When it comes to the music of the Zulu people, the ties it shares with other forms of African music are as similar as they are different.  One common similarity shared is the dependence on rhythms rather on other aspects such as melody and harmony while the most common similarity is that, simply put, the role of the music is express various aspects of life itself (Music of Africa)

            The form of most Zulu music revolves around the use of a repeated musical phrase often accompanied by a more rhythmic pattern or melody.  Almost like a theater performance, the song is broken into different acts that help portray the story. The rhythm involved in Zulu music revolves around the use of timing, organization, patterns and the combination of rhythmic groupings to express the story being told.  The texture of Zulu music can be described as having a very dense structure comprised of multiple pitches, various instruments, and even vocal or body use to help add to its uniqueness and power. For the timbre of the music the term “hocketing” is used which is the sharing of the music between two or more performers or players with each one taking a different line or rhythm (Music of Africa).

            With the music of the Zulu people being as vast as it is complex the ability to feel its beauty, its emotion, even its life like quality is something that truly has to seen and heard to be believed.