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Yiri Flashcards

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1
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Who plays the first solo

A

Balafon

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2
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What is Call and Response?

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One part plays a phrase and another part plays an answering phrase

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3
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What is an Ostinato?

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Short, repeated pattern

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4
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What are Ostinati?

A

Several short repeated patterns

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5
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What is Improvisation

A

Making it up as you go along

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6
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What is imitation?

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One part copying what another has just played/sung

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7
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What key is Yiri in?

A

Gb modal pentatonic

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8
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What is unison?

A

When everyone plays or sings exactly the same thing at the same time

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9
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Which instrument similar to a xylophone is used in Yiri?

A

Balafon

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10
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Which 3 drums are used in Yiri?

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Small talking drum, large talking drum, djembe

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11
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When is the cowbell used in Yiri?

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At the very end

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12
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What does polyphonic mean?

A

Two or more intertwining rhythms

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What does monophonic mean?

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One melody line only

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14
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What does heterophonic mean?

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Two versions of the same melody played at the same time, with slight differences between them

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What does polyrhythmic mean?

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Several intertwining melodies

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16
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What is the chorus?

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The main section, repeated several times throughout the piece in which all the singers sing

17
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What is a balafon break?

A

A short balafon solo between the vocal sections

18
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What is the coda?

A

Ending section

19
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What are cross-rhythms?

A

Several different rhythmic patterns which cross over each other when played at the same time. Very similar to polyrhythms

20
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What does syncopation mean?

A

Off-beat rhythms

21
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What does unmetered mean?

A

No fixed pulse/beat/time signature

22
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What is free time?

A

When there is no fixed pulse

23
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Which country do Koko come from?

A

Burkina Faso

24
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Who sings Yiri?

A

Koko

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