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Koko- 'yiri' Flashcards

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Texture

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Starts monophonic, only balafon playing
Heterophonic, when two balafons start playing
Polyphonic, at times

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Country

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Burkino faso

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Rhythm

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Cross rhythms
Polyrhythms
Syncopation

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Key

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Gb major
Feels Modal
Pentatonic scale (Gb, Ab, B, Db, Eb)
Call and response and unison

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Harmony/accompaniment

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7 tones
Most of the time only 6 heard- hexatonic
Emphasis on Gb and Db
Rhythmic ostinati on the drums

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Metre

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Free time/ free metre at the beginning

Time signature is 4/4 when the two balafons play

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Instrumentation

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Voice-simple pentatonic, call and response
Two balafons play and interval of an octave, complex polyphony
Drum ostinati: quaver, 2 semi quavers, relentless pattern
Djembe
Talking drum/ dono
Agogo bell

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Learnt

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Oral tradition

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Tempo

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Unvaried
Beat is regular
Drum ostinati persists throughout

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Dynamics

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Unvaried

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Written in

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2002

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Structure

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12 sections 
Intro- 3 sections (balafon solo)
Chorus A
Balafon solo
Chorus A
Balafon solo
Vocal solo
Balafon solo
Chorus B
Balafon solo
Chorus A
Balafon solo
Coda
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Introduction (1)

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Free metre
Balafon- improvised solo
Monophonic 
Use of tremolo
Acciacatura
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Introduction (2)

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Pulse/metre established
Balafon 2 added - octaves
Heterophonic

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Balafon 3

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Drum ostinati added

Balafon 2 ostinato

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Coda

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Completely new material

Ends with an agogo bell

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Chorus A

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Unison singing
Mainly syllabic
Short, repeated phrases
Falling phrases
First few - Db
Last few- Gb
Balafon interjections
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Chorus B

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2 lots of chorus A’s

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Balafon solo 1

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Same idea as chorus A

Db and Gb

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Balafon solo 2

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Lower

Emphasis on Gb

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Balafon solo 3

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Higher than regular

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Balafon solo 4

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Gb emphasis
Fast, virtuosic rhythms
Variation on chorus A
Anticipating home

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Balafon solo 5

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Same as the others

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Vocal section

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Dramatic new material
Long notes ---> short
Balafon interjections
Choir respond in unison
Part1: balafon ostinatos
Part2: balafon ostinato with cross rhythms
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How to remember chorus B

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Chorus banana, chorus banana

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