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11 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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What does Yuri mean?
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Wood
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What is the genre of this song?
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West African music
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What country is it from?
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Burkina Faso
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Features of West African music?
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Repetition/ostinato
Improvisation Polyphonic textures Call and response |
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Instruments
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Male voices (solo and chorus)
2 balafons (wooden xylophones, one is lower in pitch) Djembe (played with hands) Dundun (double-headed drum played with sticks) Donno (talking drums) |
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Tempo and rhythm
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Quite fast-remains same throughout
Rhythmic features: -Syncopation used throughout the balafon and vocal parts - Vocal soloist uses triplets -Cross rhythms sometimes occur between the vocals and balafons. -Drums play a rhythmic ostinato of a quaver and 2 semi quavers throughout the piece. |
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Tonality
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Gb major
Balafons highlight notes Gb and Db |
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Texture
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Homophonic introduction before layers are built up to form a polyphonic texture.
Heteropohony between two balafons. Male vocal chorus sing in unison. |
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Melody
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Balafon ostinati
Balafon improvisations which are more virtuosic. Short vocal phrases such as "Yiri" Call and response Much of the melody is hexatonic (using 6 notes of GB avoiding F) |
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Structure
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Intro:
-Balafon solo -2nd balafon joins in -Drums join in Main section: -Alternates between balafon solos and choruses -In the middle of this section there is a vocal solo in which call and response is used between the solo vocalist and the choir. Ending: -Marked by a series of dramatic rests. -Bell sound at the end. |
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Harmony
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No chords are used, music is a combination of melody lines and ostinati.
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