![]() ![]() The highest type of brass band is the "large mixed brass band", which has the ability to perform works of considerable complexity. Therefore, this type of performance of wind music is used mainly to accompany the solemn processions of various kinds, as well as to perform dance music. Its powerful and loud sound does not need to be amplified by various technical devices – microphones, etc. One of the main differences of a brass band is the possibility of its use outdoors. Attention is also paid to the peculiarities of brass band leadership and professional skills of the conductor. The article covers the modern composition of a brass band, the main musical instruments that make up performing groups the features of sound, range, tessitura of traditional musical instruments. ![]() I argue that indigenisation is not a straightforward process of adaptation, rather, indigenisation is a process of ongoing aesthetic tensions and differences resulting in new musical forms and new forms of socialisation organised around musical performance. I continue by looking at the beginning, development, workings and indigenisation of European military music in local popular culture and provide an account of brass band music as observed in Ghana today. I discuss the distribution and band formations across Ghana, viewing it in five sections that detail different types of brass bands church, town, service, school and “sharbo” bands. I trace the history of this musical world and explore the diverse ways military and missionary activities have shaped amateur brass band musical activities in Ghana. )is paper aims to address this lack by offering a comprehensive account of the contemporary situation of brass band music in Ghana. Despite their uniqueness and widespread presence across the world, brass bands have received limited attention in Ghana. They are an important component of the nineteenth and early twentieth-century colonial expressive culture. )ese bands are of both military and missionary origin. Remains of European brass bands are widely distributed throughout Africa, India, Indonesia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Local brass bands have become an indispensable factor in weddings, processions, rituals of birth or death, at Christmas and New Year festivities in many parts of the globe.
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