Yiri - Koko

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Music (Yiri - Koko) Mind Map on Yiri - Koko, created by bethanygrace7 on 22/04/2013.
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Yiri - Koko
  1. Background: African. Features: call and response; repetition; improvisation; polyphony; syncopation; cross-rhythms; short, simple melodies; pentatonic
    1. Dynamics: unvaried - typical feature of African music.
      1. Rhythm and metre: introduction in free rhythm, drums create rhythmic osinato, ballophone ostinati create syncopation, vocal melody uses triplets.
        1. Structure: slow introduction. No regular structure; contrasting sections created by instrumental and vocal sections.
          1. Instruments: 2 ballophones (tremolo); djembe; talking drum; male solo vocalist; chorus and a bell.
            1. Tempo: Starts in free tempo; moderato tempo, unvaried for rest of piece.
              1. Tonality: Gb major; pentatonic vocal melody.
                1. Texture: begins monophonic, 2nd ballophone enters to create heterophonic texture, choir voices sing in unison, coda in octaves with dramatic silences
                  1. Harmony: limited harmony - voices in unison, ballophones often in octaves.
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