Yiri

Question 1

4 features of African music

Answer 1

• Repetition
• Improvisation
• Call and response
• Layered textures

Question 2

Instrumentation of Yiri

Answer 2

-Balafons
-Bell
-Vocals (soloist and chorus)
-Tam-tam (gong)
-Maracas
-Drums:
·Djembe
·Talking drum
·Dun dun

Question 3

Structure of Yiri

Answer 3

3 sections:
Intro
-Balafon solo using tremolo
Main section
-Drum ostinati
-Call and response between soloist and chorus
Coda
-Short balafon phrase
-Drum ostinati interrupted by rests and bell

Question 4

Metre of Yiri

Answer 4

4/4

Question 5

Tempo of Yiri

Answer 5

• Free tempo at beginning

- Steady tempo after Intro

Question 6

Rhythm of Yiri

Answer 6

• Syncopation
• Cross rhythms
• Triplets
• Rhythmic ostinato played by drums

Question 7

Texture of Yiri

Answer 7

• Layered texture
• Monophonic intro
• Occasional heterophonic

Question 8

Dynamics of Yiri

Answer 8

-Little variation

Question 9

Tonality, Harmony and Melody of Yiri

Answer 9

• G flat major
• Hexatonic
• Balafons play mostly short patterns
• Unison when groups sing in choruses