Koko- 'yiri' Flashcards
Texture
Starts monophonic, only balafon playing
Heterophonic, when two balafons start playing
Polyphonic, at times
Country
Burkino faso
Rhythm
Cross rhythms
Polyrhythms
Syncopation
Key
Gb major
Feels Modal
Pentatonic scale (Gb, Ab, B, Db, Eb)
Call and response and unison
Harmony/accompaniment
7 tones
Most of the time only 6 heard- hexatonic
Emphasis on Gb and Db
Rhythmic ostinati on the drums
Metre
Free time/ free metre at the beginning
Time signature is 4/4 when the two balafons play
Instrumentation
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
Learnt
Oral tradition
Tempo
Unvaried
Beat is regular
Drum ostinati persists throughout
Dynamics
Unvaried
Written in
2002
Structure
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
Introduction (1)
Free metre Balafon- improvised solo Monophonic Use of tremolo Acciacatura
Introduction (2)
Pulse/metre established
Balafon 2 added - octaves
Heterophonic
Balafon 3
Drum ostinati added
Balafon 2 ostinato
Coda
Completely new material
Ends with an agogo bell
Chorus A
Unison singing Mainly syllabic Short, repeated phrases Falling phrases First few - Db Last few- Gb Balafon interjections
Chorus B
2 lots of chorus A’s
Balafon solo 1
Same idea as chorus A
Db and Gb
Balafon solo 2
Lower
Emphasis on Gb
Balafon solo 3
Higher than regular
Balafon solo 4
Gb emphasis
Fast, virtuosic rhythms
Variation on chorus A
Anticipating home
Balafon solo 5
Same as the others
Vocal section
Dramatic new material Long notes ---> short Balafon interjections Choir respond in unison Part1: balafon ostinatos Part2: balafon ostinato with cross rhythms
How to remember chorus B
Chorus banana, chorus banana
