibisaaba pioneered Africanised cross-fingering guitar techniques ba naŋ maale ka o waa a Ghana deme  Highlife, Maringa of Sierra Leone, a Juju yiele na a western Nigeria ane  "dry" yielu  naŋ  be a Central Africa.

1930 puoriŋ, a Ghana kore poɔ, a Akan saakonnoŋ "seprewa" bee  harp-lute kpɛ pulli la.  A ŋaa da waa neŋ la a  "odonson", Akan "blues" bee "palm-wine music"; roots style highlife.

Guitar 1920-1940

Jacob Sam (Kwame Asare)

Mireku

Appiah Adjekum

Western record companies

Zonophone, Columbia, Odeon and His Master's Voice, naŋ be Ghana poɔ.

Haailaf

A high-class yiele ane local tunes a street maŋ vɛŋ la ka a yiele leɛ waa o toɔra- a highlife ŋa te naŋ baŋ zine. Excelsoir Orchestra ane Jazz Kings naŋ be Accra poɔ da maale la a yuoni 1914 poɔ. A piilaa, a less affluent naŋ teɛre ka a yiele ŋa da ŋmɛ la a teŋɛ poɔ a ballroom ane ragtime dance orchestras. A yuomo 1950s poɔ, theater laŋgbulo maŋ yi yɔ la a taŋɛ zaa ane a "concert party' wuli ka a highlife guitar bands na ba naŋ de enne da poɔ la ba deɛne poɔ.

EK Nyame da waa la noba kaŋa boora yiele naŋ pore a  eastern Nigeria.Cape Coast Sugar Babies da la a  highlife orchestras dɛndɛŋe na a yuoni 1937 poɔ na baɛ naŋ maŋ teɛre ba yɛlɛ ane yɔ-pɛle nimie a Nigeria poɔ. A Tempos band, na a  Ga trumpeter ET Mensah naŋ de wēɛ, a Afro-Cuban percussion played by the drummer Guy Warren, ba naŋ boɔlɔ o Kofi Ghanaba.

Highlife leɛ kpɛ la  "gospel highlife", "techno" aŋa  "burgher highlife" forms and "hip-life", a vernacular rap, hip hop ane highlife combination.