Koko- Yiri

Question 1

Yiri:

Typical Features of African Music (4 points)

Answer 1

🇿🇦Call and Response.

🇿🇦Improvised melodies.

🇿🇦Repetition of rhythms, harmonies and melodies.

🇿🇦Layered textures.

Question 1

Yiri:

Instrumentation (8 points)

Answer 1

🇿🇦Vocals.

🇿🇦Balafon.

🇿🇦Flute.

🇿🇦Djembe.

🇿🇦Tam-tam.

🇿🇦Dundun.

🇿🇦Maracas.

🇿🇦Talking drum.

Question 2

Yiri:

Structure

Answer 2

Intro➡️Chorus A1➡️Balafons solo➡️Chorus A2➡️Balafons solo➡️Vocal solo➡️Balafons solo➡️Chorus B1➡️Balafons solo➡️Chorus B2➡️Balafons solo➡️Chorus A3➡️Balafon solo➡️Chorus.

Question 3

Yiri:

Melody (6 points)

Answer 3

🇿🇦Call and response.

🇿🇦Repetition.

🇿🇦Improvised melodies.

🇿🇦1) Balafon Ostinati➡️Polyphonic texture.

🇿🇦2) Drum Ostinati➡️One bar pattern.

🇿🇦3) Vocal line➡️Pentatonic call and response structure.

Question 4

Yiri:

Dynamics (3 points)

Answer 4

🇿🇦No notated dynamics.

🇿🇦When texture increases, as does the dynamics.

🇿🇦Dynamics largely unvaried.

Question 5

Yiri:

Texture (3 points)

Answer 5

🇿🇦Starts monophonic.

🇿🇦Ends up polyphonic.

🇿🇦Heterophony.

Question 6

Yiri:

Harmony (3 points)

Answer 6

🇿🇦Balafons provide harmonies with each other➡️Balafon 2 joins in main section in octaves.

🇿🇦No harmony generally.

🇿🇦Balafons play short patterns from high to low emphasising G and D.

Question 7

Yiri:

Rhythm (4 points)

Answer 7

🇿🇦Polyrhythmic.

🇿🇦Syncopated➡️Mainly in the vocals and Balafon sections.

🇿🇦Rhythmic cycles of different lengths.

🇿🇦Cross-rhythm.

Question 8

Yiri:

Tonality (2 points)

Answer 8

🇿🇦G^b major.

🇿🇦Hexatonic (based on a 6 note scale).

Question 9

Yiri:

Where?

Answer 9

Burkino Faso.