Kpanlogo

Kpanlogo yɛ asaw na ndwom a ɔhyɛɛ ase 1960 mu wɔ Nkran mbaabun mu wɔ Ghana.

 Abɔse 
Gafo kuw bi a wɔwɔ Nkran Mantɔw mu na wodzii kan bɔe, dodow no are tsetse kurow no mu na ne nkyɛnkyɛn, naaso ɔman no nyinaa tum bɔ gyegye hɔn enyiwa. Ɔhyɛɛ ase wɔ afe 1960 mu dɛ asaw fofor, Americanfo 'rock na roll' na onyaa do nkɛntɛndo ma mbaabun a wɔwɔ Nkran no dze yɛɛ soronko fir hɔn mpanyimfo dze ho. Ghananyi kyinbɔnyi panyin C. K. Ladzekpo kaa dɛ kpanlogo "yɛ mbaabun no ayer-asaw soronko na sɛnkyerɛndze a ɔkyerɛ ahofama a ɔrotu mpon  wɔ Ghana nkrase apaamufo mbaabun no mu dze bɔ dawur fa adwenkyerɛ a wɔwɔ wɔ kwan a wɔbɛfado atsen hɔn adwen wɔ tsetse nkoasom ho wɔ Ebibir mu ho".Ladzekpo, C. K. (1995: web). "Kpanlogo Song Book", Foundation Course in African Music. Web.   Sɛ wɔresaw kpanlogo asaw a wɔ taa saw no wɔ famu, wɔkotow kakra na wɔbɔ hɔn mu adze, na ndzeyɛɛ a wɔyɛ wɔ mu no pii twetwe adwen kɔ nkitahodzi ho. Kyerɛw to hɔ a pilisifo gyee nkyen a wɔdze bɔ na wɔkyekyee asawfo no bi wɔ tsetse mber no mu nso wɔ hɔ.  

Ndwom a odzi kpanlogo asaw ekyir no wo yii fir tsetse Nkranfo nkyenbɔ amambra, tsedɛ gome, oge na kolomashie. Wɔdze ndzɛmba ahorow ebiasa bɔ Kpanlogo ndwom no:instruments: nono (dadze adɔma), fao, na kpanlogo kyen. Nono dzi dwuma tsitsir wɔ ndwom no mu, ofir hɔ a fao no nso boa. Ɔnnyɛ woawoa kraa dɛ yɛdze kpanlogo nkyen na ama 'banyin ndze', 'basis ndze' na 'kyen Panyin'.

Kpanlogo adɔma yɛ ndwom mu key patan a woakyɛr a wohu no wɔ sub-Saharan Africa. Adɔma paatan a kpanlogo dze dzi dwuma no nye 'the son clave' paatan a wɔtsee wɔ Cuban ndwom mu no sɛ.Peñalosa, David (2010: 245). The Clave Matrix; Afro-Cuban Rhythm: Its Principles and African Origins. Redway, CA: Bembe Inc. . Na ɔtsedɛ "Bo Diddley beat" a U. S rhythm na 'blues' ndwontowfo Bo Diddley maa ɔgyee dzin no.

 Mboadze 

 Unruh, Amee Jo (2000).  "Kpanlogo:  A Detailed Description of One Arrangement of a West-African Music and Dance Genre."  M.M. thesis with videotape.  Bowling Green, Ohio:  Bowling Green State University.