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Description
Mind Map by Katie louise, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Katie louise
almost 6 years ago
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'Release' - Afro Celt Sound System
- Harmony
- piece is in c minor
- drone is on the note C
- drone is on the note C
- repeating chord sequences
- mostly diatonic harmony
- there are some chromatic notes
- (the ascending strings)
- (the ascending strings)
- afew extended chords
- (7th and 9th)
- (7th and 9th)
- the harmonic rhythm is slow and feels
although it remains on the same chord
for the majority of the piece
- piece is in c minor
- structure
- the full structure is:
- intro
- verse 1
- verse 2
- solos
- verse 3
- build
- outro
- outro
- build
- verse 3
- solos
- verse 2
- verse 1
- intro
- the full structure is:
- melody
- there's a female and a male singer
- the vocal melody is repetative
- there are some spoken parts, including vocal samples
- the singers sometimes sing vocables (nonsense lyrics)
- the melody lines are all short phrases
- before the first verse the female sings in free time and it creates an improvisational sound
- solos are taken by the uilleann pipe, whistle and hurdy gurdy
- the fiddle melody uses double stopping
- vocals use glissando and ornamentation
- there's a female and a male singer
- texture
- the start is monophonic
- however the texture throughout is homophonic
- however the texture throughout is homophonic
- at the beginning the texture builds by
adding one loop at a time
- the loops drop in and out also
causing texture to change
- there are many overlapping loops causing
the piece to have a polyphonnic feel
- there are many overlapping loops causing
the piece to have a polyphonnic feel
- the loops drop in and out also
causing texture to change
- there's a heterophonic texture during the outro as solo
instruments play the same thing with slight variations
- the start is monophonic
- rhythm / metre
- the time signature is 4/4
- lots of repetitive riffs and ostinato patterns
- syncopated throughout
- 4 bar loops
- some notes are accented to
make them louder
- triplets are used
- sextuplets are used
- semi-quavers are slightly swung
(giving the piece a relaxed quality)
- the time signature is 4/4
- tonality
- the piece is in C minor
- the piece has a modal feel at all times
- the piece is in C minor
- instruments / sonority
- african instruments
- kora
- talking drum
- kora
- celtic instruments
- hurdy-gurdy
- fiddle
- whistle
- accordian
- bodhran
- uilleann pipes
- hurdy-gurdy
- dance music instruments
- synthesiser
- string pad
- soft pad
- bass
- bells
- string pad
- male and female vocals
- breath samples
- drum machine
- electric piano
- shaker
- tambourine
- synthesiser
- some playing techniques include
glissando, ornamentation, double
stopping and open / closed high hat
- the vocals contain reverb
throughout the entire track
- the synth drone uses a filter to adjust
the EQ and create a 'sweeping' sound
- african instruments
- background info
- this is a piece of fusion music,
combining elements of african music,
celtic folk and electronic dance music
- 1999 release
- 1999 release
- the group frequently
collaborated with various artists
over the years, including sinead
o'connor who sang in release
- this is a piece of fusion music,
combining elements of african music,
celtic folk and electronic dance music
- tempo
- piece is in free time at beginning
- from bar 50 the pace is 100bpm
- piece is in free time at beginning
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