Sub Saharan Africa and South East Asia are both very unique and authentic sounding music, but the differences in these types of cultures music is profoundly evident. Sub Saharan African music is largely influenced by the concept of improvisation and ostinato. On the other hand South East Asian music is a polar opposite, considering that it is heavily influenced by practice and thrives off of musical and compositional complexity. When listening to both of these types of music the differences are clearly evident. Sub Saharan Africa's style of music feels very “at the spur of the moment.” Africa's style of music has a way of feeling one dimensional, but not repetitive. I credit this feeling to the fact that African music is heavy on the use