Yiri - Koko

Question 1

Where does the piece come from?

Answer 1

Burkina Faso

Question 2

When was the piece released?

Answer 2

2006

Question 3

What do the melodies use?

Answer 3

5 or 7 note scales

Question 4

What instrument calls and what instrument responds?

Answer 4

Call - Solo Voice

Response - Chorus of singers (in unison)

Question 5

What is the vocal line based on?

Answer 5

Pentatonic scale

Question 6

What do the melodies often do?

Answer 6

Descend in pitch

Question 7

Where does new melodic material appear?

Answer 7

The Coda section

Question 8

What key is the piece in?

Answer 8

G flat Major

Question 9

What is the piece mostly in?

Answer 9

Octaves and unison

Question 10

What rhythm does the piece start in?

Answer 10

Free tempo

Question 11

What time signature does the piece establish eventually?

Answer 11

4/4 Time

Question 12

What is the drum beat/rhythm?

Answer 12

Incessant
Simple
Interlocking

Question 13

What else is in the piece?

Answer 13

Ostinati

Question 14

What techniques are used in the rhythm?

Answer 14

Polyrhythms
Cross-rhythms
Syncopation

Question 15

Where are there more complex rhythms?

Answer 15

In the solo breaks

Question 16

How is the piece played?

Answer 16

Improvised

Question 17

What instruments are in the piece?

Answer 17

Balafons
Djembe
Dundun
Talking drum
Drums
Bell
Solo + group of unison voices

Question 18

What is the texture of the opening solo?

Answer 18

Monophonic

Question 19

When is the texture heterophonic?

Answer 19

When the balafons play the same melody but at different pitches

Question 20

What other texture is in the piece?

Answer 20

Polyphonic

Question 21

What creates a dramatic effect?

Answer 21

Variety in texture

Question 22

What are the elements of the structure?

Answer 22

Intro
Instrumental sections
Choruses
Call and response
Variations
Outro/Coda