The Adaha was type of highlife that was played on flutes, fifes and brass band drums which spread across West Africa in the 1930's History The Adaha was a brand music played in the coastal areas by the Fante people in 1880s. The Adaha music of Fanti coast was the earliest documented , syncopated style of brass band. Europeans and west Indians soldiers taught Africans to read music and to play brass and woodwind instruments. The colonial military brass-bands became adaha highlife. The local African people created their own blend of brass band music from marches, polkas and nineteen century ballads. The Adaha music spread throughout the villages which made the people adapt to drums and call-and-response singing. It was stationed in Cape Coast and Elmina.
The Adaha was type of highlife that was played on flutes, fifes and brass band drums which spread across West Africa during the 1930's History The Adaha was a style of music played in the coastal areas by the Fante people in 1880s. The Adaha music of the Fante was the earliest documented syncopated style of brass band. European and West Indian soldiers taught Africans to read music and to play brass and woodwind instruments. The music of the colonial military brass bands evolved into Adaha highlife. The local African people created their own blend of brass band music from marches, polkas and nineteen century ballads. The Adaha music spread throughout the villages which made the people adapt to drums and call and response singing. It was centered in cites and towns such as Cape Coast and Elmina.
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