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11 Cards in this Set
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What style of music is it? |
West African music |
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Key? |
G flat major |
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Metre? |
Mainly 4/4 |
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Tempo? |
- Introduction is in free tempo - The rest of the piece has a steady pulse |
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Structure? |
Three sections: - Introduction > Solo balafon > 2nd balafon joins > Drums join - Main Section > Drums play ostinato > Alternates between balafon solos and choruses > Call and response vocal sections in the middle - Coda > Marked by a series of dramatic rests > Bell sound at the end |
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Instrumentation? |
- Balafon - Djembe - Talking drum |
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Melody? |
- Balafons play short patterns, often falling from high to low - Balafon has solo breaks - During choruses, choir sings in unison |
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Rhythm? |
- Polyrhythmic - Cross rhythms - Syncopation (especially in vocal and balafon parts) - Vocal soloist uses triplets - Resultant melody is an ostinato |
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Harmony and Tonality? |
- G flat major - Most of the music is hexatonic |
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Texture? |
- Layered texture - Monophonic during the introduction - Heterophonic when two balafons play different versions of the same tune at the same time |
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Dynamics? |
- Little dynamic variation |
